Sabian B8 Cymbal Pack Review

History: ive played piano for 11 years, percussion for about 6 and drumkit for about 4 or 5. i play mostly jazz, funk, brasilian and afrocuban drumset and percussion. i use all my equipment both for percussion and drumkit applications. i play in a bigband, a jazz quartet, a concert band, a symphonic orchestra, a celtic band, a few random pop/rock bands for fun, various percussion ensembles, various musical bands (footloose, urinetown), and a few other random bands for occasions.

Purchase: i purchases this set, which included 14in hats, 16 and 18in crashes, and 20in ride from a shop called drummers headquarters in missouri. i live in australia, but i payed 219 dollars (US), and obvious some shipping charges.

What I Like About This Sabian B8 Cymbal Pack: the price is obvious great firstly. the cymbals are all good quality and are surpirior to their zildjian equivilants (ZBT). they can be applied to anything from jazz, to rock, to brasilian and funk, and also in percussion set ups. the 18in crash is excellent, and the 16in crash and ride also sound great.

What I Do NOT Like About The Sabian B8 Cymbal Pack: the only problem i had with this set was the hihats. the are thinner than i usually play and therefor where A BIT tin-sounding. opening and closing them also bought new sound problems and as a result i play/played sabian ProSonix 14in hihats sometimes in some situations instead.

Sabian B8 Cymbal Pack Quality: construction and quality are great, all details are as good as you could hope for.

Summary: the sabian B8 pack is suited to drummers and percussionists from students all the way to proffessionals. they arent expensive at all, and dont sacrafice much sound quality. if your concerned about sound to much and are a recording drummer you way want to replace your hihats eventually. the other cymbals are all great.

Rating of this product: 5

This Sabian B8 Cymbal Pack Drums Percussion Review Submitted By: Mark Thomas

Date: 2008-01-23