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Grand Master Cymbal Models January 29, 1998 The Grand Master cymbal catalog.   Desert Glow Our most popular model. Very swept sounding! With 2 full colored rich and complex tone. Vintage response with a warm deep "Breath". For connoisseur jazz and other styles where the cymbal should really sing! Big rides will really Purrrr... and those thin Crashes ... Oh man What a joy! You can not over play this cymbal. At any volume it is completely microphone friendly. A studio engineers dream, it produces fully aligned sets of harmonics that are absolutely delicious. From Super Symphonic to small club trap sets this is the "the top professionals workhorse cymbal".   Desert Gem This is a Desert Glow with a "double hand hammered bell-cup". This process adds "shimmering musical highs" to the already ultra rich tone, but in spite of the accented high-mids this cymbal refuses to shriek at any volume! Great for live stage work, fusion, Rock and dynamic studio sessions where 2 brighter tighter shimmering sound is called for. All Crashes, Crash/Rides, and Hihats excel in this model. "The Chops Cymbal".   Desert Cured ("Delight") The best of both worlds! This is a rich and colorful sounding desert Glow top with a dark and brooding "Cured" taw finish (unlathed) bottom" which produces a very warm get extremely melodic cymbal. A favorite in medium to large "Rides, dark Crashes, Crash-rides Hi-hats" and splashes! Jazz, Rock, alternative Top 40 and any application where warmth, stick volume and control is first priority. Like a good rich cup of dark coffee it is very aromatic, with just a light touch of earthiness. "Chocolate colored tone with mint topping" Dramatic and poetic, this is an extremely lyrical cymbal which responds to light touches as well as full power players. The smokey Cymbal.   Control Ring ("Sehzade") This is a special design with a "sonic control ring pattern" hand spun "via" an unlathed channel that is carved into the top of the cymbal and also around its taw cured cup, but its bottom half is a pure sparkling desert glow model. The Grand Masters exclusive "Precious Living Alloy" prevents any unpleasantly brash tonal textures to be generated from this very responsive design, thereby allowing the player to take full advantage of this designs optimum control features without "noisy brash overtones" or 'Tin can trebles" heard in other brands similar models. Big tides, crashes, splashes, Hi-hats all continue to "breath" and sing in this design application. "Earthy, soulful and adventurous". Advertisement   Control Ring Cured ("Topkapi") Similar on the top Ode to a Control ring cymbal but with a "Cured bottom. This is a marvelous design which is a bit dryer than its cousin the "Control Ring" with mote pronounced stick definition. This cymbal hag developed a strong Wowing amongst rockers as "the Rock Players Dream Hi-hat"! but this model is also capable of go much mote in other applications such as rides, crashes, and dry-splashes. Metal players love its intimidating good looks along with Its tugged toad durability. But then again this game cymbal becomes a soulful swinger in the hands of older jazz players! Its is one of out darkest and driest cymbals but the Grand Master "Precious living alloy" prohibits it from becoming too muffled or cloudy. It "breaths" freely with its own strong proud character. Recommended for highly stylistic drummers who feel the game way about their playing. "The Moody Cymbal".   Custom Cured ("Turk-Ancient") This is about as exotic as it gets. Raw and primal in appearance but -still extremely musical In performance. Out "Precious living Alloy" and special 10 step tempering process gives out "Custom Cured" model special harmonic properties not usually found in a cymbals of this design. The result is 2 sweet and musical yet extremely earthy tone. Rides, Hi-Hats and alternative crashes excel in the "custom Cured" design. "The Roots Cymbal".   The "Mastertuned" Model This is out flagship model, and the only cymbal in the world which is double hammered (once during construction and a 2nd time after completion!) and by the most skilled master cymbal craftsman in the world! Its alloy is also a very special custom version of our secret "Living alloy". The rich, sweet and colorful harmonics caused by this exclusive process has to heard to be believed. The control factor is astonishing! Vowel like chimes, clear rich tinging pings and big deep breath... these things darn near talk! Even we here at the factory are left astounded by its spectacular response. The double hammering process produces a stunning eye-catching cymbal with a "unique appearance unlike any other cymbal" which glands out on any stage. These cymbals are breathtakingly beautiful and will attract "ooo's and aahhh's" even before you play them, and when finally you do, its "dazzled faces and dropped jaw time"! Because these cymbals are doubled hammered a second time after completion and re-tuned (or as we call it "Master Tuned") by out expert craftsman every Master Tuned series cymbal is harmonically consistent in their "voice" which is the sweetest and richest sound you will ever heat. Rides and Crash-Rides along with mid to large size crashes seem to favor this wonderful process. The Hi-hat models have a remarkably unique "Breathing hi-hat" sound which has had phenomenal response! But be forewarned 'The Master Tuned Model" 12 not for everyone. This is a highly specialized cymbal that requires some time to get used to before you can fully exploit its dynamic qualities (especially in the "Ride" and "Crash/Ride" positions). We recommend that drummers first play this cymbal off the set "alone" for extended periods to learn its unique attributes and various sweet spots before including it into their setup. But once you get the feel of this cymbal its "basically all over"!

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