Cymbals are truly another rabbit hole universe in percussion.
They can be dry, bright, trashy, dark, warm, etc. and we can be talking about undertones and over tones. There’s the sticking, attack, sustain, saturation and decay. Do those terms sound familiar?
My best cymbal is a 19” crash gifted to me by the Zildjian family (long story). This cymbal made me realize that what most people buy at retail is simply not what sponsored professionals have access to. There is a world of difference.
You gently tap this cymbal and it actually crashes lightly like a thin crash. You lean into it hard and it doesn’t saturate and fall apart but responds like a thicker rock cymbal. How is this possible? It’s magic. Lots of sustain. You can play jazz, pop and heavy metal with this thing.