Sabian's Rod Morgenstein Signature Ride

January 28, 1999 -- SABIAN has introduced the Rod Morgenstein 21" Signature Series Ride. This 21" dual-surfaced, medium-weight model is designed to deliver the correct balance of clean stick articulation and tonal spread required by Rod Morgenstein, the poll-winning drummer whose high-energy Rock/Fusion drumming with new group Platypus, the Dixie Dregs and the Rudess/Morgenstein Project demands a ride with precision, speed and clarity.

"Now that I'm playing in three bands," notes Rod, "with styles veering from full-blown Fusion and Rock to Funk grooves, I've found a greater need for a purpose-built ride: clean stick articulation with the right amount of spread is a must."

This partially lathed model - the bell and its 2" perimeter are raw, the rest of the cymbal is lathed delivers tight cutting sounds around its center area, while strokes on the lathed section heat up with a clean, musical tone that increases the size of the sound as playing moves across the bow to 'the edge, but remains consistently well-defined and cutting. The high profile ensures increased high-end cutting power, while the size of the bell makes it an easy target, even when playing hard, to play a sound that is definitely loud and sufficiently solid enough for pulsing through the loudest volumes.

The Rod Morgenstein Signature Ride is crafted from pure SABIAN B20 bronze, the most durable and musical metal in cymbal making, and is protected against faults related to production and material by SABIAN's One-Year Warranty Protection Program.

For more information, visit Sabian at http://www.sabian.com/