Paiste Color Sound 900 Purple 18-inch China Cymbal

Main Features

• Colour coating
• Medium thin weight
• Trashy stick sound
• Loud volume
• Lively intensity
• Medium sustain
• Colour finish is tough and durable

Stunning luminous translucent finishes with the flexibility and giving feel of the 900 Series.

Paiste first pioneered colour coated cymbals with COLORSOUND 5 in 1984 as a means for artistic expression during the time period when popular music became visual in music videos on television. In the 1990s VISIONS made an appearance, and in recent years certain Artist Inspiration models feature colour coating - Stewart Copeland's Blue Bell Ride, Aquiles Priester's Giga Bell Ride and Danny Carey's Dry Heavy Ride. Throughout, the Color Sound finish was available for custom orders, including cymbals featured by international top artists Joey Jordison, Tico Torres and Paul Bostaph. With Color Sound 900 Paiste launches the latest incarnation in the colour cymbal saga.

Color Sound 900 cymbals are based on the range of models in the concurrently launched 900 Series. While they feature essentially corresponding sound and function, the colour coating causes a slightly drier sound, shortens the sustain a bit, and results in a more focused attack. Significantly, the same flexibility and giving feel as in the 900 Series is present.

Extensive research and design efforts have resulted in the most stunningly beautiful finishes: luminous translucent colours preserve the natural appearance of grooves and hammer marks and present a vibrantly radiant appearance. Notably, decades of experience have proven the Color Sound finish to be exceedingly tough and durable - the finish will not ever crack, chip or peel.

The 18-inch Purple China delivers a dark, energetic, powerful sound with a wide ranging, complex mix. The medium weight feel produces a strong stick sound with an energetic, fairly dark tone and an explosive shattering crash. An assertive china for exotic effects.

While Color Sound 900 feature essentially the same sound and function as the 900 Series, the colour coating causes a slightly drier sound, shortens the sustain a bit, and results in a more focused attack.