WUHAN WU104-16 China Cymbal
Most cymbals on the market today have Turkish or European influence. However, WUHAN has defined the Oriental sound for centuries. To better understand their popularity, let’s look at Wuhan’s history and some of the products they offer. For over 1900 years Wuhan has made cast, hand-hammered cymbals in China. In fact, the Chinese have been credited with inventing the cymbal for use as a musical instrument. Wuhan is well known for their china and gong cymbals. However many people don’t realize that they also produce a line of “western” style cymbals. In fact, Universal Percussion, Inc. who owns Wuhan contributed to the creation of an excellent line of professional quality cymbals that include a traditional, rock, and bright series. Each model is offered at prices below competing cymbals and are covered by Wuhan’s one year breakage guarantee (which will replace any cymbal within a year of purchase- no questions asked). Wuhan’s china cymbals range in size from 12″ to 27″. They offer rivets in the 16″, 18″, 20″, & 22″ sizes. They are describes as dark, explosive and trashy with distinct tonalities.
Product Features
- Model: WU10416
- 16 inch cymbal
- Wuhan cymbals made of high-quality cast B20 alloy dark explosive trashy
- Handcrafted according to a two-thousand- year old traditional methods
- Buffed to a brilliant finish stamped with unobtrusive but attractive logo
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Great sound, too long of a decay Sounds dirty, nasty, and trashy, which is what you would hope to get from a China. When you hit it hard and stop the sound with your hands it has a very nice crisp cutting sound to it that I love. I personally think it has too lingering of a decay, but when I tried recording it, the decay wasn’t extremely noticeable and the sound cut through quite nicely. The acoustics of the room I play in may factor into this as well. So, from what I can tell, with the right equipment this will be great for…
Hands-down best china for the price Background: I’m not a professional drummer, I mostly just play for fun and jam with friends, and I mainly play rock, like Muse, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, etc.The 16″ china I got sounds very agressive, short, and trashy, just like a china should sound. I’ve had mine for a few months and haven’t developed any cracks in it either, so its holding up alright. This definitely blows the entry-level (ZBT) Zildjian chinas out of the water, and is less expensive as well.One side note:…