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Test your perception of cymbal size.

What type of cymbals are these?

  • 1) Crash 2) Ride 3) Splash 4) Splash

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • 1) Ride 2) Splash 3) Ride 4) Crash

    Votes: 13 61.9%

  • 1) Splash 2) HH Top 3) Crash 4) Ride

    Votes: 3 14.3%

  • 1) Crash 2) Splash 3) Splash 4) HH Top

    Votes: 2 9.5%

  • 1) HH Top 2) Ride 3) Splash 4) Splash

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • None of these are it! (Type in your guess)

    Votes: 3 14.3%
  • Total voters
    21
  • Poll closed .
TK-421

TK-421

Senior Member
I've blurred out the model names/sizes on these 4 cymbals. Can you tell what they are? I'll post the unedited photos later, but in the meantime, take a guess and see how well you can judge the approximate size of a cymbal just from a picture.

1)
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2)
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3)
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4)
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I said 5, because I *think* the order is:
Splash, Hi hat, ride, crash
…I will probably be proven wrong.

EDIT: I changed my answer. I don’t know WHY I didn’t see such a small hole on the first cymbal. I was focused more on what I thought were the “tiny hammering marks” that I’ve seen on some K splashes at the local Guitar Center, as well as the size and location of the “K” ink. That second cymbal very well could be a 12” or even 10” splash.
 
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Judging by the size of the center hole in relationship to the overall diameter (assuming the center hole size is pretty much standard among cymbal manufacturers), I'm going with:

1) Ride, 2) Splash, 3) Crash, 4) Top Hat
 
1) is a splash. The carpet pile seems rather large in comparison to the cymbal. It's a very cleverly done photo.

2) hihat. Again, to me the carpet pile looks smaller in comparison to the cymbal....albeit a different carpet. I've got a hunch it's a hihat top...... maybe 14 inch??

3) I reckon it's a 16" crash.

4) a ride. It's perched on top on what looks like a couch. The diameter gives it some scale to me. Given that, I reckon maybe a 20 inch.

@TK-421, this has been a really fun little exercise. Great idea.....I hope you think of some other things like this.

If I don't score at least one out of four......I really gotta rethink my life.
 
So what is the answer? Peace and goodwill.
 
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