What Meinl RIDE CYMBAL Should YOU BUY? (Find the Perfect Ride)

[@DrumBeatsOnline]

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[@sbskking]

Ghost ride was my favorite!

[@DennisBergDrums]

My favorite is the transition ride with a close follow up in the sand ride. Will you do hats next? ;-)

[@TylerJaeger3]

My 22" sand ride is probably the best ride choice I've got until Meinl comes out with a medium thin traditional ride closer to Zildjians K light ride

[@KevinCarterSound]

The polyphonic has been my favorite! I still want a "real" ride but this thing does a pretty awesome job at being my crash/ride. If I want it more 'pingy' I just slap a piece of gaff tape on it!

[@drumdaddy205]

Foundry reserve all day

[@BrandonScottDrums]

That intro had me straight up Lolling. Bravo gabe. 😂🙏🏼

[@DrumBeatsOnline]

Haha thanks brooo ❤️

[@jaidenamccarroll]

Note for myself Heavy: Meinl HCS Bronze 20" Heavy Ride - 1:35 Medium: Meinl HCS 22" Bronze Medium Ride 3:39 Thin: Meinl HCS 20" Thin Ride 6:10

[@MrMmnngghh]

IKR? I'm pleasantly surprised by the HCS range

[@keithg1628]

I don't know if it's the microphone but the hcs sound surprisingly good

[@eddidrums]

The bronze ones sound great in person too!

[@GrimpleGromble]

Agreed!

[@eastonotsae]

Its always a good day when Gabe posts

[@DrumBeatsOnline]

It's always a good day when Easton comments!

[@josechittilappilly44]

@@DrumBeatsOnline 😂😂

[@D.D.Vofficial]

Its always a Good day when Gabe replied!

[@BonsaiMagpie]

This was probably one of the most useful comparison videos. It's really helped me realise which kind of ride I want. Currently on the transition but I know I want a heavy ride now. Thanks! 😊

[@KenjoMendez]

21" Transitions, 21" Polyphonics, 22" Darks & 22" Foundry Reserve Lights are the "BIG 4" here to be honest. Gonna have my hands on them one day. Great content as always, Gabe!

[@CapyGMD]

God I love the 24” foundry reserve light ride

[@Trzaz]

My favorites: 1:36 Meinl 20" HCS Bronze Heavy Ride Honorable mentions: 2:03 Meinl 22" Byzance Heavy Hammered Ride

[@Elijah.D.]

Bro this was so helpful because I am about to buy a ride and I think I just changed my mind

[@DrumBeatsOnline]

That's amazing! So happy to help!

[@dragonheart2403]

@Jackson Sacher you have great humor

[@markus_seitz]

I mean 2 of your cymbals are more expensiv than my whole drumset😂 anyways great video and great editing!!!

[@6StringsOfSalvation]

His collection of cymbals sold would pay my rent for half a year or more but he's an endorsed artist they sent him a large amount and likely with no cost to him and I'm sure being a member of I Prevail didn't hurt either most of us today will never have it like this social media had made sure of that alit think it's made it better but it hasn't only chance to easily profit is like this a youtube channel but takes a lot of time and slot of money to do that as well. With the year at best I've got left my gear will be out of pocket will bring no profit only music to leave my wife and child as My Legacy and most definitely will in no way be Meinl not on my budget LoL

[@6StringsOfSalvation]

By the way allow me to inject one more thing no one will ever say as young as he is he hasn't earned his endorsement he's done multitudes of videos and at 47 yrs old now even I have learned from some of them myself but like many that reach a certain level and like Metallica lose the hunger they had to get to where their making money and once they do they don't try as hard anymore not sure if that's happened to him or last I haven't really watched many of his videos anymore but I do know the second album from I Prevail in my opinion was an example of that definitely lacked in several areas and often that comes with making a decent profit off the first but it's easy to strive to be the best when you are trying to get paid once you have it's not so necessary to try as hard but when labels see that your not as big in the next release that money slows down as well and slot of artists go through it fast and just end up in debt and can't climb back up a second time at my age I've seen it happen alot too much actually and have done it myself and at my age not even trying to be a success I just love the music and playing it and have some amazing cymbals even I can afford and sound as good or possibly better in the studio time will tell sorry for the length to everyone I tend to ramble these days but I've got a year at best so if I think it's worth saying I'm going to say it LoL

[@mikedaknight8854]

Spend money on cymbals and snares as these make your sound as many gigs will have a shared back line

[@503music6]

well you could hammer it but it won’t do jack

[@metalking21]

Man that polyphonic ride is a dream, foundry reserve is beautiful too

[@DrumBeatsOnline]

Agreed! Both are my favorites for sure!

[@DrumTeacherManila]

Came for the ride cymbals, but stayed for the solid poetry...

[@joe_brooks_music]

I have a 22" Raw Bell Ride and 22" Extra Dry Medium Ride. High ping vs low ping. Best two Meinl Rides imo

[@siberian13]

I absolutely love the Meinl Duals. I have two of the 20” Dual crash/rides but use them strictly as dedicated crashes. I also have the 22” Dual crash/ride that is used as the “big finish” far right side crash. I also managed to get my hands on one of the early pre-production prototype model Dual 22” rides. It’s considerably heavier than the crash/ride and has a much larger bell. It has, for me, the perfect balance of stick definition, wash, and a bell that will harm you if you stand too close.

[@zerosoma33]

I have a traditional Byzance 22” Heavy Ride. Works for everything. Best ride I’ve played.

[@lorenzkachelrie1799]

this production quality is awesome!

[@DrumBeatsOnline]

This means a lot ❤️🙏🏽

[@hannahpaine1873]

This is such a great video, love the photo transitions between cymbals so I can really see the difference, plus just great overall quality of video production. Thanks!

[@hezekiah.lewis9]

I was looking away from my phone and I was thinking “wow that ride sounds amazing!” Turns out it was the cheapest one at $80. I was very pleasantly surprised. Thanks for the video!

[@thomasmoje5926]

I picked up a Meinl Byzance Vintage Pure 22" light ride cymbal a couple of years ago. Rather dry with a lot of stick definition but it has enough 'wash' to be useful in a variety of musical applications and it crashes well. Meinl has come a long way and they have quite a variety of quality cymbals in their line up now. The Vintage Pure ride has become my favorite ride cymbal in my collection.

[@St_Mindless]

Meinl Byzance Heavy Hammered ride 22". Best ride in the world. It cost me a load in import fees, but it is gorgeous

[@Zildjian242]

First. Finally someone does a ride comparison and actually crashes them. I've been hunting for a new ride, this video helped a lot. I'll have to watch it 10 more times.... It's amazing how good meinls lower-priced cymbals sound.

[@hetalkstorainbowws]

The quality of this video, in every aspect, is outstanding

[@mikedaknight8854]

The classic custom darks sound amazing to me. That dual crash ride is certainly more of a crash / jazz ride I felt. It would be awesome to find something affordable that can do it all.

[@TheMike23md]

Dual Crash Rides are better served as a crash considering they explode and get out of the way. The attack is noticeable because of this and you can hear the attack strokes when recorded.

[@viraj4289]

love these small skits gabe😂would love to see more skits like mino-lisa. GREAT WORK!!!!!

[@DrumBeatsOnline]

The Meinl-Lisa has requested to be in more videos and I could never turn her down!!

[@Timotolas]

Great video, I just considered that the recording could be more focused on the ride, probably isolated ride sound at some point of the execution. I’ve the 22 heavy hammered and a 21 Meinl Foundry proof extra dry heavy bell ride (prototype)

[@aaronpeter755]

I love my 20" Vintage Pure Light Ride, my 21" Polyphonic Ride and my 22" Spectrum Ride! Meinl rules! 💪

[@TheMike23md]

I am sure that this list is comprised of the current catalog, but one of my favorite rides was the 22" Dark Raw Bell Ride. Meinl did make a foundry proof dual ride, which was my absolute favorite. I bought it from Memphis and it had the raw bell, the right amount of ping and was just a phenominal versatile ride. But limited on stock and they didn't pursue the concept into production. It was lathed on the outer edge like the Dual Crash Ride, but the inner portion was the dark hammering.

[@TheDarkerWalrus]

What kind of music do you use the dark raw bell ride for? Been really digging it, but I play punk amd heavier music

[@TheMike23md]

@@TheDarkerWalrus I can play it with heavier music but the bell is just so unique. It's not a crashable ride but that raw bell just is so profound. It has weight at around 3600g so it can cut and give a ping, but it doesn't last. Get in and get out.

[@MNRDrums]

Those hcs sound way better in your mix than in person. Stella mix!

[@kcoxDrums]

These edits from Meinlisa are epic lol 😅😅😂👌🏽 keep on rocking 0:26

[@XiyuYang]

From the ones you tested I probably like 20" sand and 21"polyphonic the most. Good definition, clear bell sound but not protruding, and crashes very well.

[@ianchui7711]

besides commending your obviously great playing, i also want to highlight your AWESOME editing

[@wilhemalmodovar8910]

The mini skit in the beginning had me dying 🤣 Started checking out I Prevails discography and I really dig it man, there’s so much cool stuff in your guys’ library, rock on dude. Should do a short skating video sometime!

[@devinbennett2997]

Dude, by far the best yoga mat rollout ever! Haha I want the dark ride so bad

[@raybensinger8383]

Meinl are great but I've been playing sabien aax hhx for 20 years so never going to give them up but I can see me adding a few meinl to the mix

[@wilx_music]

I have a 22” Dark Spectrum and, for me, it’s the GOAT

[@CyrilViXP]

I liked HCS Medium Heavy Ride 20’’ and Classics Custom Dark Ride 22’’

[@DrumSticksOnline]

Great video as always Gabe! I always love Tuesdays for this reason

[@DrumBeatsOnline]

You are too kind Ben!

[@brettroy8158]

Just got the 22inch symmetry ride today. Really enjoying it so far. Especially the big bell

[@frellboy]

I play the Istanbul Radiant sweet ride 20 inch. As said, one sweet ride

[@louisoddie4667]

i just bought myself a 22” Spectrum ride on ebay the other day for only £190 which is like less than $270! i’ve finally completed a full meinl set up with my 14” Jazz Thin hats, 18” Extra dry thin crash, and the 22” Spectrum ride - i bought them all used this year for half the price of buying them new and i’m super happy having wanted a full meinl set up for years now!

[@DrumBeatsOnline]

Heck yes Louis! That's amazing dude!

[@louisoddie4667]

@@DrumBeatsOnline me and my drum teacher raved about meinl for years and they weren’t very frequent in the area we lived. He bought a 20” byzance medium traditional crash at your recommendation haha!

[@BillyTalentguitar1]

As great as all those cymbals are my favorites in every category are the HCS ones. Wouldn’t have ever thought that!

[@Brandonjames8046]

Same the cheapest one sounded the best to me I accidentally got my hands on a Meinl 18 crash ride that I use as a ride over Sabian and zildjian I never would have though it’s Meinl bcs I can’t even find those in store but i would love to get the bigger ride for this Meinl 18” for cymbal work

[@laimansamarels6395]

the hcs sounds really good for an entry level cymbal

[@Lupine.]

The process is simple: Go to the bigbox stores and try all of the Meinls available. Then leave with a Paiste.

[@MalrusOSC]

lol

[@jameslabriola8761]

Dude that's exactly what I did a few weeks ago 🤣

[@braydenjames561]

I'm a huge zildjian guy, but i will say that meinl overall has a super wide variety of cymbals in the entry level lines.

[@theDeathJoy]

Their best heavy ride is one briefly made in 1990: Tri-Tonal. Similar to the Raker series, but a lot more hammered and a huge 8" bell but doesn't get overwhelming.

[@SlyHikari03]

Classics Custom 20" Dark and Byzance Heavy Hammered 22" Rides were my favorites.

[@jonathanbormann5077]

If anyone here is like me and is very, very far away from being able to afford Meinl Byzance check out Zultan cymbal. No, they're not on the same level in most cases but still hand made Turkish B20 cymbals for your family man, hobbyist type. Many of them are damn close though and about 1/3 of the cost

[@halfknightdrummer]

22" Dark Crash Ride and the 21" Polyphonic are definitely my favourites

[@padawaanja0]

What about the Vintage Pure? I would love to hear it in the comparison!

[@DrumBeatsOnline]

Those are really awesome as well! Very light, crushable, and pretty darn quiet!

[@mikael_6848]

Bro my favorite through all of those was the Classics custom 22" dark crash ride. It sounds so versatile and dark but containing a distinct bell that isn't to sharp. Thank for doing this demo Gabe!!! You're a freaking boss!! If possible could you do something like this for your china's and crashes?

[@korekid6540]

LOL loved the beginning !!!!!!! Great vid ! loved it :)

[@DrumBeatsOnline]

I can't accept any credit, the idea was all Meinl-Lisa's!

[@korekid6540]

@@DrumBeatsOnline XD :)

[@omarcortes5754]

24" big apple dark ride /22" extra thin jazz ride /22" thin jazz ride are my favs. Really versatile ride cymbals.

[@DrumBeatsOnline]

Great suggestions!

[@justdrumit9031]

I got my first cymbals- the Meinl MCS. I have a 16" crash, 14" hi-hats and a 20' ride. I want to buy another crash cymbal also from Meinl which has a good prize and it is also a good sound and quality cymbal. I am looking for the CC series and the pure alloy as well.

[@DrumBeatsOnline]

I think you have great options either way!

[@ethanwitt204]

Legend has it. He's still playing that groove to this day...

[@andyham6094]

To me there’s two categories for my favorites. Practice/low volume dry ride and then loud live ride. Vintage pure light ride is my favorite ride for a dry low volume practice ride. The polyphonic ride is my go to for my band and live shows and studio.

[@thomasmoje5926]

I picked up a Meinl Byzance Vintage Pure 22" light ride a couple of years ago..for my primary applications (acoustic low volume and church praise band) it's perfect and it has a great crash sound. I need brighter/louder ride sound I go to my Zildjian 20" A medium ride. Another plus for the Vintage Pure ride..never shows finger marks don't have to clean it!

[@Kaleb-34]

I currently have a super old meinl laser and it sounds awful! I am looking to get a new ride and the transition ride as well as the big apple ride sound amazing and I'll have to look into them more. Thanks Gabe! Oh bye the way, if you are not apart of DBO Academy, you should definetly join, it has done wonders for me and I have improved so much from it! :)

[@projektdrummer]

I love how this was low-key a Meinl Ride showcase for my new addiction. 🤣 Meinl just released that 18" dark custom big bell ride and I NEED it 😍🥁

[@DrumBeatsOnline]

Haha glad to help your addiction! Well... at least this one

[@jordanjohnsondrums]

Trying to figure out how to pronounce Byzance without looking silly. Anybody know where I can find a video of someone pronouncing it?

[@johnmichael642]

this video made me find out about fall in love with and buy the 22" pure alloy crash

[@Shortround8apieSkitsandMore]

Gabe your content is top tier

[@Gmacdrums]

That 20" HCS Crash Ride actually sounds really good... Like perfect blend of bell definition, body tone and crashable good... Wtf

[@stevelinwood8362]

Enjoyed this video on all types of rides you played on!

[@Payterman]

Man this is awesome. Really helpful! I was impressed mostly by the hcs. Not bad. Love the sand 😍

[@matthewsherman9765]

I adore my 22” Byzance Medium Ride I think that like gets overlooked nowadays. I got the lightest one I can find on MyCymbal and it’s got a nice thick crash that goes away and controllable versatile ride. It’s pretty loud too so not much work required.

[@DrumBeatsOnline]

I agreee! Killer ride that should have more attention on it!

[@NVTdrums]

making the hcs sound so so sweet?? pure sorcery

[@Philipp_Gonzales]

This video ist just killer, Gabe!!! Thanks for that! Can you do a video with hi-hats by any chance? That would be beautiful! Some of you might agree with me that the hi-hat can be very difficult to choose :)

[@davidguerramiranda1140]

Sorry yo see very very late, thanks for your tips and teaching, you are my favorite drummer ever. 🔥🔥🔥

[@greetthemind]

The problem with most rides is I feel like they sound way too “big” when you lay into the side of them. I ordered the sweet k 21 because all the reviews talked about it being a nice crash. But when I played it, it took over and sounded bad.

[@greetthemind]

@blank I’m Just now seeing this reply sorry man. I ended up getting the hhx thin ride 21” . It’s pretty good for what I was looking for. Seems like all the drummers I like ( superheaven being a good example ) use the Meinl byzance traditional though. I might get one of those in the future

[@racoondrummer4544]

Conveniently I've been looking for a new ride to use it on my left (as I'm starting to become fully open-handed) and this video came at a perfect time

[@DrumBeatsOnline]

Heck yes! Glad I could help! Also, baller move going open handed!

[@racoondrummer4544]

@@DrumBeatsOnline its been an interesting journey ngl haha, had to basically start over after 11 years of playing drums

[@gwoodtones]

Oh yeah the ghost ride is my thing!

[@mightymrmousempls]

What I do is buy one of each and then keep them all. It works great. Seriously, the Foundry Reserve is just amazing. Get one now. Join the club. The train is leaving. Also, Gabe I've been digging you since day one and it's been fun to see you grow and get better and better. Cheers.

[@DrumBeatsOnline]

Haha having all of these would be amazing! (I borrowed a ton of these from Meinl) I love the BFR series so much! And thanks for sticking around my friend!

[@RC32Smiths01]

Ride cymbals are so fun to experiment with! Really interesting to see!

[@DrumBeatsOnline]

Very true! Of all the cymbals, I think rides have the most variety to them which makes hearing a ton of different ones very interesting!

[@RC32Smiths01]

@@DrumBeatsOnline Definitely man!

[@dustin.1x]

I love the 20 sand ride very crashable, dry, dark, and overall good stickdefinition with a perfect bell sound

[@DrumBeatsOnline]

Benny Greb does no wrong!

[@waltergoode7566]

GABE YOU ARE AWESOME AND THE WAY YOU EXPLAIN YOURSELF

[@DrumBeatsOnline]

Not as awesome as you are Walter!

[@pjcShorts]

U deserve a lot more subs

[@DrumBeatsOnline]

I appreciate that!

[@jsimmons9094]

Great vid and content. Subtle animations are being added and it looks great

[@yeti.o2w]

Thank you so much this was exactly the video i needed for finding a ride. Now i really wanna know how you mic/eq that kick 😄🤘

[@mondragon9282]

22" brilliant hand hammered 😍😍 I currently have a Sabian brilliant hand hammered 22" ride with a raw bell. This Meinl sounds better than mine, and I didnt think that was a possibility!

[@DrumBeatsOnline]

Haha yeah that ride is a powerhouse!

[@CumulusSkies]

Wow, now that’s a lot of ride cymbals to have at your disposal!😳

[@thefunkydeep446]

I love the tone of the heavy rides

[@tsbdgaming69s96]

That Pure Alloy medium 20” sounds awesome

[@thomasnappo6309]

Great comparison video...loved it

[@pedroperes8857]

Si ya probé todos y el transition lo tuve tres veces y el primero fue el mejor. También tuve el Raw bell y un ride de 24

[@pfunnk14]

I love the extra dry medium rides at 20 and 22 inches. Would've love to hear those in this comparison

[@ashlieghnew2552]

Wow!! Nice cymbals collection, I wish I have one of those.

[@thisisjojo281]

I have the ghost ride but the old version from when it was still b8 bronze not b10 (which I like way better) and if you put a lil price of tape on it its a really nice ride for heavy stuff with a premium bell and if u put more tape on it it sounds really dry and is also nice for not so heavy stuff and better to crash

[@DrumBeatsOnline]

Very cool!

[@calebfudrums]

hey gabe what about the C squared ride? have u tried it yet? how do u find it?

[@JustysFrank]

its really heavy so idk if he would dig it

[@calebfudrums]

true ur right

[@JustysFrank]

I personally love it though and am totally gonna get one

[@ARDrummer]

Great demos! You always upload quality content!

[@samaphantNovaJewelX]

You should try the stagg 30 inch ride and the 18 inch big bell ride

[@ponynose4987]

I love my classic custom medium 20”, but if there were anything I would replace it with, it would be the pure alloy.

[@healyhurst7829]

That heavy hammered ride was fantastic, if only I had the money for such a beautiful cymbal. Same with the Ghost Ride (go Brann!).

[@BeesWaxMinder]

Do you think that higher pitched/brighter sounding cymbals are inherently bad at recording? I mean, for recording purposes, should we be looking for darker sounding rides?

[@Zoom_fast911]

What about zildjian or sabian (I don't know how to right sabian)

[@aidenglover8107]

He probably won't do that since he is sponsored by Meinl

[@DrumBeatsOnline]

Very true! Plus, I'm just the most familiar with Meinl at this point.

[@astralgonsalves3922]

Love this video.. please make this this type of video on crashes and hi-hats that will be great ! And i have a question how do you clean your cymbals like i don't know how meinl cymbals are cleaned like dark ride dual crash is there any special polish for those ??

[@Kronus_Music]

I wonder why meinl doesn't make a dual crash with a lathed bell option? Cuz the raw bell on that cymbal is sonically nonexistent. Beautiful sounding crash though.

[@michaelcalimag430]

Hey Gabe! Can you do crash cymbals next? Love your videos!

[@josiahblanton8291]

Hey Gabe. Was wondering if you’ve ever played on the Meinl Byzance 22” Jazz Thin Ride? To me it has the perfect stick articulation mixed with a very thin, dark crashable dynamic.

[@andyham6094]

The jazz rides are great and the thinner lighter ones make for amazing thunderous dark big crashes as well but their weaknesses are the bells. The bells are just way too washy and nonexistent but some people like that. For my live show ride for my band I like a defined bright pingy bell but still have crashability. The polyphonic is the best thing Meinl has for this description. Zildjian’s sweet ride and sabian’s evolution rides are all great too but the Meinl polyphonic is def my favorite ride of all time. I have a jazz medium thin ride and it’s great for a practice ride tho

[@NikhilGupta-qr8eq]

I have a que I think we can't use pure ride as crash Cymbal because by doing so the layering of ride cymbal may get disturb ?

[@EryichAra]

HCS series surprised me a lot. What a cost-benefit.

[@DrumBeatsOnline]

I totally agree!