Bosphorus Traditional Crash Cymbal 17"

This traditional Bosphorus crashes now available with a 6 hole configuration . This gives the cymbal a super quick decay and a slightly trashier sound that you can use to add blasts of agg... The Bosphorus Sound now with a modern update. This traditional Bosphorus crashes now available with a 6 hole configuration.

This gives the cymbal a super quick decay and a slightly trashier sound that you can use to add blasts of aggressive white noise to your playing. A heavier ride cymbal yields a higher pitch and increased stick articulation, while the lighter weights offer a softer more ‘vowel’ type stick sound.

Heavier crashes provide more volume with a higher pitch, but take longer for the sound to open up. Chinas, splashes and flats are not offered in multiple weights. Traditional, yet far from ordinary. Bosphorus Cymbals was established in 1996 by three master cymbal smiths, Hasan Seker, Ibrahim Yakici and Hasan Ozdemir.

The founders of Bosphorus were three good friends who grew up in the same neighborhood. Their common thread was being sent to work in a neighborhood cymbal workshop. Their humble beginings included cleaning the workshop and other menial tasks, but in time they were trained in the art of making cymbals.

Their teachers were the masters who manufactured the legendary cymbals of 60’s and 70’s. After 16 years at the same workshop the friends ventured off on their own and established their own company.