Features:

• Size: 18
• Weight: heavy
• Volume: loud to very loud
• Stick Sound: fairly pingy
• Intensity: lively
• Sustain: medium
• Bell Character: integrated
  
  Description:
  Sound Character: Dark, full, raw, energetic.
  Wide range, complex mix.
  Heavy feel, fairly controllable, very explosive crash sound.
  Extremely loud, nasty china for higher volume playing

About Paiste Rude

These definitely different cymbals were inspired by the revolution of punk and metal during the late 1970s. RUDE continues to be the leading choice of sound for raw, merciless and powerful musical energy in Rock, Metal, and Punk.

Since
1980

Alloy
CuSn8 Bronze, also known as "2002 Bronze"

Applications
Medium loud to extremely loud • Live and recording • Punk, Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, Rock/Metal Crossover Styles & Derivatives, and contemporary styles rooted in/or similar to those styles

Sound
Raw, metallic, powerful, lively, sparkling, bright, icy and energetic with heavy mid-range harmonics and powerful, cutting characteristics