Features:

• Size: 18
• Weight: medium
• Volume: medium to very loud
• Stick Sound: silvery, pangy, silky
• Intensity: lively
• Sustain: fairly long, even
• Bell Character: integrated
  
  Description:
  Sound Character: Bright, silky, metallic, full, slightly trashy and very powerful.
  Wide range, fairly clean mix.
  Comfortable, responsive and somewhat soft feel.
  Exotic type of china that also offers the sound and function of a crash cymbal.
  Its unique shape makes both the bell and downward turned china edge accessible at once.
  Provides a strong, sizzling and deep layered china sound that is perfectly suited for any styles of Rock music and for other unique applications and percussive settings

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