Cymbals

Chris is a Zildjian artist. Stacks, splashes, and trash — the metal that turns a percussion rig into a drum machine you can feel.

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Ride
22″ K Constantinople Renaissance Ride ↗
Dark, dry and washy — the one he says he's obsessed with. Anchors the whole kit.
Cracked stack
14″ ZBT Hi-Hat Top 16″ A Thin Crash ↗
A cracked thin crash over a hi-hat top — trashy, broken, and exactly the point.
Splash stack
8″ A Custom Splash ↗ 8″ K Custom Dark Splash ↗
His favorite stack — short decay that "sounds like an 808 sample."
FX stack
10″ A Custom EFX ↗ 10″ FX China Trash ↗
Metallic, drum-machine hits that land between the beats.

The full, current spec lives on Zildjian's artist page — always the source of truth.

I'm obsessed with the 20-inch K Constantinople Renaissance Ride.
Chris Karabelas — Zildjian Artist