PAISTE

Introduction:	2002
Background:	Create Hi-Hats and Cymbal Stack Combos for modern electronic musical applications such as Dance, House and Drum & Bass - Emulate sampled and electronically processed cymbal sounds in a natural drum set environment
Innovation:	Created extremely interesting alternative crash, ride, hi-hat and x-hat functions for most modern musical settings - Individual cymbals used are true and useful cymbals in themselves
Alloy:	Patented Signature Bronze, CuSn8 Bronze, also known as "2002 Alloy", NS12 Nickel-Silver, MS63 Brass
Quality:	Professional
Production:	Manual Craftsmanship - Hand Hammering, Hand Lathing, Proprietary Methods
Applications:	Soft to very loud > Live and Recording - Modern Electronic Genres and any application that requires a fresh and unusual approach
Users:	Working Musicians, Enthusiasts, Specialists - Drummers and percussionists who love to experiment
Sound:	Includes articulate, buzzing, hissing, explosive, crunchy, splashy, metallic, gated, chunky, clangy, shattering, fuzzy, crisp, woody, papery, trashy, compact, and strange sounds
Looks:	Extremely varied shapes, surface colors and textures, hammering and lathing patterns - Prominent black silk screening
Recognition:	Noise Works cymbals have been critically acclaimed by numerous international drum magazines as exceptionally useful even beyond their intended application and highly stimulating to your creativity

Paiste’s New Alpha Series – The Smart Choice for Serious Sound

Alpha Cymbals were first launched by Paiste in 1992. Since then, the Alpha Series has been highly successful on an international scale. Today, the Alpha brand is synonymous with dependability, and the cymbals are well known for their first-class sound and fair prices. In 2006, Paiste presents a completely revamped Alpha, which advances these trusted qualities and takes Alpha cymbals to a new level.

In recent years, Paiste has invested heavily into the perfection of its hi-tech processes, seeking to faithfully reproduce the principles of Swiss hand craftsmanship in its modern production facility in Germany. The new Alpha cymbals are manufactured using this top-notch technology. They are then enhanced using traditional hand hammering. The combination of hi-tech and traditional methods brings about never before realized quality levels in a highly efficient production environment. Alpha cymbals thus fulfill high demands in quality and function while taking into the account the financial realities of today’s active drummers.

Paiste has designed the new Alpha series specifically with the global demands of today’s music in mind. Global music increasingly combines stylistic and cultural backgrounds into new musical forms, requiring cymbals with wider application range. By applying modern design concepts to the individual models, Paiste has met these requirements convincingly. The assortment offers a wide choice of models and sizes, and covers a wide range of music styles. It allows the drummer an optimal variety of sounds in the cymbal set. Despite all of these improvements, the company is offering the new Alpha cymbals at unchanged retail prices.

PAISTE

Product Spotlight: RUDE “Wild” Crashes

For Immediate Release September 2007

Paiste expands the RUDE line with a Wild Crash (17”/18”/19”/20”) adding more choices for today’s heaviest hitters. With its prominent un-lathed greenish surface that is only found on the world-renowned RUDE line, the Wilds are a bit heavier & louder, a little higher in pitch and even more aggressive than the 2002 Wild Crashes. Yet they are very crunchy in sound and shorter in sustain than the classic RUDE Crash/Ride. The RUDE Wild Crash is perfectly suited for the loudest accents and continuous crash/riding in raw and aggressive music forms. Get some and be heard...

Stewart Copeland and Paiste Co-Develop Unique Ride Cymbal

Stewart Copeland and Paiste Co-Develop Unique Ride Cymbal

For Immediate Release July 2007

Nottwil/Switzerland – The renowned Swiss cymbal maker Paiste announces the introduction of the Signature 22" Blue Bell Ride at the 2007 Summer NAMM Show.

This special Ride cymbal was created by Paiste’s Sound Development team in collaboration with the legendary drummer Stewart Copeland, who has inspired an entire generation of drummers with his unique playing style as the driving force behind The Police, one of the most influential and groundbreaking rock bands of the past few decades. The introduction of this model coincides with the celebrated world-wide reunion tour of The Police.

The 22" Blue Bell Ride is based on the Signature 22" Dark Metal Ride, and was modified according to Stewart Copeland’s exacting specifications. In the process, this development reintroduces Paiste’s unique ColorSound coating, as the cymbal is coated partially blue on top and fully on the bottom.


The 22" Blue Bell Ride features a dry, slightly dark, raw and melodic sound. Its dominant characteristics include a clear, glassy ping and a distinctive strong, deep bell, in accordance with Stewart Copeland’s Ride playing technique within the context of the music of The Police. As a tribute to Stewart’s collaborative effort in the creation of this unique cymbal, the label “The Rhythmatist” and Stewart Copeland’s “Rider” logo appear in conjunction with the model designation on the cymbal. Signature cymbals are entirely made by hand in Switzerland using traditional methods that have remained unchanged in over half a century. ColorSound is a proprietary coating for cymbals developed by Paiste in the 1980s, which optimizes the effect of a coating on cymbal sound and is extremely durable.

Silent Tips TCP10D

TCP10D

Silent practice with your own sticks... any time, anywhere.

Tune-Up Oil

TOL2

Machine oil for lubricating the moving parts of stands, pedals, and tension bolts.
Also protects pedal chains from rust.

Power Kick PK20

Power Kick Bass

The Power Kick bass drum muffler is made of sponge pre-cut to fit inside the shell curve of the bass drum and features just the right size and hardness for the best sound-dampening qualities. (For 16"-18" depth bass drum).

Wood Hoop Saver

MHS53

Special adhesive pieces protect your wood hoop from being scratched by the bass drum pedal from slipping.

Practice Tools

Practice Pad Stand


TSP6

This training pad features a special urethane foam for a nice bouncy feel. Its six-inch diameter also makes it easily portable.

TMP8S

This new snare pad is an actual 4 x 8 inch drum with a mesh head. It has a half cut snare wire facing the backside of the mesh head from inside the drum. The knurled knob on the side of the shell lets you adjust the snare tension from tight to loose and off. You can also adjust the tension of the mesh as on a conventional drum.

Practice Pads

HS30TP

The new H30TP training pad stand can hold pads between 6 and 10 inch diameters. The rubber grips of the basket can also be reversed for holding smaller pads more securely. An extension pipe is included for when practicing standing up is desired.

Height adjustment range (measured from the top surface of a 6 inch training pad to the floor):
• w/o extension pipe: 582mm – 732mm (23” – 28 3/4”)
• w/ extension pipe: 848 – 990mm (33 2/5” – 39”)

Tuning Tools

MRK10

Tighten up almost everything on your kit that needs tightening with this useful, quick and easy tool. A special wallet is included.

Included items

included items(from the left)

- 10mm hex socket (for M6 hex nut)
- 7mm hex socket (for M4 hex nut)
- 5mm hex wrench bit
- Phillips screw bit
- Square headed bit (for tension bolts)

TDK10

This newly designed drum key offers both fine and fast tuning and is shaped and rounded to perfectly fit your fingers. A knurled knob at the end of the key allows you to quickly spin the TDK10 during the initial tension rod tightening for rapid head changes.

6560R

Traditional TAMA key

TENSION WATCH TW100

TAMA

Good tuning used to take years of experience and tuning each drum often felt like it took years. No more. The TW100 measures actual head (not tuning rod-tension) on an easy to read meter, so you can record the numbers and duplicate your best tuning time after time. Or you can use the suggested sample tunings in the directions. Either way Tension Watch lets you spend more time playing and less time tuning.

RHYTHM WATCH RW105

TAMA

The first timekeeper designed specifically for the band's timekeeper, TAMA's Rhythm Watch had everything a drummer needed to make sure the time was right-live and in the studio. The original Rhythm Watch featured enough volume to play with real drums, a large, easy-to-read display, a dial for quick tempo adjustments, separate volumes for quarter notes, eighths and triplets...the list went on and on.
The RW105 now features a backlit display, 30 different memory settings, and up to nine different beat divisions. The only thing we didn't change was the simplicity.

GONG BASS

Original Percussions

An early TAMA original, the Gong Bass Drum features a 22" head on a 20" shell with no bottom head. This design produces a sound with excellent sustain that's close in character to a concert tympani. The Gong Bass Drum utilizes 8mm thick Starclassic Bubinga & 7mm thick Maple shell. The aluminum Rollaway stand in black finish offers easy yet secure positioning thanks to another TAMA original idea: Power Tower stand components. Available with Chrome shell hardware only.

Gong Bass drums are available in all the Starclassic Bubinga & Maple finishes.
GSB and SSB finishes will feature a fade rather than a burst.