The Surprise is Finally Revealed!

Finally the wait is over! Aizat is in his final semester and I thought I want to order something from the rising sun country.. I am actually thinking of ordering t-shirts or smthng but one day, I surfed to Ishibashi webshop and found this crash which I wanted for so long. Its Zildjian 18" A Medium Thin Crash which is the best candidate to replace my old Headliner brass cymbal. The price is also quite cheap considering its almost impossible to get the same exact crash here in Malaysia with that price used or of course new. So after thinking for like few minutes, I then tell Aizat I want this and he said ok. He can use his money first I'll pay later.

About a day later, there is a Pearl maple snare coming up on the site. I couldnt resist it because I always wanted to play and own a maple snare for a very long time. Trust me, this is the toughest decision I've ever made because the question is, can I save up to pay Aizat after the stuffs arrived here? The answer is yes and I have to sacrifice my Sabian Pro cymbals in order to get the money. Hheheheheheh....

Little review:

1) Zildjian 18" Avedis Medium Thin Crash -I only played it once and I would say its a great companion along my K Custom Dark Crash. It is more open and bright compared to K but I think I like my K crash more :P

2) Pearl Z-Type Maple Snare in Silver Sparkle #160
-6.5"x14" dimension
-8ply 100% maple, 10mm thick!!!!
-Pearl "Mastercast" hoops
-Remo Powerstroke 3 on batter and Ambassador on reso

First impression, its beautiful!!!!!!!!! I feel like want to cry when I first open the box because of this beauty.. Its also in very very mint condition.. Looks like new! The lugs, the diecast all are very shiny and is practically new. The head have some stick mark but its very minor.. I had a chance to play this snare in jam session with my band. It have alot of crack and unlike my Bronze snare, it doesnt have unwanted ringing thanks to PS3 head and thick shell. For my bronze snare, I must have this sweet spot to achieve the sweet rimshot sound but for this snare, I can play it normally without rimshot but I still get the volume that I want. Overall, the snare have acceptable sensitivity, deep and warm sound with alot of crack!
Enough of my talking, let the pictures take over..

No its not Canopus snare!!

Dont worry KCDC, you're still my favorite!

The snare pics:
I get free leather snare baghotness!!!

#160 Silver Sparkle close up

Japan Domestic Market only!!!peep hole.. pls count the ply Going to be my new workhorse!