Ever since I started drumming, there's no other cymbal in the world I'd rather play than a Sabian. And it's because of their very mission statement and the amazing roster of people that work for and with the company. R.I.P. Bob Zildjian. Thank you for making amazing cymbals for people to enjoy.
I love how environmentally conscious and sustainable Sabian is. They conserve water usage and recycle literally everything. AWESOME job! Not to mention they also make incredible cymbals. Just listen to Dave Abbruzzese's drumming with Pearl Jam.
Been using the AXX brilliant finish for 35 years. Never let me down. Some are over 12 years old and still sound amazing. Sabian is the best cymbals ever produced by far.
@Ian Soberano what a childish view of the world you have. You do realize SABIAN was founded by a Zildjian right? The name isn't 300 years old but the pedigree sure as hell is. Your loyalty to brands is rather naive at best.
I'm a truck driver from Halifax, NS, one province over from NB. I have delivered to the Sabian factory numerous times and had the tour there. I have talked to some of the people who hand hammer the high end cymbals. Really nice people, even talked to a guy who made Neil Peart's cymbals.
Gotta say: I am impressed by how much of the process at Sabian is actually done by hand. I watched a video by Zildjian and most of their process is automated. Then again, it does back up the family fall out story that caused the founding of Sabian. One brother being the face who retained the original company and the other who was in the factory and founded Sabian. Automated produces a good quality but only hand crafting will produce unique and one of a kind results.
@@rjsal246 No clue. All I can say is automation may produce quantity and repeatability but it does not produce quality and uniqueness. Then again, I just watched a video that said the pro or amateur status of a drummer can be determined solely by their drum set up. Vocalists are using autotune and backing tracks and folks can't seem to play without click tracks. So maybe quality. talent and individuality are no longer relevant.
The HH and HHX and artisan cymbals are among the lines still produced the old way. AA are automated anvil. And all of the cheaper cymbals are mass produced. And individuality and talent still count. Top 40 and the like is made for the masses. To make money. Go see a local band and support local music 👍
they are virtually identical. Both use automatic hammer machines. Sabian just chose to show a hand hammered model being made. That is a very tiny percentage of what they sell.
I've been getting together a full set of Sabian cymbals for my kits. Really old 90's AA series. And scored an old 18" AAX Xplosion crash . They sll sound great !
I’m a Sabian guy and will be for life. When I first started playing years ago late 80’s early 90’s I played only Zildjian. I ended up playing guitar professionally in a rock band for years. After touring millions of miles, being signed to three record deals. I’ve came back around and am in a position that I can actually go back to practicing the drums again. My drummer always used Sabian and that’s where my love of this company came from. The fact that Bob broke away from Zildjian and started his own successful cymbal company. I love the underdog story and always will!
Sabian's constant innovation in new cymbals and quality control maintains their #1 status...Ive got a 40 year old pair of hats made in their Italian plant...just beautiful...
Great educational video for us drummers, it's very cool to know this way where your cymbals came from, all my cymbals are Sabian except for my Ride wich is a Zildjian A Custom Ping Ride wich I love but I also want to purchase the HH Raw Bell Dry Ride, it sounds really sweet in the videos. Keep up the good work making the best cymbals out there!! 👍
nelson Rodriguez Love the ping ride! I always asked the drummers I played with to use it whenever they thought they should. Especially along with my guitar solos, so they didn't suck as much.
For real. Plus some of those cymbals go for 5-600 a piece. I paid 900 for a zildjian hi hat crash and ride. It's worth it though. Cheap cymbals sound like just clanking metal.
I sent my Sabian 16" AAX-Plosion crash cymbal (Brilliant) to be changed to a "Natural" finish to this factory in Maine. I can't wait to hear how it sounds in about 6-8 weeks UPDATE: Received my cymbal last month and it sounds amazing. Has a more dry echo hum that's consistent with what I play, plus I can't see my distinct finger prints as much as before. Traditional is the way. Next my 18" cymbal. Thanks, Sabian UPDATE: Had my 18" AAX-Plosion cymbal finished to "Natural" and I like the results!
Sabians are Canadian and this factory is in Meductic New Brunswick but I'm glad you got good results from whatever body shop in Maine refinished them for you.
@@litchar Yeah, they did a pretty good solid finish on both my cymbals and it was very cheap. It still shows the "CANADA" signature stamp on them, which I love knowing that's where they originated from. I think they are a joint team between boarders. Very communicative and trustworthy from my experience.
I've always been all over the place with cymbals, soultone ride, aax crash on the left, paiste 2002 crash on the right, and zildjian quick beat hi hats. Somehow, it works. But I had a 22" aax metal ride for 15 years before it cracked right under the bell. Best, longest lasting cymbal I ever had. I'd love to find another one some day.
Yeah, if you spend the dough you can find some fine cymbals excluding no brand names. I've always found Paiste 2002's to be the most sound quality consistent, but i currently have a motley collection of Zildjians and I like them alot.
Im always curious if any of these guys play for recreation at home. Seems like they have a love for it and would like to try what they do at home. Seems like a great job if they do....
Video is a superb reminder that no two cymbals are precisely the same, even within the same model, so try several to see which is most pleasing to your ear. 👂
i love sabian, have since day one of drumming, but i do agree with you meinl are doing some incredible things, i do rather enjoy the sound of their classic custom line,
I hear ya man! but if you were in the testing vault, it could be a cymbal stand and you could test faster that way! But you'd have to sanitize them before sending them out! A great cymbal sound can be orgasmic. Imagine the caution signs in that section of the plant!
Electric guitars and basses, on the other hand, can pretty much be inexpensively mass-produced to very high quality standards using computer controlled machine tools. This stuff is *work!!*
Im so curios why there isnt a viewing on how they make Chinas or Gongs, how they make different percussions and so on. Crashes, splashes and rides are shown yes. But the other aint. Why ? . Kevin , drummer from Norway.
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Robert Zildjian, son of Avedis Zildjian III, the head of the Avedis Zildjian Company. Family tradition had it that the head of the company would pass the company down to the oldest son (Armand). After Avedis Zildjian III died in 1979, Armand (who was President of Zildjian at the time) became Chairman of the Board. This eventually led to a family feud and a legal dispute between Robert and Armand that resulted in Robert leaving Zildjian to form the rival Sabian company.
Thank you for sharing this used to be a hidden craft, even so the secret of the musical inglet is not opened yet. So, this is the Canadian factory? Cheers!
Ever since I started drumming, there's no other cymbal in the world I'd rather play than a Sabian. And it's because of their very mission statement and the amazing roster of people that work for and with the company. R.I.P. Bob Zildjian. Thank you for making amazing cymbals for people to enjoy.
I have been playing Sabian since 2007. Best cymbal made according to my ears. Thank you.
I used to think that cymbals were expensive... after watching this I think they’re not as expensive as they should be!!! Man, what a process !!!
I guess many drummers (incl myself) had that wake-up call. I couldn't believe my eyes when I was younger and saw that price-tag. :P
Shhhh
Impressive, it's nice to see in this technology age that actual hands on craftsmanship still exists...
Yup, but this is from 2010
I love how environmentally conscious and sustainable Sabian is. They conserve water usage and recycle literally everything. AWESOME job! Not to mention they also make incredible cymbals. Just listen to Dave Abbruzzese's drumming with Pearl Jam.
Love Sabian and always will and always will play Sabian and nothing else, r.i.p. bob zildjian thank you for making kick ass cymbals
Took the tour of this factory yesterday! Great bunch of people there and they even re-buffed and re-logo'd one of my older cymbals and it's like new!
The Final stage of each of the cymbals made . Sounds like a shattering of glass the Perfection of Making SABINA Cymbals !!
Great 👍 Video !!
I've always been proud to play Sabian cymbals!!!!!
Bravo guys ! Absolutely awesome ! Loved the tour and I love using your symbols in my studio.! Cheers !
Been using the AXX brilliant finish for 35 years. Never let me down. Some are over 12 years old and still sound amazing. Sabian is the best cymbals ever produced by far.
@Ian Soberano what a childish view of the world you have. You do realize SABIAN was founded by a Zildjian right? The name isn't 300 years old but the pedigree sure as hell is. Your loyalty to brands is rather naive at best.
I'm a truck driver from Halifax, NS, one province over from NB. I have delivered to the Sabian factory numerous times and had the tour there. I have talked to some of the people who hand hammer the high end cymbals. Really nice people, even talked to a guy who made Neil Peart's cymbals.
Brilliant. It's great to see the diversity between Zildjian and Sabian. Quite a few different techniques between the two. Thanks for sharing this.
Gotta say: I am impressed by how much of the process at Sabian is actually done by hand. I watched a video by Zildjian and most of their process is automated. Then again, it does back up the family fall out story that caused the founding of Sabian. One brother being the face who retained the original company and the other who was in the factory and founded Sabian. Automated produces a good quality but only hand crafting will produce unique and one of a kind results.
Rough And Wretched R.A.W. Very true, do you think they are still producing them the same way?
@@rjsal246 No clue. All I can say is automation may produce quantity and repeatability but it does not produce quality and uniqueness.
Then again, I just watched a video that said the pro or amateur status of a drummer can be determined solely by their drum set up. Vocalists are using autotune and backing tracks and folks can't seem to play without click tracks. So maybe quality. talent and individuality are no longer relevant.
The HH and HHX and artisan cymbals are among the lines still produced the old way.
AA are automated anvil. And all of the cheaper cymbals are mass produced.
And individuality and talent still count. Top 40 and the like is made for the masses. To make money.
Go see a local band and support local music 👍
they are virtually identical. Both use automatic hammer machines. Sabian just chose to show a hand hammered model being made. That is a very tiny percentage of what they sell.
By far THE BEST cymbals...and ALWAYS putting new stuff on the market!
MrJireh09 Paiste?
Cool One more like dinner plates lol. nah use what you like but I think sabian is better.
sabians suck bro meinl or zildjian better
@@afterlifeyt9073 dude!! you resurected an old post LOL...10 years later i can tell you ZILDJIAN and sabien are great...never try MEINL
way to go guys.. vids like this are THE most awesome thing. thanks to you and Sabian for posting this.
Chris
Fun Fact: SABIAN was named after the first 2 letters of Bob Zildjian's 3 kids Sally,Billy & Andy. :)
another fun fact,sabi means kid,children in Turkish and -an Armenian annex... Sabian...
Kind of fucked up how it all works so perfectly!
I've been getting together a full set of Sabian cymbals for my kits. Really old 90's AA series. And scored an old 18" AAX Xplosion crash . They sll sound great !
Pretty dope knowing where my cymbals were born. Thanks for an amazing product ladies n gents!! #Sabian4life
Just got myself some old AA cymbals. Love them . They sound great.
Very happy with my 13" hats and 21" ride 23 years and counting!
Hand hammering cymbals at Sabian for over 25 years, longer than I've been alive. Now THAT is some dedication.
I’m a Sabian guy and will be for life. When I first started playing years ago late 80’s early 90’s I played only Zildjian. I ended up playing guitar professionally in a rock band for years. After touring millions of miles, being signed to three record deals. I’ve came back around and am in a position that I can actually go back to practicing the drums again. My drummer always used Sabian and that’s where my love of this company came from. The fact that Bob broke away from Zildjian and started his own successful cymbal company. I love the underdog story and always will!
i have a TAMA drumset but i use both ZILDJIAN,SABIAN and PAISTE cymbals depending what sound i like and depends on a song,
Sabian son uno de los mejores platos. Su brillo. Su claridad. Y su gran variedad de platillos y sonidos. Realmente son geniales.
Sabian's constant innovation in new cymbals and quality control maintains their #1 status...Ive got a 40 year old pair of hats made in their Italian plant...just beautiful...
RIP Bob Zildjian. Thank you for leaving us with your legacy.
I love that The Rev is in the background in one of the rooms
Both cymbals have beautiful sounds
Great educational video for us drummers, it's very cool to know this way where your cymbals came from, all my cymbals are Sabian except for my Ride wich is a Zildjian A Custom Ping Ride wich I love but I also want to purchase the HH Raw Bell Dry Ride, it sounds really sweet in the videos. Keep up the good work making the best cymbals out there!! 👍
nelson Rodriguez Love the ping ride! I always asked the drummers I played with to use it whenever they thought they should. Especially along with my guitar solos, so they didn't suck as much.
I really hope these guys get paid some good money. This is pretty much a skilled trade or craft and then being there as long as they have
M K dam right
For real. Plus some of those cymbals go for 5-600 a piece. I paid 900 for a zildjian hi hat crash and ride. It's worth it though. Cheap cymbals sound like just clanking metal.
Love the sound of the unpolished AA around 8 minutes. Hopefully they will release a line that mimics that sound.
I freakin love my xsr set it is simply amazing you guys rock
We will all miss you Robert Zildjian! Hopefully your people will carry on your fine cymbal making so we always have you with us!
its so satisfying looking at the machine put on the logo:0
great video.i'll love this job.just think bands that make hit records use these cymbals.thats the pride of this craft.good job sabian crew.
thanksgiving must be fun at the Zildjian house with the brothers ! !
I sent my Sabian 16" AAX-Plosion crash cymbal (Brilliant) to be changed to a "Natural" finish to this factory in Maine. I can't wait to hear how it sounds in about 6-8 weeks
UPDATE: Received my cymbal last month and it sounds amazing. Has a more dry echo hum that's consistent with what I play, plus I can't see my distinct finger prints as much as before. Traditional is the way. Next my 18" cymbal. Thanks, Sabian
UPDATE: Had my 18" AAX-Plosion cymbal finished to "Natural" and I like the results!
Sabians are Canadian and this factory is in Meductic New Brunswick but I'm glad you got good results from whatever body shop in Maine refinished them for you.
@@litchar Yeah, they did a pretty good solid finish on both my cymbals and it was very cheap. It still shows the "CANADA" signature stamp on them, which I love knowing that's where they originated from. I think they are a joint team between boarders. Very communicative and trustworthy from my experience.
So satisfying to see it being lathed
I've always been all over the place with cymbals, soultone ride, aax crash on the left, paiste 2002 crash on the right, and zildjian quick beat hi hats. Somehow, it works. But I had a 22" aax metal ride for 15 years before it cracked right under the bell. Best, longest lasting cymbal I ever had. I'd love to find another one some day.
I had no idea that cymbals were that labor intensive. You really get your moneys worth.
Thats why they cost 400 to 500 and up these guys an not min wage.
It's crazy right?
i actually went there for a class trip last week for music class, it actually pretty interesting
Great video great cymbals many thanks
The cymbal lathing looks amazing
I love it ...Sabian is my favourite 🤘😁😍
Love these cymbals. AA, AAX, HH, HHX, Paragon, Radia, Vault, Mike Portnoy Max Stax, I play these lines. Favorite cymbals lines, Paragon and HH.
Yeah, if you spend the dough you can find some fine cymbals excluding no brand names. I've always found Paiste 2002's to be the most sound quality consistent, but i currently have a motley collection of Zildjians and I like them alot.
I can't imagine hand hammering on cymbals for 25 years!! Incredible!
9:54 - And that guy keeps a better time on that cymbal than I ever would.
the lathing process blew my mind
My favorite Cymbals
Awesome!
Bet these guys cook a mean pizza!! 🍕
I will eat a bronze pizza👍😂
God bless Canada
the Groove Ride is one of the best cymbals i have ever heard
Great product !
Im always curious if any of these guys play for recreation at home. Seems like they have a love for it and would like to try what they do at home. Seems like a great job if they do....
I got my first sabian cymbals (used) for free. They came from a closed down whorehouse in oslo.. loved the sound and still have them 20 years after ..
Warehouse 😂
Great Product !!
16:30 the posters on the top right, the furthest left is The Rev:)
And Tomas Haake
I could watch the logo stamping all day long
Good to see Charlie Brown is keeping busy these days.
Video is a superb reminder that no two cymbals are precisely the same, even within the same model, so try several to see which is most pleasing to your ear. 👂
Now whenever i see "sabian" i will think Sally, Billy and Andy.
And say, im playing Zildjians grand kids.
Charlie Brown's right arm has got to be jacked up by now!
i love sabian, have since day one of drumming, but i do agree with you meinl are doing some incredible things, i do rather enjoy the sound of their classic custom line,
16:14 They have a Jimmy poster. That makes me happy. :)
Brings a tear to my eye:'(
I chuckled alittle bit when he said his name :D
The rev at 17:45 in the background;)
I hear ya man! but if you were in the testing vault, it could be a cymbal stand and you could test faster that way! But you'd have to sanitize them before sending them out! A great cymbal sound can be orgasmic. Imagine the caution signs in that section of the plant!
I LOVE SABIAN!.
Sempre será minha eterna paixão...
Electric guitars and basses, on the other hand, can pretty much be inexpensively mass-produced to very high quality standards using computer controlled machine tools. This stuff is *work!!*
Hell of a mark up
17:29 i can see a pic of the rev at the back!! RIP drum master!
thank you for my aaxs especially my 10 splash and my 19 paragon china :)
17:36 a poster of the rev on the back!!
Charlie Brown , what a name.Some process for sure.
i love sabian cymbals
con razón cuestan caros pero son muy buenos platos
I want a complete setup hand picked from Area 51!
Jimmie ''The Rev'' Sullivan's poster at 15:44 ! :D
Very nice. the Sabian the best...
Im so curios why there isnt a viewing on how they make Chinas or Gongs, how they make different percussions and so on. Crashes, splashes and rides are shown yes. But the other aint. Why ? . Kevin , drummer from Norway.
The rev poster. Yes
@05:35 That's what i did with the Zildjians when i got my Sabian HHXs. lol
Some of these guys have boring jobs so we can have exciting musical endeavours.
Gotta love em.
Talk about a dream job.
They have a poster of The Rev in the background :')
very best in your dream old man.....
fuck could you imagine hand hammering cymbals all day? ding ding ding ding
brutal on the ears
what do they do with rejected cymbals on quality control process?
I have Sabian on my Ludwig double base outa plus kit . Blue vistalite kit
African drummers love the choppers
"and that means ANYTHING that was on the market." man, talk about a grudge.
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Robert Zildjian, son of Avedis Zildjian III, the head of the Avedis Zildjian Company. Family tradition had it that the head of the company would pass the company down to the oldest son (Armand). After Avedis Zildjian III died in 1979, Armand (who was President of Zildjian at the time) became Chairman of the Board. This eventually led to a family feud and a legal dispute between Robert and Armand that resulted in Robert leaving Zildjian to form the rival Sabian company.
Thank you for sharing this used to be a hidden craft, even so the secret of the musical inglet is not opened yet. So, this is the Canadian factory? Cheers!
Yeah, Sabian was started by Robert Zildjian after Armand and him got in an argument. They use the exact same 'secret alloy' as well.
Incredible footage,saw just how these are created!now I know...😐blacksmith 101..old craft shown here,,,cheers...land o' lakes,wi.usa...
My neck of the woods.