Meinl Cymbals - Big Bell Rides Comparison w/Navene Koperweis 

Absolutely, I love the Soundcaster Custom Mega bell ride, but I always felt like the bell was a bit to weak, I feel like in a different Material it would sound amazing. 👌🏻

@@Philipp.of.Swabia The bell of the Soundcaster Custom Mega Bell is weak due to the weight. It weighs around 3550g, which is strangely light for a 22" metal ride. In comparison, the Zildjian Mega Bell (imo THE best mega bell) weighs around 4000g while being 1" smaller, which is CRAZY heavy and it sounds sooo beefy.

I've commented this a bunch of times. Stupid not to have a high end mega bell. I have a soundcaster custom shop 20 mega bell.

@@joshuachan56 yes, that Ride is sic, I guess the Byzance heavy hammered is the most close to that one in the Meinl catalog, but I’d rather trade in that one more inch for a bigger bell.

Agree!…..none of these cymbals have the power of Soundcaster, I owned two of the ones in the video (including the 22” Byzance HH) and in my humble opinion, still not able to feel the real mega bell. Personally I think other vendors have more solid options regarding mega/giga bell rides, for my metal cymbal set, the ride is the only one that is not Meinl, because I’ve not found any that has the power I want, compared to Zildjian/Sabian/Pastie options.

ya at least the bell sounds loud the dark and metal ones sound weak for size

As much as I was actually surprised by the bow's sound, I almost puked when I heared the bell...But yeah, for the price it's not bad

Yeah, the huge bell should be on them all!

This is a *_bell/ride comparison_* and most of the other cymbals sound like 💩 when crashed, so what's the point. You have to go to an individual cymbal test video to see what all the possibilities are.

he uses scott johnston light marching sticks

Same dude the zildjian A mega bell is amazing. I wish Meinl made something that sounded more like it

Bros, 100% in agreement with your thoughts, my ride is then only non Meinl cymbal because none of the ones listed in the video convinced me, I’ve tried at 4 of them…all the other cymbals vendors have better competitors for this type of rides.

@@Timotolas Exactly, out of all of them the 18'' classics is the one I'll choose, but I hope someday in the future they make another one with more bell and less ping. The rides showcased are great, but we need a brutal one lol

There was no gravity blast and even if their was hes demoing metal orientated rides so it would make sense to do a blast beat

That's what most of these rides are going to be used for. It makes a lot more sense than the idiots you always see trying to swing on a 3500g big bell ride demo

says the guy that cant play blast beats LOL.