Unlathed Cymbal Modification - Timothy Roberts Cymbals 

You really are a master of your craft. Thanks for another great video Tim!

To be honest, I'm a huge fan of the Turk-style sound, so I was thinking, "Is he going to destroy the sound of this cymbal?" But my goodness, the "after" cymbal is so beautiful! Amazing expansion of the bright sticking and a lovely, super-low wash. Fantastic job!

These vids are so informative, yet so fun to watch. Keep doing what your doing Timothy, its great.

This for me was the best work you've done, it sounds amazing

The after mod cymbal is way better in so many ways. It's more versatile, has a sweet stick attack, a wider frequency range, and looks to be more playable. Big improvement overall!

I thought to myself, how’s this guy gonna take an already great sounding cymbal and make it better? Dude, somehow you did it!

Great mod! Ilove that you were able to keep the glassy stick attack after lathing.

Now this is cool. Great job with explaining and executing.

I've never played either... but of all the dozens of videos I've watched for both companies, I like the Mehmet cymbals over the Agop cymbals.

I liked the original ride. I LOVE the finished mod! Great work!

Both are nice

GREAT WORK! Just put some quick teaser playing clips at the front.

Beautiful work!

I think you just changed a beer into champagne. Beautiful sounding results. (new sub) Thanks and Blessings!

Cool! Sounds like a thin K Jazz ride! The spread is wild!!

I'm interested in taking it the other way. Maybe a refiring and hammering of a lathed cymbal into something much more dark toned and dry.

Wow!, Prof Roberts does it again!. This is an interesting one, as I like that Turk Mehmet as it was. As far as Turks go this was a good example. It was what it was..... sharp stick, kinda clangy, dry and raw. You transformed it into a very different instrument. The stick def is much warmer with a sweeter spread all around. The personality is now "broader". I'd say you gave the customer exactly what they were asking for. Now I'm looking at my old Bosphorus Turk Series thin 21 & 1/2" (2669g), and wondering what it could become?? 🤔

great vid and mod

I'm so glad I checked out your channel! Been following you on instagram for a while, but now you're helping me on the way to becoming a cymbal nerd haha! Quick question, what do you think about Agop's 30th anniversary rides? The are completely hand hammered, right? And do you have any experiences modifying one? Thanks

Killer Timothy!

nice work. the original sounded good as well. interesting how you can see the hammering pattern on the turk version. depending on the light, you really see narrow bows of hammermarks from bell to edge. are these done with an air pressure hammer by istanbul??

I would have skip lathed the top and wire brushed the bottom. The wash has lost complexity with the stick sound has gained complexity

The Turk is not my cup of tea, but what it got transformed into sounded like a K-Con ! Nice

Should have just bought the Turk Jazz series.

Sounded like a bin lid on the way in, left like shimmering gem. Personally, I feel like crusty, dark, ultra dry cymbals are something of a fad that will pass. They look cool but they sound... well I don't like it and they often disappear, sonically in a band context