Why does drummer Mark Polis recommend Istanbul Nostalgia Cymbals?
A friend of mine who is also an Istanbul® Mehmet cymbal endorser (the real kind of endorser) just sold me a set of Nostalgia series cymbals he’d hand selected from Istanbul [Turkey]. These are from when the Nostagia’s first came out, when Istanbul® was really trying to market a super quality “Istanbul K clone”, hence the Nostalgia name. The Nostalgias currently on the market are no big deal now, but are still the most expensive stuff from Istanbul®. Very loose, crash rides in the very sense of the word. Great stick articulation, but very thin, very washish if desired, and very jazzy. He’d owned these for a few years: 14″ hats, 19″ crash/ride and 22″ ride, all for the incredible price of $500 (he needed the money for a gong stand!!). I usually play Spizz’s and/or Bosphorus, but these are truly fabulous. Here’s my take on them, for what it’s worth, jazzers: First the hats – FANTASTIC!!!! These are every bit as good (and in some respects better) than a set of Mel Lewis’s which I’d hand pi
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