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Crafted from pure SABIAN B20 Bronze using trickle-down technology from award-winning Evolution and X-Plosion cymbals, XSR delivers unpresendented sound and performance at a price designed to fit your cymbal budget. Medium thin, with straight-ahead, focused sound, the Monarch delivers vintage look and feel, and fantastic crashability, at an unbelievable value. Like that amazing cymbal you found in a garage sale, you’ll consider this a huge score. Big & Ugly is a collection of unique Ride cymbals from SABIAN. They are big, dark, loose and dynamic – but most importantly, they are huge fun to play. Although the collection contains cymbals that span multiple SABIAN cymbal series, they are all united by their great complexity, versatility and distinctive appearance.
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Crafted from pure SABIAN B20 Bronze using trickle-down technology from award-winning Evolution and X-Plosion cymbals, XSR delivers unpresendented sound and performance at a price designed to fit your cymbal budget. Medium thin, with straight-ahead, focused sound, the Monarch delivers vintage look and feel, and fantastic crashability, at an unbelievable value. Like that amazing cymbal you found in a garage sale, you’ll consider this a huge score. Big & Ugly is a collection of unique Ride cymbals from SABIAN. They are big, dark, loose and dynamic – but most importantly, they are huge fun to play. Although the collection contains cymbals that span multiple SABIAN cymbal series, they are all united by their great complexity, versatility and distinctive appearance.
Hunter Dorné
2025-08-15 10:50:44
This ride is exactly what I’ve been hearing in my head. Dark, dry, and mellow. I’m not a heavy hitter, so the light weight is perfect. Unlike a lot of light rides, the wash never overtakes the stick sound. It can still crash when I need it to, but the crash is controlled. The stick definition is woody and never washes out or loses control. However, unlike a lot of completely unlathed “dry†cymbals, the underside is lathed so you get some washy overtones underneath the stick sound. With a slight crash you can draw these tones out, but they never overtake the stick definition. I can really lay into this ride without hurting my ears. The bell is also perfect for me. It’s small, but it still has a separate sound from the rest of the cymbal that cuts through in a dark, gnarly way.Despite having a very specific sound and feel, I think this ride could be very versatile across a variety of genres. Just know that it is a mellow, quiet cymbal that won’t cut through a wall of guitar distortion in a thrash metal band. But if you value finesse and musicality over sheer power and volume, this ride is definitely worth checking out.
Justin G
2025-07-31 12:32:46
Personally, I really like this cymbal a lot. It has an interesting sound, dryer, and with a little less ‘ping’ to it then your garden variety ride cymbal, but it still has enough viberato and body to crash on. It also has a really cool look to it, with the whole unfinished patina thing it has going on, and though I’d advise any drummer to place visual aesthetic waaay down on their list of priorities when buying hardware for their kit, if you happen to find something you like that also that also looks the part, well then all the better. One other thing about this cymbal is relative to other cymbals made by Sabian from the same line, this one is much cheaper than say the nova, or phoenix, etc. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.
RockIslandJoe
2025-07-27 15:50:48
I have 3 other top of the line rides and this is my favorite. I can’t believe how good it sounds for the price. Stick definition is perfect. It’s dry but not absurdly so. Crash ability is excellent. Very low pitched. This is absolutely my new favorite cymbal line and what I will be recommending to anyone.
Russell H.
2025-06-22 16:02:19
I ended up returning this just so that I could buy the 21 inch brilliant rock version. Just an FYI, this is an AMAZING line of cymbals but this monarch dark is a very dry cymbal meant for jazz. I didn’t research it enough before I bought.
J. Roman
2025-06-15 15:04:37
More like a ride than a crash. I was looking for a dark sound but this is so muted it doesn't feel right. Sounds ok on recordings but the quick and muted tone isn't for me.
Dan sparks
2025-04-26 14:31:32
the whole ride sounded like a bell going off
TEC
2025-04-01 12:32:57
Great low tone/note, low-mid volume cymbal. Not quite enough stick definition for me. Got a good price used but had to return because it arrived damaged beyond that advertised. Would have kept it if not for that.
Barl
2025-03-26 18:22:00
Beautiful and unique crashing ability paired with some definition for riding and a great bell!
emma jordan
2025-03-14 14:13:48
This ride is a bargain at the price I bought it for, it is well made and looks the dog's wotsits for the money.The only downside to this cymbal is it seems to lack in the way of character, the cymbal is very one dimensional in tone and does not project as well as I was expecting for a 21" ride, the small bell is clear with a nice ping but again lacks projection. The ride itself is very usable and will fit well into many different types of music and for the money it's a very good buy, just for me it lacked a little personality compared to the rest of the XSR range of cymbals.
Jordan Bassett
2025-01-21 17:45:32
Sounds terrible. Arrived damaged.
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