The New Beat is the hi-hat that defined the modern drum kit — developed with big-band great Louie Bellson in the early 1960s and still the industry standard today.
The 14" pair combines a medium-weight top with a heavier bottom for a crisp, clean "chick," fat closed sound and defined stick articulation that sits perfectly in any mix, from jazz to pop to hard rock. If you only ever own one pair of hi-hats, generations of drummers would tell you to make it this one.
Since 1623, Zildjian has been the benchmark against which every other cymbal is measured. The secret bronze-casting process discovered by Avedis Zildjian in Constantinople still underpins production in Norwell, Massachusetts today, and the catalogue — from bright, cutting A-family cymbals to dark, complex Ks — has shaped virtually every genre of recorded music.
