In 2012 Vinnie Colaiuta astonished the music world with switching to a new cymbal brand: Paiste. A year later, the Swiss cymbal makers -in cooperation with Vinnie himself- developed the new Paiste Formula 602 Modern Essentials cymbal line. A renewed and revamped cymbal series, as an extension to the in 2012 already re-introduced Formula 602 cymbals. At the Paiste NAMM 2013 press conference Drummerszone filmed Vinnie while he talked about the new cymbal line and demonstrated it as well.
In the videos, Vinnie Colaiuta - one of the most recorded artists ever, takes you through the several stages in how these new 602 cymbals, first introduced in 1959, came to live once more; from his switch to Paiste and his commitment to the company, the idea they had for this new series, and why it is a 'People's Cymbal' in sound and articulation. In the last two videos Vinnie demos all the cymbals from his setup, including the 15" Hi-Hat ("It sounds like chocolate, I taste chocolate.") and his 22" Ride ("We found the note!")
The videos
The official press moment
Vinnie's commitment to Paiste
The idea for the 602s
The people's cymbal
Two videos with Vinnie Colaiuta showing and giving the cymbals a test drive
The Paiste Formula 602 Modern Essentials Formula 602s are entirely made by hand in Switzerland from the original 602 Bronze using traditional methods that have remained unchanged in over half a century. The complete line has these cymbals:
