Good gawd dayam...Starclassics in bubinga...<collapses> and geeb the lil cymbal is spensive surely, but the larger ones seem pretty on par with comparable lines of Zildjians...a sweet ride runs 250 (Zildjian A Custom series) and the A Custom Crash 18 is 220ish (my dream Zild setup would be the Sweet ride and hats, with A custom crashes...I tell my hubby he's lucky I am not into jewelry, diamonds, or anything designer...but this is the weakness right here...ok that and Police concerts, which I would never imagined seeing!)...
Plus those prices for the Paistes are not really super great...I've seen those Signature Full crashes for a bit over 200ish and 250ish respectively for the 16 and 18, if I'm not on memory-crack...But cymbals are all about the sound you like, anyhows
I go pretend cymbal shopping like almost every day <grin> and pretend it will remain until like at least the winter holidays/2008 after all these shows! My latest way to self-torture is to watch 602s auctions on ebay and see how much they go for <giggle>...
Thanks for the pic Skip...I love seeing the big guy's setups! PS do you love your new Stewart snare, or what?