Detail 01
Machine-hammered star pattern
The all-over star pattern is credited with focusing the hi-hats’ distinctive tone.

Independent shopping perspective
Z Custom’s 15-inch hi-hat pair is built around bright, cutting attack, strong projection, and a crisp pedal chick and sizzle. The larger Z Custom option is described as delivering more volume and cut than the 14-inch version. It keeps explosive response while adding broader overtones, quicker decay, and clearer stick definition, allowing detailed patterns to remain audible in dense metal, punk, and hardcore arrangements. Brilliant-finished bronze cymbals and the machine-hammered star pattern complete the Z Custom look.

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Detail 01
The all-over star pattern is credited with focusing the hi-hats’ distinctive tone.
Final check
Product questions
Straight answers to the questions shoppers most often ask about this product.
Yes. Quantity is two, sold as a 15-inch Z Custom hi-hat pair.
Zildjian offers Z Custom hi-hats in 14-inch and 15-inch sizes.
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