Every five or 10 years someone took it to another level and now they can flip those sons of bitches over cars.” Read below for our timeline laying out just how Sabian’s been flipping the proverbial skateboard over a car for 35 years. In the '50s a skateboarder had two wheels on it and a handle, a T steering wheel and he just pushed it around. Nort goes on to put it best: “It's kind of like watching a skateboarder. This tandem process of absorbing the traditions that came before and staking new land lies at the core of Sabian’s identity and storied history. We've got five or six generations of guys here that accentuate on what they've been taught before.” ![]() Now he's got a protégé, Dave Williams, and he's taking it to another level. So I took that to the next level, and then Mark Love who was my protégé, took it to the next level. “He taught me what he knew, which was quite in-depth from the big band era to the symphonies around the world. He’s also the conduit for the original vision of Bob to today’s cymbals. Nort Hargrove, with Sabian since 1968 when the factory was still Azco, is an evergreen fixture of the Sabian headquarters. ![]() In the case of Sabian, generations of giants have grown on the broad shoulders of company founder and original cymbal smith Robert “Bob” Zildjian. Standing on the shoulders of giants isn’t enough: you have to become a giant for the next guy. It’s an active process, one that requires equal parts intellect and sweat to break new ground in a chosen field. Sabian 16' Radia Cymbal 1563g From the genius of Terry Bozzio Radia are unique effects/stacks that can be used for both melodic and percussive effects. Innovation is as much an art as the medium it’s applied to.
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