JIM BETSIOS: I’m Jim from Offbeat Music in Lake Zurich, Illinois. I sell UFIP Cymbals. Here are a few of their popular lines, the Natural Series. These are some 12” hi-hats.

[JIM BETSIOS PLAYING A UFIP NATURAL SERIES 12” HI-HAT]

This is their Class Series. This is one of their more popular series. This is a 14” medium.

[JIM BETSIOS PLAYING A UFIP CLASS SERIES 14” HI-HAT]

And this is the Bionic Series, a very heavy cymbal, very loud, very cutting.

[JIM BETSIOS PLAYING A UFIP BIONIC SERIES HI-HAT]

UFIP Cymbals are from Italy. They’re a small company. They make limited product products. It’s not a mass-produced line. It’s pretty hard to find in fact. Over here we have some crashes, some splashes, some Chinas.

This is a very interesting cymbal. This is a -- They call it a Real China. It’s an 18” very thin cymbal with an oversized bell. Very loud, very dynamic, and very responsive.

[JIM BETSIOS PLAYING A UFIP 18” REAL CHINA]

Some of their crashes, Natural Series crashes.

[JIM BETSIOS PLAYING UFIP NATURAL SERIES CRASH CYMBALS]

Here’s a few more Real Chinas. This is a 16”.

[JIM BETSIOS PLAYING A UFIP 16” REAL CHINA]

Here’s a little 14 incher.

[JIM BETSIOS PLAYING A UFIP 14” REAL CHINA]

UFIP is -- They’re known for their splash cymbals. They’re awesome quality splashes. Very clean sounding, very light.

[JIM BETSIOS PLAYING A UFIP SPLASH]

Very thin cymbals again.

[JIM BETSIOS PLAYING A UFIP SPLASH]

China-splash with a square bell.

[JIM BETSIOS PLAYING A UFIP CHINA-SPLASH WITH SQUARE BELL]

And just some crashes.

[JIM BETSIOS PLAYING UFIP CRASHES]

You’ll notice a lot with UFIP, their bells come out really clear sounding. Here’s a little 14” cymbal and the bell is awesome.

[JIM BETSIOS PLAYING A UFIP 14” CYMBAL]

And then we got the ride cymbals.

[JIM BETSIOS PLAYING UFIP RIDE CYMBALS]

Class Series ride.

[JIM BETSIOS PLAYING A UFIP CLASS SERIES RIDE CYMBAL]

And that’s about it.