Paiste Cymbals

Cymbals-wise, Stewart Copeland is best known for his association with Paiste cymbals (pronounced "pY-stee"), which he had been an endorsee of since March 1981.

Up until then, Stewart was mostly playing a set of Zildjian Cymbals, which he used a lot for The Police and Klark Kent. In fact, he was a user of Paiste cymbals as early as his Curved Air days in 1975-76: 2002 series 16" and 18" Crashes, and a 15" hi-hat were listed in various reports from that time. Also, during the early years with The Police he'd occasionally swap in one or two Paiste cymbals into his setup - probably the same ones from playing in Curved Air. And it wasn't until around the time of the Zenyatta Mondatta tour that he formally looked into Paiste cymbals and decided to endorse them.

With The Police, he liked using cymbals from the RUDE series for live work during the Ghost In The Machine and Synchronicity tours. But those cymbals were too loud to use in the studio, so he was using mainly Paiste Formula 602 or 2002 series cymbals for that purpose.

Cymbal setups
Paiste Profiles March 1981 lists the following:
 * Formula 602 13" Medium hi-hats
 * 2002 8" Bell
 * RUDE 14" Crash/Ride or 2002 16" Medium Crash
 * 2002 8" Splash
 * 2002 11" Splash
 * Formula 602 12" Paperthin
 * Formula 602 16" Thin Crash
 * Formula 602 22" Heavy Ride or RUDE 22" Ride/Crash
 * RUDE 16" Crash/Ride or 2002 18" Medium Crash

From a 2000's Paiste advert:
 * 8" 2002 bell
 * 13" Signature Heavy hi-hat
 * 18" Signature Fast Crash
 * 8" Signature Splash
 * 10" Signature Splash
 * 16" Signature Full Crash
 * 22" Signature Dry Heavy Ride
 * 16" Signature Fast Crash
 * 18" Signature Full Crash