[bnath]

Originally posted by brendondp
My experience has been pretty much limited to the above options. They do work, and like joeq states, ultimately have a trade-off somewhere along the line.

At times I've threaded fishing line or string through the snare wire (usually one piece at each end nearest the strainer butts) in an attempt to control unwanted buzz, but always with a trade -off in losing some cripness and articulation.

Another option is simply to fit a narrower (less number of snare strands) set therefore reducing the amount of sympathetic vibration.

Puresound make these, which work well, but again, give less of that big wet slap.

There's also a helpful article here that discusses the snare bed and options for varying sounds.

Cheers,

bdp

More great suggestions... can't wait to give them a try tomorrow. Thanks for the links too, curious about the equaliser.

b :*