Cast Brass vs. Hammered Brass Snares

[Blindside]

Originally Posted by RoundBadge

Thanks a lot.i certainly will.
just finished this maple 1 ply last week.
Also building newish Radio King 6.5X14 outt'a NOS parts from the 50's,
totally virgin 50 year old RK shell

I'm green with envy....

[Blindside]

WOW. I just got the Beier Drums 3mm cast Brass snare (picture in previous post) and it is awesome. I tuned the resonant head (remo hazy) really low and the batter side really high, and I get this great warm, beefy inner snare sound with nice attack.

I'm very happy. Jim Beier went way out of his way to make me happy and has some of the best CS I've witnessed. Props to him and his drums. The thing is beautiful. Jim told me he only handles the shells with white cotton gloves on, and it shows because the thing was shimmering, until I tuned it and got some prints on it.

My band is recording a demo soon and I'll post the clips of the new snare.

Merry Christmas!!

[pw2005]

Originally Posted by chrisso

That's why I always recommend drummers put together an arsenal of 'the usual suspects' before they do anything else.
They aren't all expensive.......
6.5" Supraphonic
6.5" Black Beauty
A single-ply snare drum or two. The most famous being the Radio King, but more modern drums sound great and are easier to find a good one = N&C Classic, Slingerland Radio King reissue (90's), Craviotto limited edition Maple and Black Cherry.

Perhaps a 60's Acrolite (Ludwig).
Once you've got a few of those you can branch out into the boutique drums like Brady Jarrah, Ayotte and stuff like the Joyous Lake and Ocheltree already mentioned.
Recordingwise you can go a very long way with a quality 6.5" brass drum (ala BB) and a quality 6.5" single-ply wood drum (ala Radio King).

Do you find that engineers do not want 5" deep snares? I am looking for a new snare and will get a 6.5" based on your advice.
Peter

[Mylesh]

Go hammered brass, it's dry and chunky with killer rim shots low or high.