Pinstripe on the snare?

[Citizen Insane]

I know Gavin Harrison uses a Pinstripe on his snare, and I love his snare sound. But Im afraid that a pinstripe might dry out the drum to much. Has anyone tried a Pinstripe on the snare? Im looking for that fat punch-in-the-gut sound like Gavin's snare on the song "deadwing" by Porcupine Tree.

[Joe P]

Why not ask Gavin himself? He has a Q&A on these forums... Look in the "Drummers" section.

[fourstringdrums]

Honestly, it depends on what snare you have. 9 out of 10 people here could use a pinstripe and love it but on YOUR snare you may not like the sound.

[bonzolead]

Pinstripe on a snare that's like a diplomat on a bass drum you can do it but I wouldn't. suggest it.if you want a fat beefy snare sound get a deeper wood snare not metal.

Bonzolead

[masonni]

I used a clear Pinstripe on a snare in the studio recently. I wanted a good deep 909 kind of sound without resorting to electronics or triggers. It came out exactly the way I wanted. I did have the head de-tuned though.

If you want a real low AC/DC kind of punch to your snare, go for it!

[MaxDerg1]

ive got a clear emperor on mine and i think it sounds sick, gets this real nice military feel

[pbm2112]

I've been in a similar mission for my one piece 14 x 6.5 maple snare. I've tried Powerstroke 3, Ambassador, CS, Emperor, Emperor X, Pinstripe and have landed on the the REMO Vintage A - it's well worth a try.

[bonzolead]

I've been in a similar mission for my one piece 14 x 6.5 maple snare. I've tried Powerstroke 3, Ambassador, CS, Emperor, Emperor X, Pinstripe and have landed on the the REMO Vintage A - it's well worth a try.
I've never heard of a vintage A does the A stand for Ambassador?

Bonzolead

[mattieb298]

I have a black panther 14X6.5 traditional maple...and i put a coated pinstripe on the snare
And it made it ring so much...i hated it
So i have an coated ambassador on it the moment
and it sounds nice... got a good fat punchy sound without the horrible ring it used to have
Might try an emperor X soon

[Citizen Insane]

I have a black panther 14X6.5 traditional maple...and i put a coated pinstripe on the snare
And it made it ring so much...i hated it
So i have an coated ambassador on it the moment
and it sounds nice... got a good fat punchy sound without the horrible ring it used to have
Might try an emperor X soon

thats kind of ironic, I thought pinstripes were supposed to reduce ring.

[Deathmetalconga]

I have a Powerstroke on my13 by 4 snare - it has a pinstripe around it so does that mean it's related to Pinstripes? In any case, controlling ring with my drums is a huge issue so I like the extra dampening of the Powerstroke.

[Sirwill]

The pinstripe will not dry out. This is because there is no oil between the two ply heads. The odd swirl you see between the head is air pockets. I switched to Remo's new Powerstroke X with clear dot. Its the best snare head for my style and would highly recommend it.

[drumtechdad]

http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa144/drumtechdad/psycho.jpg

Hell, be sure you get a coated pinstripe. A clear pinstripe might let some meagre vestige of tone escape from the drum. ;-)

[Citizen Insane]

http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa144/drumtechdad/psycho.jpg

Hell, be sure you get a coated pinstripe. A clear pinstripe might let some meagre vestige of tone escape from the drum. ;-)

I play a 7x14 snare, so I can probably get a lot of tone out of my drum still. =)