show me your "WORKHORSE" snare

I love that beech snare!! I am looking for a beech snare actually right now.
Anyways, I had originally posted my LM400 when i started this thread, but things have changed a little. now its my dixon 24-ply bubinga snare. thats 20mm thick!!

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Mine is this 14"x4" maple snare that I got off eBay a year or so ago.. I had never heard of this company but this drum sounds awesome! Does anyone here know this company?

Dutch
 

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Dutch said:
Mine is this 14"x4" maple snare that I got off eBay a year or so ago.. I had never heard of this company but this drum sounds awesome! Does anyone here know this company?

Dutch
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Nice drum dude. Gotta love that natural Maple look.

Its a local company here, amazing that it found its was all the way to the merry ol' land of OZ. Check out his website. His list of clients reads like a whose who of local jazz greats... Now I know who to hit up for lessons when I need to brush up on my Jazz chops.
 
Red Menace said:
Nice drum dude. Gotta love that natural Maple look.

Its a local company here, amazing that it found its was all the way to the merry ol' land of OZ. Check out his website. His list of clients reads like a whose who of local jazz greats... Now I know who to hit up for lessons when I need to brush up on my Jazz chops.
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Thanks RM, I've send them a note with the same pictures, wonder what he'll say!

Cheers,

Dutch
 
Mid seventies Gretsch
It works for me.
 

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bobdadruma said:
Mid seventies Gretsch
It works for me.
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Oh, man! Is that the COB? If so I used to have that snare. Stupid me sold it. What an epic mistake! They're re-issued again, but still...

For me, it's a run-of-the-mill, but never disappointing LM402. My only other snare is a Pearl Sensitone Elite 6.5x14 Brass. It's pretty awesome, too, but I'm looking for a way to make it secretly morph into an LB417 since that's what it really wants to be anyway.
 
MikeM said:
Oh, man! Is that the COB? If so I used to have that snare.
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I believe that it is a COB. Not 100% sure though.
it came with my mid 70s "Monster" kit.
It's a model 4165
Perhaps someone can enlighten us.
It is thick and heavy! There is nothing tinny about it.
 
simmsdn said:
Ludwig Supraphonic, 5" x 14", Made on 1 June 1971.

Chrome over Ludalloy. Chrome flaked away, so it's wrapped with some purple sparkle. I've added the P-86 strainer and die cast hoops. Batter head is Aquarian Hi-Energy. Later this summer, I'm going to re-re-finish it and add tube lugs.

This drum can do anything.
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What a great idea! I love the way this drum looks.
 
I have a couple of snares that I always go back to to play as my mainstay Workhorses...

DW Edge in Champagne

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Animal Custom Drums "Snow Tiger" )Snow Tiger is my nickname for this bespoke custom drum)

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DW Edge in Black Ice

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Amd yes, this is a great thread :)
 
I just bought a new snare that most likely will become my work horse...

The Sonor Limited Edition Gavin Harrison Designer Maple 12x5" Snare!!!

-Jonathan
 

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Here's one that I finished up not long ago that I love so much I think I will make it my go to snare.
 

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My new Brady 6.5" x 14" Jarrah Block snare.

I love it!!!
 

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I've always liked the way this snare looked and always wondered how loud it was due to the 10 ply. Is it a drastic difference when comparing rim shot volume to a thinner snare?
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I'd say no, not a big volume difference. It just speaks with such a clear voice.
I did a test yesterday with all my snares, and the order in which I like them is:

Pearl Eric Singer Signature 14 x 6.5 (maple, ply)
Pearl Masters Studio snare 14 x 6.5 (birch, ply) (a very close 2nd)
79 Ludwig 14 x 6.5 Supra SS (chrome over Ludalloy)
2005 14 x 5 brass on brass Ludwig BB (black nickel plated brass)
Canopus Zelkova 14 x 6.5 (hollowed out from a Zelkova tree)

I think I prefer wood snares. I just realized this last night.
 
Another PorkPie fan here. Introducing BOB the Hitmaker. Porkpie BOB set up with Die Cast hoops, 30 strand Puresound Customs, CS dot over Hazy Ambassador to mimick the Drum Paradise LA drum. Sounds like an absolute champ!

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