Bo Eder
Platinum Member
Have to ask this question after not finding it covered anywhere:
I have a 6.5x14 Tama Mastercraft steel snare from the '80s. Love it. It has the snare rollers under the strainer and the butt to enable a snare wire set that goes all the way across the head. When I got the drum and replaced the snare wires, the only option I could find was a long Pearl set that end-to-end is about 15.5" long. So the welded ends of the snares never come in contact with the bottom head.
Problem: now I seem to get more snare buzz than normal, obviously because it's just snare wire going across the bottom. I don't know if I like that or not.
I'm going to experiment and get a regular length snare wire set and install it on the drum to see if I can get back close to what I experienced when I only played snares that didn't go all the way across the bottom head.
Question: anyone here experience this? Is there a different way of tuning these types of snares to eliminate any errant buzz? Would replacing it with shorter snares be the only way to solve this issue? If I did that to a drum that obviously is designed for snares of this nature, would the resulting sound be acceptable?
You have 12 hours from now to respond. In 12 hours I'm going to a Guitar Center to pick up some 'short' snares.... Thanks everybody!
I have a 6.5x14 Tama Mastercraft steel snare from the '80s. Love it. It has the snare rollers under the strainer and the butt to enable a snare wire set that goes all the way across the head. When I got the drum and replaced the snare wires, the only option I could find was a long Pearl set that end-to-end is about 15.5" long. So the welded ends of the snares never come in contact with the bottom head.
Problem: now I seem to get more snare buzz than normal, obviously because it's just snare wire going across the bottom. I don't know if I like that or not.
I'm going to experiment and get a regular length snare wire set and install it on the drum to see if I can get back close to what I experienced when I only played snares that didn't go all the way across the bottom head.
Question: anyone here experience this? Is there a different way of tuning these types of snares to eliminate any errant buzz? Would replacing it with shorter snares be the only way to solve this issue? If I did that to a drum that obviously is designed for snares of this nature, would the resulting sound be acceptable?
You have 12 hours from now to respond. In 12 hours I'm going to a Guitar Center to pick up some 'short' snares.... Thanks everybody!