SHOW THE SNARES you owned and choose the best one !

Nice collection Daniboun ! and that is a surprising winner you chose..

The price is not always a criterion for selection when you get a snare.
I can ensure you that this 140$ Gretsch Retro Mahogany is really magic ! This snare sounds warmer than my Pearl African Mahogany, has a fantastic attack and blends perfertly with my drumsets. This is the most versatile snare I've been playing.

My next buy is going to be the Drumsound Mahogany Khaya 14X6.5. This is what we consider as being the real Mahogany wood (from khaya senegalensis Senegal)


 
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Of all of the snares I've owned, my favorite sounding one is my 1928 Slingerland solid mahogany. Well, at least for the moment. My preference changes all the time, depending on my mood and on the gig...

Does it look like the Radio King one ? Single ply shell ?
 
Interesting that a few of you name mahogany as your favourites. It is getting me thinking I should build one. I have this 100 year old mahogany bed that I bought just for that purpose.

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Has a neat history too

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Not in order shown
1 Pulse Piccolo 3.5 x 14
2 1972 Ludwig Acrolite 5 x 14
3 Ludwig Blackrolite 5 x 14
4 Crush black ash snare 5.5 x 14
5 Tama Metalworks 6.5 x 13
6 OCDP ash snare 7 x 13
7 OCDP black brass 7 x 13
8 Tama Metalworks 6.5 x 14
9 Crush 6.5 x 14 Aluminum snare
10 Ludwig Acrolite LTD 6.5 x 14
11 Crush acrylic 7 x 14
12 Mapex MPX maple 8 x 14 with die cast hoops
13 Ludwig Black Magic 8 x 14
14 maple 10 x 14 custom made snare with trick throw and die cast hoops
15 PDP 805 6 x 10 maple popcorn snare.
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Its to hard to pic a fav but since I must it has to be the 10 x 14 maple I made, just the depth and all the time I put into making it out of an old Pearl free floating snare shell.
 
Not in order shown
1 Pulse Piccolo 3.5 x 14
2 1972 Ludwig Acrolite 5 x 14
3 Ludwig Blackrolite 5 x 14
4 Crush black ash snare 5.5 x 14
5 Tama Metalworks 6.5 x 13
6 OCDP ash snare 7 x 13
7 OCDP black brass 7 x 13
8 Tama Metalworks 6.5 x 14
9 Crush 6.5 x 14 Aluminum snare
10 Ludwig Acrolite LTD 6.5 x 14
11 Crush acrylic 7 x 14
12 Mapex MPX maple 8 x 14 with die cast hoops
13 Ludwig Black Magic 8 x 14
14 maple 10 x 14 custom made snare with trick throw and die cast hoops
15 PDP 805 6 x 10 maple popcorn snare.
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Its to hard to pic a fav but since I must it has to be the 10 x 14 maple I made, just the depth and all the time I put into making it out of an old Pearl free floating snare shell.

Nice collection ! Really great.
Which is the best one ?
 
Nice collection ! Really great.
Which is the best one ?

Thanks, I just sold the blackrolite so its not in the mix anymore, My fav is probably the one I built out of the pearl 10 x 14 maple free floating shell, (bottom bottom right). It just sounds well deep and killer, plus the satisfaction of doing it yourself is a plus as well. Now I have my eyes on a Natal Old world bronze snare, it never ends, lol.

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CHOOSE THE BEST ONE! CHOOSE THE BEST ONE!

Are you a pet owner? Choose your best pet.

Are you a parent? Choose your best child.

Snares are all different. Some work better in some applications than in others but each has it's place. I wouldn't choose one definitively without knowing where you are going to use it.
 
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CHOOSE THE BEST ONE! CHOOSE THE BEST ONE!

Are you a pet owner? Choose your best pet.

Are you a parent? Choose your best pet.

Snares are all different. Some work better in some applications than in others but each has it's place. I wouldn't choose one definitively without knowing where you are going to use it.

Or choose your favourite testicle? Why, I'm quite attached to both thanks...
 
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Yamaha brass

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Slingerland COB Krupa

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15 Ply OCDP

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10 ply Cw Series

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CW PurpleHeart Segment

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8 ply Cw Series 13"

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10 ply Cw Series 13"


FAV= PURPLEHEART
 
Great thread that really gets the heart rate going! Here's my humble contribution...

DW Collectors 10+6 Maple 14 x 6
SJC 10 Ply Maple 14 x 6.5

In 1st place: DW Collectors 10+6 Maple 14 x 6
In 2nd place: .......well what else could it be?!

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