Phat_Rolls
Senior Member
I have just a basic snare that came with my ddrum diatribe, yeah I know not the greatest but I have heard cheap snares sound pretty decent. I tried to give mine some oomph by buying all new heads and i bought a PureSound 20 strand snare wire.
I bought a remo hazy reso and an Emperor X reverse dot batter. With this configuration my snares always buzzed really bad, no matter how tight/loose I had the reso. I gave up on the Emperor X because it's so sluggish and I had to tune it extremely tight to get any rebound. I decided to put my stock (Remo) head on and now I'm not getting the nasty buzzing, instead I get a quick "pop", very empty.
How tight do you have your reso side on your snare? I'm thinking about buying a coated Ambassador for my batter, do you think that will help the snare sound more full? I was amazed how different the 2 heads sounded, I went from a nasty buzz to an empty pop just by changing my batter.
Any tips on creating just a good all around rock sound is greatly appreciated!
I bought a remo hazy reso and an Emperor X reverse dot batter. With this configuration my snares always buzzed really bad, no matter how tight/loose I had the reso. I gave up on the Emperor X because it's so sluggish and I had to tune it extremely tight to get any rebound. I decided to put my stock (Remo) head on and now I'm not getting the nasty buzzing, instead I get a quick "pop", very empty.
How tight do you have your reso side on your snare? I'm thinking about buying a coated Ambassador for my batter, do you think that will help the snare sound more full? I was amazed how different the 2 heads sounded, I went from a nasty buzz to an empty pop just by changing my batter.
Any tips on creating just a good all around rock sound is greatly appreciated!