Show your wood

[daredrummer]

Originally Posted by DaveB

Listing below...

Craviotto -

Birdseye Maple Limited 14x6.5
Timeless Timber 12x4
Walnut 14x6.5
Steve Maxwell 2010 Tribute series something or other, can't remember
Bubinga (1999) 14x6.5
Bubingas (1999 & 2008) 14x6.5

Brady 12x6

Dunnett -

Ancient Kauri 14x6.5
Cocobolo 12x7

Which would you is your favorite out of the group? I would love to own a dunnett.

[bbuduliss]

My RMV purple heart kit

[uniongoon]

Here is another one for my stable. 7X14 Walnut stave with a wafer thin mappa burl maple inlay, puresound 24 brass strainer, allstar posts with polished aluminum tubes, DW 3 way butt and throw off, die cast hoops. This was my first ever attempt at an inlay, not perfect, but I am happy still with the result, sounds good too.

[G-2]

Here are a couple of mine;
1-Craviotto Poplar 14x6½
2-Noble & Cooley Maple 14x7
3-Ludwig 'The Brick' Birch 14x7 w/Stellar Wood Hoops
4-Pearl Session Custom Maple 14x5 w/Stellar Wood Hoops

The first 2 are steam bent one piece.

[scorch whammin]

Here's a few of mine....

Yamaha Parallel Action Birch (late 70's)


Yamaha Sonny Emory Sig. Beech


Longo Steambent Walnut


BCA in cherrywood with woodne hoops

[uniongoon]

Another build done, 7X14 walnut with maple splines, powder coated hardware. Sounds really good.





And re did my 47 Radio King.

[Deathmetalconga]

Originally Posted by scorch whammin

Here's a few of mine....

Sweet natural whole wood goodness. I am blessed just to see these.

[Deathmetalconga]

Originally Posted by uniongoon

Another build done, 7X14 walnut with maple splines, powder coated hardware. Sounds really good.

More jaw-dropping drum porn. The one on the bottom looks like it grew on a tree, just like that - some kind of exotic tree that produces snare drums as fruit.

[turbojerk]

Supernatural Limba

[uniongoon]

Another walnut stave, this one was covered with some thinly sliced maple burl. The veneer had some dips and valleys, filled and sanded many many clear coats to smooth it out, became futile really, but looks pretty good from 10 paces.



And I finally finished this birdseye maple snare, installed the vent, matched the tension rods and I drilled and put tiny gold wood screws through the claws so they would be supported better under pressure.

[G-2]

Those are just voluptuous, beautiful work!

[Deathmetalconga]

Originally Posted by uniongoon

Another walnut stave, this one was covered with some thinly sliced maple burl. The veneer had some dips and valleys, filled and sanded many many clear coats to smooth it out, became futile really, but looks pretty good from 10 paces.



And I finally finished this birdseye maple snare, installed the vent, matched the tension rods and I drilled and put tiny gold wood screws through the claws so they would be supported better under pressure.

Dude, you are the Larry Flynt of drum porn. Just mindblowing. Where do you sell this stuff? How much do you charge for something?

[Deathmetalconga]

Originally Posted by turbojerk

Supernatural Limba

Limba? Never even heard of that. Let's see more pictures of your kid. The grain is bold.

[turbojerk]

Same kit, but from the drum shop ad before I bought them...

[latzanimal]

Here a few older ones that desperately need cleaned... Tulipwood, purpleheart w/ 24k hrdwr, & cocobola

[uniongoon]

That gold looks so good when new, but man it sure can get ugly. Good luck with the resto, finding time is the hardest for me. I have so many shells uderway, no time to finish right now.

[GrooveSuperfly]

My recently received Antoni Drums snare.
Its made of Elm, hollow trunk, one piece.
14x6,5.
Throwoff is Antonio in Alu,

[uniongoon]

Swiss, that is deliteful. Now that says it is a maple shell, but that exterior is not maple, unless it has been creatively stained, looks exotic whatever it is.

[Swiss Matthias]

Yes, deliteful, lol! Well, on second thought I'm not sure if the finish really belongs in this
thread, because it's actually engineered veneer. So it's realy and natural wood, but it
doesn't grow like this.

[Deathmetalconga]

Originally Posted by Swiss Matthias

part of my beautiful sonor delite kit.

Crazy! Never seen anything like that.

As the originator of this thread, I have taken on the role of determining what qualifies as a natural finish.

This qualifies! As long none of the wood is stained, dyed or artificially colored, then it is a natural wood finish. Even if several woods are somehow sliced up and pressed together like this apparently is.

[Swiss Matthias]

Originally Posted by Deathmetalconga

As long none of the wood is stained, dyed or artificially colored, then it is a natural wood finish. Even if several woods are somehow sliced up and pressed together like this apparently is.

Honestly it's quite hard to find out what exactly they've done with the wood, but as
far as I know it hasn't been artificially dyed or stained. But I could be wrong...

[Deathmetalconga]

Originally Posted by Swiss Matthias

Honestly it's quite hard to find out what exactly they've done with the wood, but as
far as I know it hasn't been artificially dyed or stained. But I could be wrong...

Those could all be natural woods. Do you know what kinds of woods they are? That is really extraordinary.

[ChaosDecides]

Originally Posted by GrooveSuperfly

My recently received Antoni Drums snare.
Its made of Elm, hollow trunk, one piece.
14x6,5.
Throwoff is Antonio in Alu,

Other than the hideous lugs, awesome looking snare.

[latzanimal]

Originally Posted by Swiss Matthias

Honestly it's quite hard to find out what exactly they've done with the wood, but as
far as I know it hasn't been artificially dyed or stained. But I could be wrong...

Originally Posted by Deathmetalconga

Those could all be natural woods. Do you know what kinds of woods they are? That is really extraordinary.

Sonor uses Alpi wood veneer, which is indeed dyed. AlpiVeneer

[uniin]

Here's the custom drum i got Allan over at Disturbance Drums to make for me:



its a 14x6.5" oak stave shell, trick throwoff, 3 vents, die cast on top, triple flanged on bottom, in a clear gloss finish. absolutely love it! and especially love the wooden badge he did for me :)

[Swiss Matthias]

Originally Posted by latzanimal

Sonor uses Alpi wood veneer, which is indeed dyed. AlpiVeneer

Yes, I know, but unfortunately they actually don't tell what they did with every wood,
nor what kind of wood they use.

Generally I guess there's more manipulated wood finishes that are labelled natural today
than we might think. Which is kind of sad, but in the case of my veneer, or also veneers
like walnut burst, it's at least more obvious in the first place.

[keep it simple]

Originally Posted by uniin

Here's the custom drum i got Allan over at Disturbance Drums to make for me:



its a 14x6.5" oak stave shell, trick throwoff, 3 vents, die cast on top, triple flanged on bottom, in a clear gloss finish. absolutely love it! and especially love the wooden badge he did for me :)

That's a nice touch with the cast batter hoop & triple flanged reso hoop, & I'm really liking the badge too. This is a really well thought out "players" drum = nice!

[Swiss Matthias]

KIS, do you know more about manipulating wood veneers? What do you think
how many finishes are manipulated today, say from ALPI? I mean apart from
some obvious ones...

[keep it simple]

Originally Posted by Swiss Matthias

KIS, do you know more about manipulating wood veneers? What do you think
how many finishes are manipulated today, say from ALPI? I mean apart from
some obvious ones...

I'm not too well up on modern processed veneers. I do know that it's common practice to use mild dying to "match" veneers from different batches, but selective disassembly & reconstitution of veneers is a new one on me. As I deal only in solid timber, I'm afraid I'm deeply biased. Veneer was developed primarily as a means of saving money, & it's use is no different today. Putting the effort into the surface you can see is something most of us have come to accept. It's in every part of our life, from chicks to drums. Personally, I'm just as interested in the substance beneath the surface.

I'm really not liking manufactured representations of nature. Don't get me wrong, some of them look very cool, it's just not for me. As an example, compare the images on these two site pages, & take a wild guess which I would choose :)

http://www.cookwoods.com/lumber-site...cobolo/page/2/

http://www.alpi.it/uk/ListaProdotti.asp?IDSC=14

[Swiss Matthias]

the cookwood one surely looks more appealing!!

[Mad About Drums]

Originally Posted by keep it simple

It's in every part of our life, from chicks to drums. Personally, I'm just as interested in the substance beneath the surface.

;-))

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[keep it simple]

Originally Posted by Swiss Matthias

the cookwood one surely looks more appealing!!

Oh yes! BTW, that link was sent to me by a forum member who's clearly into his woody stuff = yummy :)

[keep it simple]

And while I'm on the subject of forum members, I've just sent this picture to the same forum member. Probably the nicest cocobolo steam bent shell I've ever seen (unfinished). In fact, there's a whole traditional sizes bop kit worth of unfinished shells sitting in the kiln right now, hmmmm :)

[Deathmetalconga]

Originally Posted by latzanimal

Sonor uses Alpi wood veneer, which is indeed dyed. AlpiVeneer

Dang! Then the Sonor kit doesn't make the cut for this thread. Amazingly beautiful finish, but this thread is for kits whose wood hasn't been dyed. Any dyeing, and the kit doesn't qualify.

[Swiss Matthias]

What a pity... I do understand though, I'll remove it from the thread to keep the content clean :).

[GrooveSuperfly]

When talking about woodies....


Is it wrong to oil inside of the shells????

[uniongoon]

I think oil (danish or tung, not lemon oil, motoer oil etc.) is not only OK, but good for the wood. I feel the inside needs some treatment, however with snarees especially, a hard coated like clear urethane, poly etc. will not do the acoustics any favours IMO, a more natural rougher finish will give you more control and bottom end. Danish oil penetrates and protects the wood without making it hard and reflective. I also use bees wax on occasion over the oil.

[keep it simple]

Originally Posted by uniongoon

I think oil (danish or tung, not lemon oil, motoer oil etc.) is not only OK, but good for the wood. I feel the inside needs some treatment, however with snarees especially, a hard coated like clear urethane, poly etc. will not do the acoustics any favours IMO, a more natural rougher finish will give you more control and bottom end. Danish oil penetrates and protects the wood without making it hard and reflective. I also use bees wax on occasion over the oil.

Superb advice! :) :)

[REIIID DOLLAZ]

14x6.5 purpleheart

[Deathmetalconga]

Originally Posted by REIIID DOLLAZ

14x6.5 purpleheart

Insane! I'd like to see it under brighter lighting. Not many woods are so colorful in their natural state.