show off your snare

Here's my Christmas present. It's a 14x5.5 Tama Starclassic Brass snare with a nickel finish. Got it 2nd hand and it's in immaculate condition. This drum is an absolutely beast - really sensitive, sounds great at any tuning and the die-cast hoops give it a really fat rimshot sound. I especially love to tune it high to the point where it delivers a "pop" type rimshot sound, which I find so satisfying. I've pretty much only used wood snares up until now but this drum leaves all my others in the dust - it's just amazing. I also have plans to get a 14x6" Sonor Prolite Brass Snare some point as that drum also looks brilliant. Definitely feel like brass snares with die cast hoops are the way forward for me in general now.
I am so envious! That Starclassic Brass is fabulous! Great gift!
 
6.5x13 Inde Maple drum
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5x14 Bucks County Black Brass
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Trio of Ludwigs : Standard Maple 8x14/ 6.5x14 Acrophonic/ 8x14 Black Magic Brass
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Tama SLP 6.5x14 Walnut
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PDP 7x14 Classic Maple
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Yamaha 6.5x13 Musashi
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Here are all of my snare drums, all two of them. The darker one is a Mapex 14x5.5 Armory Sabre, and the lighter one is a Mapex MPX 13x6 Birch. Peace and goodwill.

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Updating my post from 2017, lol. Derosier snare not pictured, but I still have it....

Metal on the left:
  • 6.5" x 14" Ludwig 100th Anniversary Black Beauty
  • 5" x 14" Ludwig Black Beauty
  • 6.5" x 14" Ludwig Supraphonic 402
  • 5" x 14" Ludwig Supraphonic 400
  • 6.5" x 14" Ludwig Acrolite reissued w/keystone badge & tube lugs
  • 6.5" x 14" Ludwig Acrolite reissued
  • 5" x 14" Ludwig Acrolite 1970s
  • 8" x 14" Ludwig Copperphonic
Wood on the right:
  • 6.5" x 14" Ludwig Legacy Mahogany
  • 6.5" x 14" Ludwig Classic Maple
  • 6.5" x 14" Ludwig Classic Maple (salesman)
  • 5" x 14" Ludwig Pioneer 1965
  • 8" x 14" Ludwig Standard Maple
  • 5" x 14" Ludwig Classic Maple (citrus mod)
  • 5.5" x 14" Pearl Masters Custom w/re-rings 1990s

Updating my list again. Derosier Supra is tucked away in its safe place....

Metal on the left:
  • 6.5" x 14" Ludwig 100th Anniversary Black Beauty
  • 5" x 14" Ludwig Black Beauty
  • 6.5" x 14" Ludwig Supraphonic 402
  • 5" x 14" Ludwig Supraphonic 400
  • 6.5" x 14" Ludwig Acrolite reissued w/keystone badge, tube lugs, Gretsch 302 hoops
  • 6.5" x 14" Ludwig Acrolite reissued
  • 5" x 14" Ludwig Acrolite 1970s
  • 8" x 14" Ludwig Copperphonic
Wood on the right:
  • 6.5" x 14" Ludwig Legacy Mahogany
  • 6.5" x 14" Ludwig Classic Maple
  • 6.5" x 14" Ludwig Classic Maple (salesman)
  • 5" x 14" Ludwig Pioneer 1965
  • 8" x 14" Ludwig Standard Maple w/maple hoops
  • 5.5" x 14" Pearl Masters Custom w/re-rings 1990s
  • 6" x 14" Tama SLP Fat Spruce
  • 6.5" x 14" DW Collectors Birch
  • 5" x 14" Ludwig Classic Maple (citrus mod) - in front
And photo-bombed by my 1970s Noble & Cooley Mickey Mouse drum :)

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Updating my list again. Derosier Supra is tucked away in its safe place....

Metal on the left:
  • 6.5" x 14" Ludwig 100th Anniversary Black Beauty
  • 5" x 14" Ludwig Black Beauty
  • 6.5" x 14" Ludwig Supraphonic 402
  • 5" x 14" Ludwig Supraphonic 400
  • 6.5" x 14" Ludwig Acrolite reissued w/keystone badge, tube lugs, Gretsch 302 hoops
  • 6.5" x 14" Ludwig Acrolite reissued
  • 5" x 14" Ludwig Acrolite 1970s
  • 8" x 14" Ludwig Copperphonic
Wood on the right:
  • 6.5" x 14" Ludwig Legacy Mahogany
  • 6.5" x 14" Ludwig Classic Maple
  • 6.5" x 14" Ludwig Classic Maple (salesman)
  • 5" x 14" Ludwig Pioneer 1965
  • 8" x 14" Ludwig Standard Maple w/maple hoops
  • 5.5" x 14" Pearl Masters Custom w/re-rings 1990s
  • 6" x 14" Tama SLP Fat Spruce
  • 6.5" x 14" DW Collectors Birch
  • 5" x 14" Ludwig Classic Maple (citrus mod) - in front
And photo-bombed by my 1970s Noble & Cooley Mickey Mouse drum :)

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Man that is some collection which is ya favorite I only have one of that you have in your collection thats the Ludwig Supraphonic 402.
 
My only snare is very pedestrian, but this thread gives me an excuse to post a photo.

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Thank you for your indulgence.
 
cant remember if i posted these or not: these are just the ones in my house ATM:

Pearl 14x5 virgil donati maple/birch signature
Pearl 14x8 vinnie paul maple signature
Mapex 12x5.5 1st gen chris adler maple/walnut signature
Pearl 13x6.5 1st gen joey jordison steel signature
Mapex 14x6 black panther 'thick flame' maple
Premier 14x7 modern classic maple w/1970s low profile die cast hoops
Mapex 14x6 matt halpern 'wraith' brass signature
Sonor 10x2 'jungle' snare

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Nice finish! 👌
Thanks. It's gown on me over the past few months that I've had it.

Off-Topic: I was a little less than impressed with most of the shots I took outside when I did this. I think the camera on my phone is somewhat inferior, given that you are a photography professional, what do you think would be a "better-than-decent" entry-level digital camera? And by that, I mean the sub $500 range.
 
what do you think would be a "better-than-decent" entry-level digital camera? And by that, I mean the sub $500 range.
Canon is migrating away from DSLR towards mirrorless, so any used DSLR will be lower in price than its mirrorless equivalent.


I see the venerable Canon 5D Mark II body is priced $350–$450. And the 50mm f1.8 STM is going for about $100. Not only would you get decent photos from this setup, but decent video as well.
 
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