kiloalphajuliet
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For those of you with 5” deep snares, what wires do you have on them?
For almost all snare drums, I usually start with a generic Gibraltar 20-strand and work from there.For those of you with 5” deep snares, what wires do you have on them?
Depends on the drum, and what kind of sound you’re after. Imo shell depth doesn’t matter for wire choice.
I'm with the fat-cats as well. Years ago just happened to try a set on a 5.5x13 and they were actually better. I'm very lazy and don't experiment anymore..with me if it works?...it works until I die.I run the stock Tama snappies on all my snare drums except my G-maple. On that I use a Fat Cat Adjustable snappy for a fatter sound.
I do experiment, only because I can, not because I don't like what I already have. Years ago I tried Puresound and it sounded different, but not better than any Tama snappy I was using at the time. I tried a Gibraltar 42-strand snappy and my 14x5 birch Sonor snare shell tone was lost in the buzz. I sold that snappy to a guy with an 8" deep snare and he preferred it. When I tried the Fat Cat I was very surprised at the sonic difference. Finally! Something that does not make a nuanced difference and does not hide what it does!I'm with the fat-cats as well. Years ago just happened to try a set on a 5.5x13 and they were actually better. I'm very lazy and don't experiment anymore..with me if it works?...it works until I die.
More specifically, @kiloalphajuliet , I'd say the thing that dictates what wires to use is the width and depth of the snare bed on the drum's bottom bearing edge. With a wider bed, you could use a wider set of wires or a more traditional slimmer one, but a narrow bed wouldn't accommodate a wide set of wires; you'd find it a lot more buzzy than normal. In addition, there's a couple of different... pitches, I think it's called, where the plates at the ends sit more flat or at more of an angle against the head. I'm not as sure about this aspect, but I think deeper snare beds require the pitched-down plates, where the more standard shallow ones use the more common flatter ones. All my snare wires have the flat plates, and none of my snare drums have a deep bed.Depends on the drum, and what kind of sound you’re after. Imo shell depth doesn’t matter for wire choice.
I started a thread in a different category about them. I like them, but on a first-gen (I presume) set that came with my Ahead snare drum, the screw backed out during a gig (I found it). So I wouldn't lose it forever, I just tightened it all the way, which means I lost the intended effect. I bought an additional set- screw looks different- for another drum, and it hasn't happened. ? When the screw stays in position, backed out some from fully tight (to relax the tension on the inner set), it performs perfectly as intended, which is awesome.
Yikes. I never even considered that could happen (fortunately, it hasn't).I started a thread in a different category about them. I like them, but on a first-gen (I presume) set that came with my Ahead snare drum, the screw backed out during a gig (I found it). So I wouldn't lose it forever, I just tightened it all the way, which means I lost the intended effect. I bought an additional set- screw looks different- for another drum, and it hasn't happened. ? When the screw stays in position, backed out some from fully tight (to relax the tension on the inner set), it performs perfectly as intended, which is awesome.
I don't recall. Maybe. Now that I think about it, I'm not sure which set it was, the older or newer, because I don't recall which drum I was using.I've found I don't need more a half-turn from the full-closed/tight postion to get the intended effect. Were you running yours pretty loose? Like shaggy loose?