@Drumolator says it!I swear if I ever find my 7x13 Brady lemon scented gum snaredrum that single drum replaces them all. Peace and goodwill. Hey..who says that on his replys befor he exits. I wanted to try it..just once. I like it.
I read the article, and when I saw "Craviotto", I started laughing. For the price of a new, basic Craviotto 6.5x14 I can buy a Gretsch USA snare and be halfway towards buying a second.Based on the article, the way to build a snare collection is to first rob a bank or sell your house and live in a rental trailer.
Drumeo blindfold videos showed me that wood vs metal is not always as clear as it seems (when you can see the drums, anyway). I used to want more snares until I realized I had bought a Pearl MCX snare and had the same goals for it that I had for my $70, 14x9 Lyra. I still want more snares, but I no longer want 30 of them.That’s where I started, with the shallow/deep wood/metal snare philosophy. Then, once I started chasing sounds, my discernment got sharper, and I started focusing on more nuanced sounds, and drums that have more “character” for whatever reason.
I’m not sure that I buy into the wood vs. metal dichotomy. There’s much more of a difference between a Black Beauty and a Supraphonic than there is between either of them and a wood snare of comparable size.
How do you find the hardware on the MPX? I have one on my short list. There's not really a similar value to be found in new snares at the moment.My "collection" is two snares. My best one is a Mapex Armory 14x5 Sabre (maple and walnut shell), and my other one is a Mapex MPX Birch 13x6. Peace and goodwill.
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Where do you live..when do you go to sleep..and do you have dogs. Just curiousI fell in love with Brady snares and spend my time finding the more interesting or 'rare' Bradys which use different timber types and construction types. 13 Brady snares and a kit and I'm still on the lookout for others