Rattlin' Bones
Gold Member
I got a smokin' deal on a Tama Star snare. It came from a retailer in Japan. I made a very low offer and they accepted.
Anyway, I received drum today. Star snares are thin shells with re-rings. But judging from the total weight of assembled shell you'd think it was a 12mm solid shell. It must weigh 2x as much as my Sakae Trilogy.
I am thinking the excess weight has to be the rims. One reason is this: I can't get it to sound very good. Low tuning is horrible, and it chokes quickly when I try even a medium tuning.
I tried lots of heads. The defacto standard Remo Amb coated was better that an Aquarian Focus X with and without dots I tried an Aquarian regular coated and it was a bit better than the Remo Amb. FYI The Aquarian Focus X without dot is what I use on Trilogy.
It's gotta be the rims are choking the life out of the drum. Tomorrow I will try a lightweight rim on batter and see what happens.
Comments? Suggestions? Observations?
Anyway, I received drum today. Star snares are thin shells with re-rings. But judging from the total weight of assembled shell you'd think it was a 12mm solid shell. It must weigh 2x as much as my Sakae Trilogy.
I am thinking the excess weight has to be the rims. One reason is this: I can't get it to sound very good. Low tuning is horrible, and it chokes quickly when I try even a medium tuning.
I tried lots of heads. The defacto standard Remo Amb coated was better that an Aquarian Focus X with and without dots I tried an Aquarian regular coated and it was a bit better than the Remo Amb. FYI The Aquarian Focus X without dot is what I use on Trilogy.
It's gotta be the rims are choking the life out of the drum. Tomorrow I will try a lightweight rim on batter and see what happens.
Comments? Suggestions? Observations?