Can a Rim Be Too Heavy?

"1966 was my favorite year that's when I met your Uncle Henry and for drums too!"
-----Aunt Mamie
 
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jda said:
why does he have to spend a nickle.
Either accept it as it is (it wasn't cheap folks!) or pass it on
Is not like he found 'a drum' in a second-hand store and it needs restored

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Yup. After lots more fiddling, different heads/ lighter rims/ tune tune tune I still can't dial in the Tama Star. It is still a very "modern" sounding snare IMHO. Nothing vintage sounding about it. Very one or 1.5 dimensional. A lot of people like that sound but not what I'm after. Those rings are there for a reason - to create the sound that Tama wants, and that many players want. But not me. I did take it to one gig and it was acceptable, but then at another gig I lost whatever love I mustered for it. Great build looks amazing and has a very specific sound that maybe the majority of players want, but like JDA said why should I spend money or time on a drum that just doesn't work for me.

Replacing with a Canopus MV-5. The exact opposite sound of the Tama. The Tama even with 1.6mm thin pressed rims still weighs a ton more than the Canopus. The Canopus is on par with the Sakae Trilogy weight-wise and sound-wise. I'll post about it in another more appropriate thread.
 
Rattlin' Bones said:
Yes that's pretty much what it sounds like - which to me is horrible. Die cast and with additional dampening on top of head.

Where is the snare sound? Sounds like a high tuning of a 10" tom.

I want my snares to sound like a snare drum and be able to hear the sounds of the snares. If that is best I can expect then I'll be selling it. Gosh that sounds awful for a snare drum.
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Whether you like it or not is entirely up to you, but there's plenty of snare wire sound. Granted, it's a bit on the tight/crisp side of my taste- any further, and I think the drum would be getting choked out- but getting a "wetter" snare sound is a matter of simply loosening the wire tension.
 
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