In this video here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYwRLHMGbb0 is an awesome 14x14 floor tom with snare wires. I want to try doing the same thing by finding a used floor tom and installing a snare system on it. But it occurred to me that toms don't have snare beds so will I be fine without one?
I searched the forums and found that without snare beds you lose articulation and get a lot of sloppy sympathetic buzzing. But I'm not planning on tuning this tight or making it my main snare. I want this to be a fun effect drum to get that super deep, fat, kick you in the gut, ballad snare sound that can also double as a floor tom when I disengage the snares. I was also thinking that maybe if I got some Puresound Equalizers that might help?
What do you guys think? Would my plan work without a snare bed? Or would I just be better off looking for a vintage marching snare? Or maybe even a standard 14x8 snare?
I searched the forums and found that without snare beds you lose articulation and get a lot of sloppy sympathetic buzzing. But I'm not planning on tuning this tight or making it my main snare. I want this to be a fun effect drum to get that super deep, fat, kick you in the gut, ballad snare sound that can also double as a floor tom when I disengage the snares. I was also thinking that maybe if I got some Puresound Equalizers that might help?
What do you guys think? Would my plan work without a snare bed? Or would I just be better off looking for a vintage marching snare? Or maybe even a standard 14x8 snare?