petrez
Senior Member
I'm about to go on the road with my band next month, touring Europe for 12 days straight. At the moment I'm really considering getting a new snare for this tour, that is either A: smaller than the two I have (Tama Starphonic Bronze 14x6" and a Pearl Masters BCX 14x6,5") or B: a snare that weigh less. Preferably both though. Reason is we are traveling a lot, by boat, train and tour bus... I might even get the snare inside my big travel bag, if I find a snare that's smaller than the ones I have.
Money is not what I have the most of at the moment though, so I'm considering something on the cheaper end of the snare spectrum. The style I'm playing is melodic death metal/thrash, so it should be able to handle high volumes even if it's a smaller snare. The ones I'm looking into this far:
13x6,5" Natal Meta Series Brass Centre Hammered (Link)
13x5,5" Mapex Black Panther, Cherry Bomb (Link)
13x6" Gretsch Signature Mark Schulman, 9 ply maple (Link)
Or I could maaaaybe stretch the price mark a bit and get:
13x6,5" Yamaha Recordig Custom Brass (Link)
I feel both of my snares are a bit on the heavy side, especially the Starphonic. I have thought of a 14x5" or 14x5,5" as well, as these are a bit more easy to choose from/better availability:
14x5" Pearl Sensitone Elite Phosphor Bronze (Link)
14x5" Mapex Black Widow Maple, 5,1mm (Link)
14x5,5" Mapex "The Dillinger", 8 ply maple (Link)
14x5,5" Natal Mappa Burl Maple (Link)
14x5,5" Tama SLP Quilted Bubinga/Birch (Link)
14x5,5" Pearl Masters Complete, 6 ply Maple (Link)
I'm sorry for all the different suggestions here, but as you can see I have a job to narrow down the choices here... I would ideally want something good enough to handle gigging, preferably stay in tune for most of the time, and deliver a good, cracking snare sound. I don't like steel snares, but maple, birch/bubinga, brass and bronze are probably some of my favorites
If you have some suggestions, let me now. Right now I'm just very uncertain if I should just let it go, bring one of the snares I already have (and have a bag for) and be done with it. Thing is though, I also have to bring my cymbals, pedals, throne and everything else I need for a big tour. And as mentioned, it will be some transitions between the different means of transportation on this tour, which also means I must do some carrying. So it's tempting to save some luggage space/weight, if I'm able to...
Thank you for taking the time . Oh, and I used mostly the same store in the links here as they had most of the ones I've been considering... So, sorry about the "advertising"
Money is not what I have the most of at the moment though, so I'm considering something on the cheaper end of the snare spectrum. The style I'm playing is melodic death metal/thrash, so it should be able to handle high volumes even if it's a smaller snare. The ones I'm looking into this far:
13x6,5" Natal Meta Series Brass Centre Hammered (Link)
13x5,5" Mapex Black Panther, Cherry Bomb (Link)
13x6" Gretsch Signature Mark Schulman, 9 ply maple (Link)
Or I could maaaaybe stretch the price mark a bit and get:
13x6,5" Yamaha Recordig Custom Brass (Link)
I feel both of my snares are a bit on the heavy side, especially the Starphonic. I have thought of a 14x5" or 14x5,5" as well, as these are a bit more easy to choose from/better availability:
14x5" Pearl Sensitone Elite Phosphor Bronze (Link)
14x5" Mapex Black Widow Maple, 5,1mm (Link)
14x5,5" Mapex "The Dillinger", 8 ply maple (Link)
14x5,5" Natal Mappa Burl Maple (Link)
14x5,5" Tama SLP Quilted Bubinga/Birch (Link)
14x5,5" Pearl Masters Complete, 6 ply Maple (Link)
I'm sorry for all the different suggestions here, but as you can see I have a job to narrow down the choices here... I would ideally want something good enough to handle gigging, preferably stay in tune for most of the time, and deliver a good, cracking snare sound. I don't like steel snares, but maple, birch/bubinga, brass and bronze are probably some of my favorites
If you have some suggestions, let me now. Right now I'm just very uncertain if I should just let it go, bring one of the snares I already have (and have a bag for) and be done with it. Thing is though, I also have to bring my cymbals, pedals, throne and everything else I need for a big tour. And as mentioned, it will be some transitions between the different means of transportation on this tour, which also means I must do some carrying. So it's tempting to save some luggage space/weight, if I'm able to...
Thank you for taking the time . Oh, and I used mostly the same store in the links here as they had most of the ones I've been considering... So, sorry about the "advertising"
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