bamdrummer
Senior Member
Hey everybody! I am now the proud owner of a beautiful new custom snare from Palmetto Drums in Greenville South Carolina! (God I sound like an Ad) It's a 14x7 Catawba snare with black chrome tube lugs and die-cast hoops. It has a trick strainer and 20 strand Pure-Sound Blaster wires. The shell is a Vaughncraft solid Catawba shell with maple reinforcing hoops.
Let me just tell you right now, this snare is one of the most beautiful things I've ever heard! It has a musical crack but with massive body and a presence that fills a room. The tuning range is absolutely unbelievable too. But the real magic of this snare is something a little more difficult to describe...when I hit the snare, it feels good. Not in a musical sense or a mental sense, but it physically feels pleasant when I hit this snare. The vibration in my hand, the rebound, just how much it digs into the head, it all feels good. I think anyone who's played a snare that is truly perfect for them knows what I'm talking about.
Anyway, here are some pics and I'll have a nice recording of it by the end of the week. The heads I have on it right now are a coated vintage emperor for the batter and an ambassador snare for the reso. Oh, and sorry for the blurry pics, they don't do the wood justice at all. But hey, it's just my phone's camera
Let me just tell you right now, this snare is one of the most beautiful things I've ever heard! It has a musical crack but with massive body and a presence that fills a room. The tuning range is absolutely unbelievable too. But the real magic of this snare is something a little more difficult to describe...when I hit the snare, it feels good. Not in a musical sense or a mental sense, but it physically feels pleasant when I hit this snare. The vibration in my hand, the rebound, just how much it digs into the head, it all feels good. I think anyone who's played a snare that is truly perfect for them knows what I'm talking about.
Anyway, here are some pics and I'll have a nice recording of it by the end of the week. The heads I have on it right now are a coated vintage emperor for the batter and an ambassador snare for the reso. Oh, and sorry for the blurry pics, they don't do the wood justice at all. But hey, it's just my phone's camera
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