NouveauCliche
Senior Member
Thanks to some input from peeps on the forum - I pulled the trigger on this Gretsch USA Bronze Snare Drum 14 x 6.5 in. beauty.
Shell
First impressions are wonderful.
Aside from being beautiful - the hardware is great - that strainer is super cool (thought I didn't realize it locked and has a button on it to unlock so I was freaking out for a few moments after I engaged the snare)...the lugs look awesome up close - it's made incredibly well. It also came with huge 42 strand snare wires and Gretsch via Remo coated headed with a white dot.
The sound is wild - I've been playing 13"s for the past 5 years or so and my primary gig is hip hop so my snare's are sky high... so if my normal snare sound is a cloud - this snare is certainly a valley.
It's deep - it's dark - it's got the most awesome throaty crack when you lay into it with some rimshots and it's warm! I'd imagine this would work incredibly well tuned a little more medium some killer back beats in a rock setting or tuned down with a big fat snare drum for that folky laid back groove type of sound.
I have it cranked right now and it's a deep, throaty beast that sounds so different from my two primary sets (One with an 18" kick and one with a 16" kick) that I'm probably going to pick up a Brooklyn with a 22" kick and have a "fill the room" kind of set.
Very cool!
EDIT:
Oh and I forgot to mention - the originally told me it would 12 weeks thanks to the pandemic - but they got it to me in 4!
Shell
- Shell material: Bronze
- Shell construction: Rolled
- Shell thickness (mm): 1
- Bearing edge: 45°
First impressions are wonderful.
Aside from being beautiful - the hardware is great - that strainer is super cool (thought I didn't realize it locked and has a button on it to unlock so I was freaking out for a few moments after I engaged the snare)...the lugs look awesome up close - it's made incredibly well. It also came with huge 42 strand snare wires and Gretsch via Remo coated headed with a white dot.
The sound is wild - I've been playing 13"s for the past 5 years or so and my primary gig is hip hop so my snare's are sky high... so if my normal snare sound is a cloud - this snare is certainly a valley.
It's deep - it's dark - it's got the most awesome throaty crack when you lay into it with some rimshots and it's warm! I'd imagine this would work incredibly well tuned a little more medium some killer back beats in a rock setting or tuned down with a big fat snare drum for that folky laid back groove type of sound.
I have it cranked right now and it's a deep, throaty beast that sounds so different from my two primary sets (One with an 18" kick and one with a 16" kick) that I'm probably going to pick up a Brooklyn with a 22" kick and have a "fill the room" kind of set.
Very cool!
EDIT:
Oh and I forgot to mention - the originally told me it would 12 weeks thanks to the pandemic - but they got it to me in 4!
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