What Would YOU Add to This Snare Hoard?

Neal Pert

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Real simple question here. If you had these snare drums, what, if anything would you add to this collection? Would you sell some? Buy others?

Drums are as follows:
  • 7 x 14 Noble & Cooley SS Maple Classic
  • 6.5x14 Craviotto Cherry
  • 5.5 x 14 Slingerland Artist (Niles Badge)
  • 4 x 14 Canopus “The Maple”

  • 6.5x14 British Drum Company “Talisman” Spun Steel
  • 5.5 x 14 Yamaha Recording Custom Aluminum
  • 5 x 14 Ludwig COB Pioneer (1930s)

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Right now there's one not pictured: a Gretsch Brooklyn 4160, which I actually prefer to the USA one because the 302s make it sound richer.
 
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Sound wise I'd say go try something 3ply mahogany/poplar/mahogany with rerings. Personally, I'd go for vintage with brass hoops like a 50s early 60s Pioneer, but modern might sound great, too. Try before you buy. Might not be your thing.
Collecting wise? No opinion.
 
I don't like going outside the company
of the rest of drumset So what some might call limit frees me
from it ever becoming an "issue"..
I like the holistic approach if it's a Gretsch tom it's a gretsch snare
if it's a gretsch floor tom it's a gretsch snare if it's a gretsch bass drum it's a gretsch snare

otherwise to me no matter what I can't not hear...
it's as an Olds carburetor on a Ford engine
If you can accept a Ludwig snare with a Gretsch set (just to use two differing example brands)
You'll fall for anything where does it ever end..
I like the certainty solution where exists no second thought

so snare drums don't 'exist' outside the set as if a separate entity
they remain in the family of the set and no tighter family than being all from one tribe


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so match your set with that clans snare
brass and wood in two depth dimensions makes 4
which is probably 2 too many
one brass one wood is perfect
 
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pretend you're endorsed
to one make
and you're loyal

right there eliminates 4000 possibles
"I didn't know you had a Slingerland set?"
"What sizes are the Canopus set?"
I'd lose those two and the roaring 20s Flapper drum
 
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I see a lot of ground covered in your collection, but what I don't see is coverage in some darker areas like a (solid?) Mahogany or Walnut shell would give me, Perhaps, too, the softer sounds of a ply Mahogany from a WFL Pioneer.
 
I would not sell any - unless you need the money.
And it may be a simple question but the answer can be harder.
As others said, you already cover a lot of ground with these snares.
It depends on what sound you are missing / looking for.
Maybe add a 12" or 13" one for variety?
 
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Seriously though, no arsenal is complete without a Ludwig Supraphonic, or a Ludwig Black Beauty. They sound that good!

As good as the Yamaha Recording Custom Aluminum is, the Supraphonic may very well sound better to you. It has more low end and a super satisfying high-end crack.
 
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Seriously though, no arsenal is complete without a Ludwig Supraphonic, or a Ludwig Black Beauty. They sound that good!

As good as the Yamaha Recording Custom Aluminum is, the Supraphonic may very well sound better to you. It has more low end and a super satisfying high-end crack.
Exactly - Also, throw in an Acro' and an Blackro' - which do sound different from one another.
 
OK...ive imagined that's my personal collection. The thought that immediately hit me was the overwhelming need for a 3.5x14 Pearl free floater. Heck..i might get one anyway just from your post. Thanks. 🎶 😃.
 
Real simple question here. If you had these snare drums, what, if anything would you add to this collection? Would you sell some? Buy others?

Drums are as follows:
  • 7 x 14 Noble & Cooley SS Maple Classic
  • 6.5x14 Craviotto Cherry
  • 5.5 x 14 Slingerland Artist (Niles Badge)
  • 4 x 14 Canopus “The Maple”

  • 6.5x14 British Drum Company “Talisman” Spun Steel
  • 5.5 x 14 Yamaha Recording Custom Aluminum
  • 5 x 14 Ludwig COB Pioneer (1930s)

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Right now there's one not pictured: a Gretsch Brooklyn 4160, which I actually prefer to the USA one because the 302s make it sound richer.
I had a pair of hands to play every single one of them! Lol
 
You have no bronze... I would go with a Gretsch USA bronze snare. I love mine.
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Or go with copper... like an Oriollo spun copper snare. Why? Because it would follow your trend of having "no two snares the same brand" theme.
Only if they are snares to be played, not collecting.
 
I should clarify that I posted this not because I'm jonesing to get more snare drums. I am NOT a collector-- I'm a player. I just looked at this photo and thought, "That's a lot of snare drums but they each kinda do their own thing really well." It's just about the most snare drums I've owned in 20 years but I use every one of them.

It does feel to me that the suggestion of a 3 ply old drum is the most logical "next step" if I want to expand this sonic palette. There's a 5x14 six-lug Ludwig that I maintain for a local arts non-profit and every time I play it I think, "I need one of these."

That Yamaha aluminum drum seems to calm any metal shell Ludwig desires that may creep up, though adding an Acro seems self-evidently good.

Anyway, keep the suggestions coming!
 
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