trickg
Silver Member
I built a stave shelled snare out of African Padauk that I thought was going to be the cat's meow. It's an absolutely beautiful drum, but I have never been able to tune it to a point where it doesn't sound boxy and awful. I really went to the lengths for that drum too - it's got a 3-position Trick strainer on it. Ultimately I'm probably going to rob the hardware off of it and use it on another project.
I also had a Pearl Sensitone Elite in phosphor bronze 6.5x14 that I never liked. It looked great, but it was a really dark sounding sounding drum, so if I tried to tune it up to a point where I liked it, invariably it would choke. I ended up selling it to put the proceeds toward the Padauk stave shelled snare. Go figure.
I also had a Pearl Sensitone Elite in phosphor bronze 6.5x14 that I never liked. It looked great, but it was a really dark sounding sounding drum, so if I tried to tune it up to a point where I liked it, invariably it would choke. I ended up selling it to put the proceeds toward the Padauk stave shelled snare. Go figure.