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Originally Posted by Der Trommler  Well in my mind that is a great sounding 5 x 14 snare drum. I would gig with that in a heart beat.
In your quest for a new high end snare drum perhaps you are being to narrow in your focus. I say this because when I add another snare drum to my collection I look to evolve or completely change my snare sound and it seems you are trying to improve a sound you already know to be exactly what you want. Maybe you should look into something stave or spun that is 6" or more to expand your jazz sound with a deeper tone. Just food for thought.
Moral of the story....that Sonor snare is a keeper. |
Thanks Der, totally food for thought!
I read this online article about Phil Rudd - they were commenting on how his drums are these huge deep things, yet he played a standard 5" deep snare. He said he didn't like anything else. Nothing spoke like a 5" shell did for him. Perhaps I'm becoming another 5" deep poster child?
I remember borrowing a friends 7" deep Noble & Cooley, and another time a 6.5" deep Supra, then a 3.5" deep piccolo (like Weckl back in the day). I didn't
hate them, I just couldn't use them for everything. I tried an 8" deep snare once and loved it tuned down for those Eagles tunes, but that's where it stopped. Then when I tried the Steve Gadd snare, or the Bill Bruford snare, or the Stewart Copeland snare, loved all of those - those are all 5"!
I am considering one of those Ahead brass drums at 6x14. Maybe that would be a good compromise. I also feel I need at least one metal shelled, and one wood, just to have two different sounds, eh?