[DEErumer]

I recently bought a snainless steel black panther snare, and for the first few months it sounded brilliant, had such a punchy sound, but recently it's began ringing badly, ive tried re-tuning it, normally i have no problem tuning snares but i just cant seem you get rid of the ring, ive resorted to duct taping it, but i know for a fact i shouldnt be needing to doing that atm as it's so new.

..im clueless, help would be appreciated.

[Tainojim]

Get some resonator gel, it works well. Resonator ringing can drive you nuts.

Resonator rings work also, but the gel is cheaper.

[Infero Exicution]

Did you try tightening the snare wires?

[butter]

Originally Posted by Infero Exicution

Did you try tightening the snare wires?

that wouldnt help much if the shell is ringing. i would say go with the resonator gel.

[Brzozowski321]

Seems to me that if it performed well for a few months, and now resonates - obviously something changed. The only things that can change on a steel snare, really, is the skins, unless you have done something to the body, like clamp it too tight in a stand and bend it. Another slight possibility would be loose nuts inside. I find those items unlikely, but should be checked. Since you say you have tuned it, or tried to, did you also tune up the lower skin? Is there a damper inside? Did that move?
Just some thoughts.

[Infero Exicution]

I guess I didn't read the problem correctly.
Or I thought he didn't know that was the problem.
But yeah, resonator gel would work just fine.

[Brzozowski321]

I posted a day or so ago and said that if it performed well for months, then resonated, something had to change. I'm not a very good drummer, but I have been in maintenance engineering for over 30 years. Short of skin stretching, a snare is a pretty static item, not much movement of any type in the body or the rims.
Yesterday I stopped at my local used music store to visit, where the owner and a very accomplished jazz drummer were trying to find out why a snare had started resonating. The owner knows I am in engineering, so he said take a look. After some time, I noticed that there was a VERY slight out of round situation on the lower rim. When we turned the snare over, we also discovered a super slight compound bend, the rim being both out of round and and convex. It really showed itself when we put it up on the glass countertop at the store. Even though the lower skin was still tight to the bearing edge, the slight bend in the ring was enough to cause a pressure change of the lower skin around the bearing edge on the bottom of the snare. When we put a thumb to the lower skin in the area of the out of round, the resonation dissapeared. This out of round didn't match up with the normal clamps positions on a stand, so we don't know how it got there, but it was really, really slight, a few thousands of an inch, no more.
Something has changed on your snare.
If it cannot be fixed, you will use gel, but if I was you I would like to know what happened. It may be repairable.
Good Luck!

[Tainojim]

As a Stationary Engineer myself, when it bout, check it out. Tighten every thing, nuts, bolts, lugs, etc...

We know it's not rocket science, if something changed overnight, then look for the obvious. The most common problem may also be the heads. I've had some heads snap meaning that it probably was not seated properly before tuning it. Just remember that it's always the obvious that changes suddenly.

A brand new drum/ head can do that, make a sudden change if certain procedures are not followed during replacements.

I'm sure you'll get to the bottom or top of the problem.