Wonderful post. Thank you

Nice demo, thanks

The Tama PL565 Bell Brass Snare is the winner !

This guy has some dope snares!!!

I want them both!

I love my DW heavy brass snare, but, I'd bet that I would love the Tama, if I owned one! The Horst Link era Sonor heavy brass snare would also make a fine comparison too, but I don't have that beast...

Is the DW snare the actual cast snare they stopped making in 2003, the rolled 3mm "bell brass" snare that is in currently production, the dw 3mm rolled "bell bronze" in current production, or the knurled bronze also currently in production on their website? I've seen this video many times, but I didn't think to ask. I noticed the 3 position strainer on the dw snare and I don't think that strainer was on the old dw cast bronze models. I could be wrong. The thing is that tama snare is the old sand cast model with the bell brass hoops so that snare will sound 100 times better than any of the dw rolled brass and bronze snares currently in production.

@staneury

7 жыл бұрын

You are correct. The drum in the video is the rolled bronze version. As you can hear in the video, once the DW has the Tama cast rim on top it sounds very similar to the Tama (cast bronze). The DW with Tama rims is does not sound as good as the Tama but is close and a cheaper and more readily available alternative. I tried the the bottom Tama bronze hoop on the bottom of the DW and it choked it down. I did not show that demonstration in the video.

Thanks for the vid. I also have the Tama bell brass snare. What did you use to polish the hoops?

@staneury

9 жыл бұрын

Vorgaloth I used 320 sand paper followed by 0000 steel wool. Finished with car wax to keep them from tarnishing. 0000 steel wool works great on all chrome pars as well. Try it you will be amazed.

Iv always played wood rims to get that "homerun, baseball bat" perfect side stick, and an amazing rim shot, and it does work REALLY well. BUT, cast bronze hoops and drum is the ultimate. Iv gotta have this one day. The way it makes the drum song is just incredible.

@Assimilator702

Жыл бұрын

Order a pair of No Profile hoops from Duluth. Amazing hoops for what they cost. 11.16 LBS for the pair.

@krusher74

6 ай бұрын

bronze not brass.

dave's not here man..

The “ taymah “ 😂

I would be curious to hear the dw with the bell brass hoops

@staneury

6 жыл бұрын

Zach Cline view part 2. The tama hoops are on the DW. A significant improvement.

these are insanely awesome snare drums. Is there anywhere I can find these bell brass hoops? Or any brass hoop for that matter? Thanks so much for this post, those tama's really are amazing. I've been researching bell brass cast snares for some time, and I like the Gretsch series ... price is right, if combo'd with a hoop like that, it would be very similar in sound. 3mm cast... the key is those hoops though for sure. :)

@staneury

9 жыл бұрын

Fury Things The DW 3mm bell brass is likely the cheapest option for a cast bronze shell drum. I have auditioned several others including the Gretch. I bought the TAMA drum on ebay and I also purchased the bronze tama rims on ebay. I think if you can find just a top rim you can get close to the tama sound on the DW drum. There is also a company in Italy - LeSoprano Drums that use all bell brass components on their drums. I think they will sell you a new bronze rim. I do not know the cost. I will try to put up a post for the LeSoprano drum soon. . All the metal parts on the LeSoprano drum are made from bell bronze (but they install them on wood shell drums) They have a very unique sound.

@Assimilator702

3 жыл бұрын

The heavy duty cast bronze hoops are really special. I just ordered a pair for new cast bronze snare build.

@jarrahdrum

Жыл бұрын

@@Assimilator702 I have one also and it’s great for me. It’s a keeper for sure 👍🏻

@Assimilator702

Жыл бұрын

@jarrahdrum I'm selling mine. It's a brass drum with a rolled and welded snare. The weld is very well hidden which is what fools people. Gretch is very misleading with the marketing for this drum.

@jarrahdrum

Жыл бұрын

@@Assimilator702 I’ll have to check mine, I haven’t noticed this Mine is the 8 lug version, Brooklyn Thank you for letting me know

I´, also curious about the sound of the Meinl brass timbales you have here.

@staneury

2 жыл бұрын

I have sold the Timbales. I loved them but had no real musical context to really deploy them. When selecting this pair I decided to go with the low tones that are rare but specific to this model. They referred to them as thunder timbales A signature series - Tito Fuente I think?

@Eurodrummer666

2 жыл бұрын

@@staneury I see. It´s true that there is no point in keeping stuff we don´t need.

the dw is pretty close .tamas is a little more open

OMG! It’s Bernie from Weekend at Bernie’s!!! He lives!

@staneury

4 жыл бұрын

Yes but Bernie Rocks

SPEAK UP!!!

Dude you gotta tune them to the same pitch. That's like comparing acoustic guitars, one in E and another in D. You can't compare these in any way if they aren't pitched the same. It's cool to see a demo but...

@staneury

6 жыл бұрын

Wizzle I used a drum dial to set each drum to the same tension. Also used the same heads on each. I think you are right I should have tried to tune them to the same note. Maybe next time

@TempoDrift1480

6 жыл бұрын

staneury Yeah I probably didn't have to make such a shitty comment... I apologise that wasn't necessary. Carry on Bud.

Dw

Tama sounds a lot better to me. I thought i would have preferred the DW due to past experiences but my ears disagreed.

I dislike the highpitched overtones the DW has.

DW is tuned low than TAMA does. So its not true comparison at all.

@krusher74

6 ай бұрын

you are llistening to the high-pitched overtunes of the DW not each drums fundamental.

DW sounds dull not lively. The Tama to me is way better.

Dw