Happy New Year, everyone!
A good friend of mine went to Japan for a year-end holiday. He was so kind to drop by to a local drum store there, and made me 'suffer' by sending tons of Japan-made-snare pics! LOL :D
Among the pics he sent, this one really caught my attention. I tried to google it and found a very informative thread on this bad-*** > [link removed. Please see forum rules. Thx, Tom] Thanks very much to the thread starter for posting it.
I was totally sold and finally snagged it. it is in a mint condition considering its age (20+ years). Now...without further ado..I present you..the Yamaha Limited Edition Carbon Custom SD-518 snare!
Very cool. I'm jealous.
Ok - Now, you just Have to give us a Vid of you playing it - - gotta hear how it sounds~~Its a good lookin snare and Ive never seen another one - ever.
Yamaha Oak Custom 22x17 with Brass Kick Port, Brass Hoop Claws,10-12-14 racks, 16 Floor and all toms have Brass Hoops and a Tama Starclassic Bubinga Elite 14x6.5 snare in Quilted Mocha Burst and Black Nickel hardware. All hi-end Zildjian Cymbals - K Dark Thin crashes & splashes, a Zildjian A crash & a Meinl 16" crash, Avedis Zildjian 1964 ride, K Custom hats plus New Beat hats on Closed X-Hat.
If a Man offends thee - - give each of his children a Drum~~~!!!
Thanks. unfortunately, I wont be able to do this in the near future.
However, I can share a bit on the sound here..its very very DRY. Short sustain. and LOUD. I think I will try to swap the hoops to triple flanged and i am sure it will sound better..well at least to my taste. In my opinion, this snare is perfect for studio works. Nonetheless it definitely sound good in outdoor settings. Hope this makes sense my English is not very good..
oh dear lord I want that!!!
I bet it would go nicely with the Live Customs!
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Man that would be fun to have. Yamaha makes such cool stuff. Retuned my Tour Custom bass drum last night! omg it's sic!!! 24x18 inches of sicness!
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Wow...............gorgeous snare
Reminds me of the carbonply Pearl masterworks drums, but this one has a nicer lacquer finish. I wonder if they sound similar to one another?
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I never played the Pearl masterworks carbon drums. With the same size, hoops, head, I reckon there will be no significant difference.
Yamaha is a bit more advanced to produce this thing in 1987, while I believe Pearl is significantly later than that with their masterworks carbon. Still, a very nice piece of musical instrument, though!
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