Acrylic Snare drums vs Hard Hitters

[SpazApproved]

So I'm a heavier hitter.. I also love rim shots. I found a snare drum that is just SCREAMING for me to own... it's an SJC Acrylic Amber snare drum with gold hardware. But I'm worried with it being acrylic (and I've never owned acrylic) that it wouldn't hold up to heavier playing.

Can anyone who's owned Acrylic snares/kits chime in on the durability and longevity of them? The specs say it's a 1/4" thick if I remember correctly. I wrote SJC but haven't seen a response yet.

[Ray on the Drums]

You'll be fine! Get it and hit it like it owes you money.

[Northern Redneck]

Do you bend Ahead sticks in one show? Tommy Lee does and he plays an arcylic snare.

[SpazApproved]

Do you bend Ahead sticks in one show? Tommy Lee does and he plays an arcylic snare.

is that for real?! That's insane

[carbohydrate kid]

I am a pretty heavy hitter as well, and I have an acrylic snare drum and have had no problems with it other than it being louder than my other snare drums. Unless you get one with a manufacturing defect , I seriously doubt you'd have any problems.

[Northern Redneck]

Over on another forum I used to frequent Tommy's tech was a member, showed us a pic of the sticks, it was crazy.

[kay-gee]

No problem. You aren't intending to pound on the acrylic part are you?

all the best...

[weezy]

It should hold up fine. It's probably a seemless RCI shell. They seem to be the go to acrylic shells for all of the custom assemblers these days. They tend to hold up far better than the old tabbed vistalite shells.

[signia fan]

I know a guy who just made a snare from a 14" PVC sewer pipe. I have not heard it yet, but he claims it is the best sounding drum he has ever heard. I take that with a grain of salt because he says that about every snare he has built, but interesting nonetheless

[SpazApproved]

I know a guy who just made a snare from a 14" PVC sewer pipe. I have not heard it yet, but he claims it is the best sounding drum he has ever heard. I take that with a grain of salt because he says that about every snare he has built, but interesting nonetheless

I made some octobans out of PVC piping and they turned out pretty good! So I could imagine a snare drum

[porkpieguy]

It may be worth some research as far as what kind of shell is used, but I used to see those orange PigLite orange acrylic snare drums for sale pretty often on Craigslist and/or EvilBay. If they are basically the same shell, you might save quite a bit if you feel you may have to get a custom SJC made.