Drum Making
Hey, amp!
What sound do you want out of your snare? Do you want a deep sound or a higher-pitched "crack" when you're playing?
If I were designing my own snare, I'd go for a metal-shelled piccolo snare (because I like a sharp "crack" sound out of my snare and, in a pinch, rimshots on a piccolo can sound almost like those on a timbale).
Now as for the toms, I'd use maple; to me, the toms are supposed to be deep and "tough" sounding. As far as lugs and hardware go, eight-lugs all the way...it may be a little more complicated to tune, but at the same time the tension is more evenly distributed around the heads and the rims.
Color? That's your call, bro'...mine would be stained in a way that would harmonize with the maple; dark red or dark brown...
Doggone it, now you got me wanting to design a set!
Good luck, amp!
keep the beat goin' ... Don't keep it to yourself!
Charlie
"If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away." --Henry David Thoreau, "Walden," 1854
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"Maybe your drums can be beat, but you can't."--Jack Keck
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