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    Quote Originally Posted by inthpktplayer View Post
    Can't do it brother.
    You walk into a room where someone is playing and the snare sound grabs your ears it's so sweet. You hear a recording and the snare sounds so good it's all you're listening to. You sit down behind your kit and play and you get lost in the music and the sound of your instrument because this is exactly what a snare should sound like. Holy moley! all three were the same snare!

    Was it metal or wood?

    You can own many snares built with many materials/constructions but there is that ONE. Wood . . . or . . . metal?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Powertrip240 View Post
    I haven't played a large variety of snares, but from my experience with birch, maple and metal, I think if I had to pick one, I'd go with my Ludwig Acrolite.
    I had an old blackrolite that I wish I still had! I use a Ludwig 6.5x14 Element birch that I like a lot! It depends on the music and or venue for me.
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    I love my Pearl Chad Smith Sig steel snare & it's become my main one.
    I recently got the Mapex Armory Exterminator (Birch/Walnut) and that sounds great too. I thought it'd be a more mellow sound, but I took it to band practice & the guys complained because it was so much louder that the steel one! Who'd have thought it?!
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    Quote Originally Posted by G-man View Post
    You can do it. You climbed up the ladder to the high-dive, now jump. You can do it! Jump! JUMP!
    Alright .....BRASS! There, you made me say it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SunDog View Post
    Alright .....BRASS! There, you made me say it.
    Doesn't that feel good? It's like the weight of the world is off your shoulders, isn't it

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  8. #33

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    Quote Originally Posted by G-man View Post
    You walk into a room where someone is playing and the snare sound grabs your ears it's so sweet. You hear a recording and the snare sounds so good it's all you're listening to. You sit down behind your kit and play and you get lost in the music and the sound of your instrument because this is exactly what a snare should sound like. Holy moley! all three were the same snare!

    Was it metal or wood?

    You can own many snares built with many materials/constructions but there is that ONE. Wood . . . or . . . metal?
    Alright, alright already........geez. If I had to pick a snare to go into the coffin with me it would be my Pearl Masterworks Rosewood.

    Man, glad you're not trying to sell me a time share.

  9. #34

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    Wood, and if I had to pick a specific one, probably birch.

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    Both. I have had great wood snares and I have had great metal snares. One is not better than the other.

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    Metal for me. Sometimes I get crazy and buy a wood snare, but then I tend to just sell it.
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    I prefer metal snares (copper and brass specifically) because they are more versatile, IMHO. They can be made to almost sound like a wood snare if required. Conversely, it is real hard to get a wooden snare to have that unique metal ping if that should be required for some reason.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ludleg View Post
    I prefer metal snares (copper and brass specifically) because they are more versatile, IMHO. They can be made to almost sound like a wood snare if required. Conversely, it is real hard to get a wooden snare to have that unique metal ping if that should be required for some reason.
    +1

    While I much prefer the warm, woody crack of a single ply maple drum, I do find myself gigging with brass the vast majority of the time for this reason ...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jackie View Post
    Both. I have had great wood snares and I have had great metal snares. One is not better than the other.
    I have a Supra I love, a Jazz Festival that can't be beat for a certain vintage sound, and a gretsch maple that is great. Love em all for different applications. One is no better than the other - you're correct.

    But, you can't pick both in this thread. Everybody leans - what's your preference?

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    If it can only be one, for me it's a Supraphonic, the most versatile snare drum ever, IMO. So, metal.

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    Quote Originally Posted by joecut View Post
    If it can only be one, for me it's a Supraphonic, the most versatile snare drum ever, IMO. So, metal.
    Yep. The Supra's kinda like every other metal snare rolled into one.

    all the best...

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    +1 on the Supra, it is an excellent workhorse snare drum ... and so light and easy to carry around to boot ...

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    When I was younger, I used the steel snare that my mom bought for me for school band for my first kit. I don't even remember what brand it was. But I knew it well, and how to tune it to get the best sound out of it. It was a good snare, and I think you could have put pieces of cardboard on it, and it would still sound good. When I started drumming again, I bought a Ludwig Element kit, and it had a wood snare. I had to start all over again. It took a while, but when I finally found the sweet spot for it, and it sang. But to me it still sounded dry compared to steel. When I bought my Mapex Armory, it came with the stock steel Tomahawk. I am in love with this snare. Low to high tuning, there just isn't a place where it doesn't sound good. But I usually prefer to stay in the mid to high range. I guess you could say that I prefer steel. I know that my experience with wood snares is on the lower quality end of the spectrum, but steel just seems to sound better to me.
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    I only have 3 snares; a 12x4 Maple Lil' Squealer, 14x6.5 steel Tama (old Swingstar) and the 14x5.5 PDP Maple Concept. I prefer the sound and feel of the Maple PDP best, but I actually use the old Tama steel more. It seems to fit in better sound wise with the different kits I gig with and the music we play. If I use my PDP kit, then I play the PDP snare.

    I'm thinking about buying a used Acrolite or Black Galaxy. I can get a used student model for $100, and they seem like a pretty good snare.
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    Metal snare for me, I like the sound and the attack!

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    Quote Originally Posted by inthpktplayer View Post
    Once in a while this:
    Is that a phantom? I'd be curious to hear your thoughts on it.

    Back to the topic at hand. All of the snares that I currently own are metal. 2 are brass, one is aluminum. The aluminum drum gets played the least. I keep telling myself that the next one will be wood, but I always seem to find better deals on metal snares.
    Mmm... Saturns.

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    I am a dedicated "metal" snare guy...............I have several snares, but my Supra and BB are what I use the most

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    Quote Originally Posted by weezy View Post
    Is that a phantom? I'd be curious to hear your thoughts on it.
    Nope. It's a Cherry Bomb.

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    Quote Originally Posted by weezy View Post
    All of the snares that I currently own are metal. I keep telling myself that the next one will be wood, but I always seem to find better deals on metal snares.
    Me = opposite.
    All my snares are maple.
    However, a 7X13 Black Magic is due to arrive tonight.
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    Quote Originally Posted by longgun View Post
    I am a dedicated "metal" snare guy...............I have several snares, but my Supra and BB are what I use the most
    The Supra phonic is arguably the best snare on Earth. If it was the only snare you owned, you'd be lacking for nothing!

    all the best...

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