Decisions, Decisions, Decisions... Choosing a Snare and maybe more - Part II
Hi everyone, I still can't decide what snare to buy.
The Luddy is not a Participant in the contest anymore, a little bit too much ring.
I found two methods, to buy one (1) expensive snare for all styles of music or to buy two (2) less pricy snares.
Possibility 1:
Buying an expensive but good quality snare.
Snares to choose from:
1.) DW Collectors Maple 14x5" or 14x6" :
I just like it's dry sound.
2.) DW Collectors Black Nickel over Brass 14x5,5" or 14x6,5
It's way ringier but it seems to be very versatile.
3.) Sonor Prolite Brass 14x5 or 14x6
Not as ringy as the NOB.
DW Collectors Maple Pro and Cons:
+ great dry sound.
+ Craftmanship
+ features
+ Look
- the Price
- some say it wouldn't tune very good and non-versatile.
DW Collectors NOB Pro and Cons:
+ Sound
+ Craftmanship (in most cases)
+ Look
+ Features
- overtones
- Price
Sonor Prolite Brass Pro and Cons:
+ Sound
+ Look
+ Features
- Price
- Cases of unplayable Snares known.
Pro and Cons of the Possibility:
+ great sounding and great quality snare
- it maybe covers not all music styles I want to play with.
- no money left for other things*
Possibility 2:
Buying two less pricy snares:
Steel:
Gretsch Taylor Hawkins Sig Snare 14x6,5"
Wood:
Mapex Black Panther Cherry Bomb 13x5,5"
Mapex Black Panther Black Widow Snare 14x5,5"
Tama Starclassic Maple Snare 14x5,5"
The Gretsch has good Craftmanship and is already chosen if I really do that, so it's all about the wood snares.
Pro:
Sound.
Price.
Cons:
All BP's are known to have scars on the round wooden circle, head and rim laying on.
The Starclassic has actually no Cons.
The big Point on the second method is that I have extra money to spend in other parts of gear*.
The Styles I want to cover with are:
Metal, Rockstyles, Hiphop, Pop and Jazz (Sticks and Brushes).
*A few weeks ago I thought how cool it would be to have extra money for replacing gear I don't like.
Hi hat stand:
I currently use a Tama Iron Cobra 605 Series, to close the hats works (like known of Tama Pedals) very smooth but it has no plate, a leg is in the air and there's no possibility to get it on the floor + there's no option to make the spring a very little tighter so the hats stay closed if I want them to be.
Model of choose:
Tama Iron Cobra 805 Velo Glide or DW 5000 (too expensive at moment)
Pedal:
I have a Pearl Eliminator 2000B Single Pedal and its to chunky and I have an issue with the spring, I have to tighten it very hard if I want my footboard to hold Position, when I play its to hard for my taste.
Model of Choose:
Tama Rolling Glide or DW 5002 Double Pedal but what I can afford is probably only a Single Pedal.
I'm not good with my foot at all but I find playing a Double Pedal sounds very cool and is more versatile cause you can play it as both, Single and Double.
So, back to Snares:
What is more recommendable - buying one expensive snare for all styles or two less pricy snares for the styles and having extra money + what of them wood snares should I get for the above mentioned styles?
Yamaha Stage Custom Birch (CR):
20,12,10 + 14x5,5" PDP Maple/Bubinga snare
Tama hardware
Remo drumheads
Paiste cymbals
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