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Mapex Saturn V Blue Red Hybrid Sparkle 4 pc
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Pearl Demon Drive double pedal
Sabian 22" Paragon Ride
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Sabian 14" AAX Xlosion Hats
Sabian 10" AAX Aero Splash
Sabian XSR Fast Stax
Wuhan 8" Splash
I've sure had my share of GAS when it comes to snares. I currently have too many (7), and I'm seriously thinking about selling some off in the coming year. I accumulated the snares as I was looking for "my sound," and I have come to the same realization that Rick and Drummer have noted. I definitely have a go to snare (14x5.5 Mapex Black Panther Deep Forest Cherry), or 2 (probably the 14x6 Tama Warlord Masai), and I can use different turnings to get exactly what I want.
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The G Maple should be in by Tuesday...thinking about taking the next day off work to test it out.
Mapex Saturn V Blue Red Hybrid Sparkle 4 pc
Ludwig 6.5 x14 Black Beauty
Pearl Demon Drive double pedal
Sabian 22" Paragon Ride
Sabian 19" Paragon China
Sabian 18" AAX Xplosion Crash
Sabian 18" HHX Xplosion Crash
Sabian 14" AAX Xlosion Hats
Sabian 10" AAX Aero Splash
Sabian XSR Fast Stax
Wuhan 8" Splash
Just had a couple GAS pains myself- picked up a 60s Keystone - badge Acrolite and a nearly mint 6.5" Supra. Taye Vintage Brass snare, Taye Aluminum, and Taye Steel are all up for sale to make room. Putting one of my Ayottes up for sale soon too. Hope to end up with a small, versatile collection of an Acrolite, Supra, and sometime next year a Black Beauty.
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The guy that sold it to me 20 years ago called me crying to buy it back or trade for something................he had found a bass and floor tom to match and wanted to make a mid-50s round badge kit.
He has maybe 35 snares so I knew I could find something to trade for.
We both decided a USA snare and a USA snare is a fair trade.
That old maple 3-ply may have been the best snare I ever played..........it is a 100% original 1954 WMP............very cool drum.
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I would. Problem is; I can hide a snare drum from my wife by keeping it locked in the basement. If I tried that with Hannah, the FBI would get involved, I'd get a reputation as a psychopath, news crews show up at my door and wake the wife up from her nap.....would be a bad scene.
-Brian
"Too many crappy used drum stuff to list"
Play the SONG......not the DRUMS!!!
"I think that feeling is a lot more important than technique. It's all very well doing a triple paradiddle - but who's going to know you've done it? If you play technically you sound like everybody else. It's being original that counts." ~ John Bonham
Mapex Saturn V Blue Red Hybrid Sparkle 4 pc
Ludwig 6.5 x14 Black Beauty
Pearl Demon Drive double pedal
Sabian 22" Paragon Ride
Sabian 19" Paragon China
Sabian 18" AAX Xplosion Crash
Sabian 18" HHX Xplosion Crash
Sabian 14" AAX Xlosion Hats
Sabian 10" AAX Aero Splash
Sabian XSR Fast Stax
Wuhan 8" Splash
-Brian
"Too many crappy used drum stuff to list"
Play the SONG......not the DRUMS!!!
"I think that feeling is a lot more important than technique. It's all very well doing a triple paradiddle - but who's going to know you've done it? If you play technically you sound like everybody else. It's being original that counts." ~ John Bonham
Well back to the topic at hand......The G Maple is in and even though it's used you can barely tell....I'll change the head out on it. I do have a strong feeling I'll be calling into work tomorrow to play around with it. Think this will be fun.
Mapex Saturn V Blue Red Hybrid Sparkle 4 pc
Ludwig 6.5 x14 Black Beauty
Pearl Demon Drive double pedal
Sabian 22" Paragon Ride
Sabian 19" Paragon China
Sabian 18" AAX Xplosion Crash
Sabian 18" HHX Xplosion Crash
Sabian 14" AAX Xlosion Hats
Sabian 10" AAX Aero Splash
Sabian XSR Fast Stax
Wuhan 8" Splash
I have four snares. Two DW Collectors, one maple 14x6 and one brass 14x8. Two Ludwig, one hammered bronze 13x3 and one Acrolite 14x5.5. No matter what I do. No tuning. No head combinations, will ever make that Acro sound as good as my others. It is a great drum for $120, but at $500-$600, my other snares simply out perform it on every level. Tone, tuning range, you name it. Now extrapolate that. Sometimes the expensive drums are just marginally better, but that's where and why prices start to go through the roof. A cheaper drum that does 90% of what an expensive drum does is probably the right choice for most drummers. But between competing, top caliber drummers, that 10% is a big difference and to me the huge cost difference is understandable and worth it. When I play shows, I never bring an "it's good enough" attitude. I know some disagree, but I believe my mentality and competitive nature is why my band enjoys the level of success that it does. When I'm eating a comp'd meal at a resort and making $1500 a show I feel pretty confident that my philosophy is right. Hacking out tunes on mediocre gear in a watering hole for a couple hundred bucks just doesn't cut it for me. Understand that in my opinion, I am extremely low on the professional drumming "totem pole". I can understand paying $2000 for a snare. I just can't afford it ��
Last edited by SunDog; 02-05-2017 at 01:47 PM.
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