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Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2006 6:04 am

I need a new snare drum and im unsure of which one to get. i want to get a reasonable priced one with a good sound. any ideas?
i also wanna get a sabian crash to go with my cymbals and was wondering what u dudes wud recommend.

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Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 9:49 pm

Personaly i like a snare that has realy good pop. Like a thin snare your sticks just bounce right off them. but if you like a deeper sounding snare i recomend a steel snare.okay well pm me when ever k peace. twisted

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crzychzwngs

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Posted: Thu May 25, 2006 9:55 am

I like a snare with a good boom to it so if you like my style, get a thick one. might I recomend Pearl
evans genera hd head is what I use make sure whatever
you get fits your style wink

Posted: Sun Jun 18, 2006 11:33 am

u need to be more specific on the type of snare u want do u want a big deep sounding snare for metal or a high pop snare for metal or do u want a deep jazz snare or a small piccolo jazz snare? u tell me wat u want it to sound like and i will give u a snare and a price i know alot about snares and i can find a snare that will be good and cheap for any style of music

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Tylor_J

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Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 6:57 pm

Try to make yourself one some time it usually cost less than buying a good quality snare and you can pick what sound you want to make it.

Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2006 6:28 am

thanks everyone. i think i shud have been a bit more specific sorry. right im looking for a snare thats quite light and the stick bounces off really eaasily. i play mostly punk/rock/emo type music so im looking for quite a light sounding snare i think. thanks very much for all the help.

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Posted: Sun Jul 02, 2006 11:16 pm

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thanks everyone. i think i shud have been a bit more specific sorry. right im looking for a snare thats quite light and the stick bounces off really eaasily. i play mostly punk/rock/emo type music so im looking for quite a light sounding snare i think. thanks very much for all the help.

Try getting a small one. Small ones like the joey jordison snare drum (even though the hardware isnt the best quality and its kinda mainstream for joey fans) the small ones like that when tightened get a very snappy sound without much ring or sustane (i think this is the kind of sound you meant)
some people would argue that the sound of one like that can be achieved with any size drums but the smaller ones do help with the ring and over all sound. (when i say small i dont necisarilly mean shallow i mean a small width)

another very very light snare that you can get that sound very nicely with is a piccolo snare that is choked up and tightened. They're very light because they're often just a few inches deep.
theres more sounds you can get with a piccolo that i dont think a punk/rock player would be interested in tho wink

Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2006 5:47 pm

Get a smaller sized one (not a picollo though, those are meant for an extra side drum and have a too-different sound for a main snare) with good ring. When tuning high/light it's easy to get a muffled sound which may sound good to you, but comes across like you're kicking a dead dog. The ring helps get the tone across to the audience. Stay away from steel snares, the low-end ones suck.

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Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2006 6:12 pm

Drum_Master_T

Get a smaller sized one (not a picollo though, those are meant for an extra side drum and have a too-different sound for a main snare) with good ring. When tuning high/light it's easy to get a muffled sound which may sound good to you, but comes across like you're kicking a dead dog. The ring helps get the tone across to the audience. Stay away from steel snares, the low-end ones suck.

Yeah thats right about the picollos they aren't ment for main snare but i still think it sounds cool if you do it that way.
Ever hear a blast beat on a picollo I usually hate blast beats but that still makes it sound good to me.
A guy I know made a picollo sound just like a marchin snare.
I guess im just a sucker for the sound of a marching snare put in a metal beat or two. Mastadon's drummer does it a lot.

Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 10:17 am

I have played a lot of diff snares. Right now I am playing a really shitty steal one and i like it more then a higher end wooded gretsch. so idk.. its preference.

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Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2008 10:18 pm

Drum_Master_T

Get a smaller sized one (not a picollo though, those are meant for an extra side drum and have a too-different sound for a main snare) with good ring. When tuning high/light it's easy to get a muffled sound which may sound good to you, but comes across like you're kicking a dead dog. The ring helps get the tone across to the audience. Stay away from steel snares, the low-end ones suck.

ya i sorta agree with that but the picallos sound asome with a drum set ive played with 1 of those at a consert becase i forgot my other snare.there were about 600 ppl there.but piclos sound alsome.but i peronaly like black panther snares.(mapex)

Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 12:58 pm

Go to a music store and test drive a bunch. I can't tell you what you like. Also, be sure to play with each drum's tuning, since from my experience, most are not tuned to my satisfaction.

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