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Magstar brass snare drum Last viewed: 1 hour ago

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So what's the difference with brass and bell brass?

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Posted on 11 years ago
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From radioking

So what's the difference with brass and bell brass?

Brass is brass and bell brass is cast B20 bronze. Cast bronze shells are heavy, thick and tend to have a lot of body. Bell brass snares also tend to be expensive because of the casting method.

To my ears they have their own sound with low pitched harmonics and a lot of body. As I told you I had a 14x4 snare that had a killer crack and a lot of body. It was 3mm thick and weighted something between 7 and 8 kilograms.

Remember those 90's insanely heavy bronze Sonor Signature monster snares? Those are bell brass. Jeff Ocheltree also did some bell brass snares as well as Tama in the 80's. As far as I know only Ocheltree, I correct my previous post on this thread, has 13x7 snares so this 13x6 is rare.

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Posted on 11 years ago
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From txalapartalari

Brass is brass and bell brass is cast B20 bronze. Cast bronze shells are heavy, thick and tend to have a lot of body. Bell brass snares also tend to be expensive because of the casting method. To my ears they have their own sound with low pitched harmonics and a lot of body. As I told you I had a 14x4 snare that had a killer crack and a lot of body. It was 3mm thick and weighted something between 7 and 8 kilograms. Remember those 90's insanely heavy bronze Sonor Signature monster snares? Those are bell brass. Jeff Ocheltree also did some bell brass snares as well as Tama in the 80's. As far as I know only Ocheltree, I correct my previous post on this thread, has 13x7 snares so this 13x6 is rare.

I'm picking it up in a few hours . I'll send pics. Thanks for the help!

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Posted on 11 years ago
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I have the drum and it is a great sounding drum . Lost of personality. I tuned it up high to get a feel for it and them low . I'll get some pics and audio out to you all Thai week end if anyone is interested . It has a emperor head on the top . I like the single ply heads so I'll get an ambassador on it .. Till soon rich

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Posted on 11 years ago
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In case you may have missed it in the other thread.. Here's Rob Kampa..

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Posted on 11 years ago
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Great to see him in Action . I always wondered how they did the bearing edge . Surprisingly free style . I thought there would be a comic ated jig involved . It's all feel . This guy is a aster builder . More to come from him sure .

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Posted on 11 years ago
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