What is a "Historic Edge"?

I'm referring to a popular & expensive American contemporary drum company that has a strong following. I'm not talking about Ludwig. I don't want to get my buddy in trouble with his AR guy if anything were to find its way back to the company.

A historic edge is something other than a razor-sharp double 45, in my world. Something rounder, with more head contact.

Clear Vistalites killed. I thought about giving the snare another half-turn of tightness all around, but it sounded so good upon initial set-up that I didn't want to chance it. I do a lot of tom riding, and I was pleasantly surprised at the richness of the sound. As usual, I tuned them wide open with clear Ambassadors/Diplomats. Even so, the guitarist said he detected less ring and expressed a preference for these drums.

Still more testing is required (I've got to find a way to A-B them). So far, these are giving the Slingerlands an unexpected run for their money. Nice problem to have.

Was wondering the same ??

An ampersand (or epershand; "&") is a logogram representing the conjunction word "and". This symbol is a ligature of the letters in et, Latin for "and".

The # symbol is easily confused with the musical symbol called sharp (♯). In both symbols, there are two pairs of parallel lines. The key difference is that the number sign has true horizontal strokes while the sharp sign has two slanted parallel lines which must rise from left to right, in order to avoid being confused with the musical staff lines. Both signs may have true vertical lines; however, they are compulsory in the sharp sign, but optional in the number sign (#) depending on typeface or handwriting style. Thus, only the number sign may have an italic appearance.

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Whew! Getting a little stuffy around here.

So let me get this straight a &# means a confused artist?

So an "Historic Edge" is a sharp point? No a rounded point, now its really confusing. I know a little about edges but I play Luddies so there you go.

I was sure hoping that a Historic Edge was something that would give some of us older fellers an edge up on younger fellers, but would that be contemporary history or something a little earlier I,am still confused.

Tom

If you think it's stuffy now, you should have been here yesterday!LoLoLoLo

I'm not sure where the confusion lies, but I'll quote myself for posterity:

I consider a "historic" edge to be a non-sharp edge, ie roundover/baseball bat, roundover with backcut, or a 30 degree.

*edit* Here's a roundover with backcut as an example - photo borrowed from the excellent Bellwether stave snare drums.

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