Got any wood shelled snares? If not, the Krupa should do just fine. Use a new coated REMO Ambassador. The brushes will sound great.

Break a leg, matey! H-A-V-E F-U-N!!!

John

It's better to use a head with some miles on it as it is already broken in. Either snare drum that you have are work horse drums, the 400 needs no props it has been recorded a million times.

Don't know if this will do you any good but it is interesting. ;)

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Put the new head (ambassador works great with brushes) on LM400 few weeks before the session and play it for a while. Try to "save" the head coating needed for brush work.

Don't worry about the (already excellent) snare sound. "Authentic rockabilly" vibe can be added in post production.

Prepare for some possible tuning tweaking when in recording room.

But most of all relax, enjoy the session, have fun.

I would not change anything and take them both and see which one the engineer thinks records / sounds the best. I have all kind of snare drums and one that sounds really good to me in the room doesn't sound good on the recording. I might try 3 or 4 that I constantly tune and fiddle with to see which sounds the best on any given day. If you guys have rehearsed the tunes and know them well you should be fine.

+1..Take both.Brass and aluminum alloy sounds different in the same room.Brass rings a bit more and some feel it's more musical,but aluminum is a bit drier,and as has been said,is is on more recordings that probably any other snare out there..Take both,and various forms of muffling like moon gel,zero rings or an old drum head,with the hoops cut off(a favorite of our own Bermuda).

Stir, repeat,tune and relax,....and try to have fun.Get your parts down,before getting there.Your band mates and recording engineer will thank you for it.

Steve B

It's a shame you don't have access to an old WFL 6.5"x14 Mahogany 6-lug Pioneer with a coated Ambassador... wide-open, raw, super-wet snare drum, Rock-A-Billy right out of the box!

John