I have enough to pick from to suit the occasion...

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Why would you even consider using anything else? That is a beautiful drumBowing

Here's my workhorse. Blaemire "School Fest". I bring this drum and my '79 402, but the 402 rarely sees the stand.;)

These days, I use this the most:

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A friend gave me the bare shell of a late fifties/early sixties 14x4" Premier Royal Ace, and it seemed so nice to me, I just had to use it. Great craftmanship.

Finding correct fittings would prove a nuisance, and I woulld end up with a snare with a strainersystem that it is close to impossible to get wires for.

So, instead I chose to fit modern, but retro-style hardware and make it a player. The holes from the parallelstrainer was closed and hidden on the outside behind the new strainers and the backingplates, I made.

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On the inside, I painted the shell lightly. The coulour is, fittingly, as found on the underside of Royal Navy aircraft from WWII, such as Farirey Swordfish.

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It is JUST great! Exactly between a Piccolo and a standard - I understand why Ringo loved his. Great crack, but not too thin.

Jon

PS. It might seem like I mounted the strainer a wrong place. I didn´t - Premier did, so that originally, the snare bed was not directly under the middle of the opening in the bottom hoop for the snare wires.

I widened the very narrow snarebed to one side, which incidentally made it suit modern heads better, and now I could place the strainer both in the middle of the snarebed and beteen the two lugs. The bed is a little deep, but I like deep beds more and more - less buzz and wider range from loose to tight.

vibes: This is my go to drum for classic rock. Don't rack your brain trying to get a complete history for the snare, I,ve been trying for a long time.

My snare was ordered along with the drums in the after picture from the 75th Anniversary catalog and has the same items that you list.

Before & After pics below

Thanks very much. Yeah, I'm very proud of this drum. I got a good deal on it as well.

Stephen

These three have apparently been building short ladders overnight, kickin' off the competition, and winding up on the snare stand most often over the past three years.

A '38 Radio King Hollywood Ace Swing Model.... my first RK. Got it from my buddy Vintagemore2000..... Repro lugs (I have the originals) and a finish only a mother could love.... lots of checking and swirls in the Duco. A fat, slightly dry "burp" to her.... I dig her the most!!

A 1940 date-stamped Leedy Broadway..... again, lots of checking in the white lacquer finish. All era-correct hardware.......I had to do some searching and clandestine procurement operations to get it all together. The hardware probably polished up above the level of the finish.... still doing some thinking about that maneuver.....hmmmm. Fat, lush, and ultra-woody..........

Lastly, a '60s Slingerland Student Model.......still my favourite non deep-dish snare so far. A wide tuning range, but best for my ear just above medium tensioning. I love the nice "crack" but open tone with the single flange hoops. A lot of dings and checking in the Duco....all original hardware, really was just an easy cleanup/polish job with this one.

Actually, no clue really as to how these three wind up behind whatever outfit most often.

I suspect Space Monkey may be helping them.......:)

I have taken 7 snares to rehearsal with my new band. But the only one that currently makes it to the bandstand is this '66 Powertone. I have wrapped it twice (it was butt-neked when I got it 5 years ago) Most other snare drums seem cold and insensitive when compared with a Rogers wood PT. This drum has all the sounds I need right now.

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Go ahead and laugh!!! LoLoLoLo

It's a 'restored' CryBaby DIXIE steel shell 5 1/2" x14".

It's not round.

It's not flat.

It's dented (even after taking a rubber hammer as well as vice grips to it).

Slight snare buzz unless the tone control is just barely touching the batter head, which itself is an old 1960's Remo Ambassador with which I had to use epoxy glue to re-glue the mylar head back into the aluminum hoop after the original epoxy had aged and cracked, letting the mylar pull right out of the hoop.

No butt plate to speak of - snare strings simply hand tied around some "piece" attached to shell! DOH

BUT ... It sounds GREAT!

Really puts out ... Has better tone, response, and volume than 99% of the newer Asian import snares in stores today!

Cool1

Best part - Never have to worry about it getting damaged or stolen!

Laughing H

I've got that exact snare. Got it last week with a Club Date set. Mine's labeled "Bruno Conquerer". Haven't gotten around to messing with it yet.