1988 Yamaha SD493 Piccolo Brass Snare Drum - Restoration

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I purchased this Yamaha SD493 off of eBay as a restoration project, and it wound up being much more involved than I had anticipated. I made a huge mistake on the badge, and learned how to make a pretty good reproduction badge as a result. I thought this restoration would be a straight forward process, but this video does not properly convey how many hours of research and elbow grease went into it.
Sonically, I chose to replace the aluminium Power Hoops with diecast hoops, to go after the same sound of the SD493 David Garibaldi used on his Tower of Groove video. Aesthetically, some purists may balk at my decision to go with the all-brass look, but I love it.
I produced this video in an ASMR style that is popular with other restoration videos.
Products used:
Polishing chrome: Brasso
Polishing brass: Maas Metal Polish
Regreasing: Lucas Oil White Lithium Grease
Stripping brass hardware and degreasing/cleaning: Acetone
Stripping shell: Citristrip paint stripper
Lacquering: Mohawk Lacquer for Brass
Waxing: Meguiar's Deep Crystal Carnauba Wax
#yamaha #sd493 #restoration #asmr #davidgaribaldi

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@dixonqwerty 7 месяцев назад

Oh man, I have an old TAMA brass power metal snare 14 X 8. I am absolutely giving it this treatment!!

@bnjikos Год назад

The most detailed drum restoration I've ever seen. A wonderful result! Congratulations, you have a new subscriber. 😎

@KevinCrafted Год назад

Thank you!

@ramencurry6672 5 месяцев назад

I have an old Ludwig that’s corroded and aged. It could use a restoration but overall not bad and fine the way it is.

@Mike-ol7xp Год назад

Yamaha Excellence Restored with Excellence, Great Job!!!!

@stickswinger2006 Год назад

call yamaha and see if they have or ever had made gold harwardware for this snare. INCREDIBLE job. looks and sounds wayyyy better. thanks for posting

@the_rummer Год назад

Legendary restoration of a legendary snare. Awesome work man. This was so mesmerizing to watch.

@lanceschultz7132 Год назад

Sick snare. Im jealous.

@timbofromkeno Год назад

Man, I thought this thing looked fine when the video started, but it was amazing just how different it looked at the end! Great work, Kevin. Beautiful drum!

@KevinCrafted Год назад

Thank you!

@drumtravelfun Год назад

Wow. A lot of love went into this reno. In hindsight it would have been worth the hassle of removing the badge, but that being said, you did an amazing job recreating the new one! Plus, it was cool to see that process, as well. The Garibaldi beat at the end was fitting. Great job, beautiful snare and well worth the efforts!

@KevinCrafted Год назад

Thanks for the kind words!

@HaydesGrooves Год назад

New Subscriber. Amazing work. Garibaldi would be happy with the groove at the end too.

@michaelkrysiak5282 Год назад

I picked up the same drum at a yard sale last summer. You've given me some guidance re the brass cleaning. I'll pull the badge before stripping the laquer Nice work.....Imagine if you could find a brass strainer /butt plate

@juancabrillo2u Год назад

You are a true craftsman and came up with a lot of clever techniques…loved the ball bearing to install the air hole grommet! Backing the punch for the badge hole with some pine wood instead of cement might have made for a cleaner hole. Great video!

@puente987 Год назад

This would make David Garibaldi smile. Drum looks great.

@KevinCrafted Год назад

Thanks!

@stephenspivack4343 Год назад

Awesome work! Given that you're quite the handyman, I am surprised you didnt first trying removing the badge before stripping the factory lacquer off the shell. I also always wondered whether the 20 little lug bits are actually made of plastic...

@PrinceAsmodeus Год назад

Yamaha was the king of piccolo snares. Japanese made Yamaha are some of the best drums from that era. Excellent work, BTW. Subbed.

@jimflys2 Год назад

Nice job. I do buffing and lacquer work and band instrument repair for a living. Mowhawk is a good Nitrocellulose clear lacquer. It is designed for wood, whereas Nikolas is for metal. It has adhesion promoters that the lacquer for wood does not need. But they are very similar. Not sure what you used to degrease the brass before lacquer. Nitro is great for clarity. Limited life. Even the original 2 part baked epoxy used by Yamaha had a limited life as you see. I love Nitro and it is easy to strip with Acetone when it needs to be redone in 5 to 10 years - Depending on the handling. Really well done.

@KevinCrafted Год назад

Thank you! This was my first time doing anything like this. I did a lot of research on what the best option would be and settled on the Mohawk variety “For Brass”, but thanks for the tip on Nikolas. I used acetone to degrease prior to spraying.

@jimflys2 Год назад

@@KevinCrafted Cool. I didn't know that they had it for brass. Great to know. Yes acetone is good stuff. You can also use brake parts cleaner the "chlorinated" version. Very good stuff. Do it outside though. Non-chlorinated versions are basically aerosol acetone. Still good. Very few manufacturers are cutting nitro now as it has been fazed out. Now you can get 2k aerosols from body shop supply places, but it is IMPERITIVE THAT YOU USE A PROPER RESPERATOR. The clarity is not as good as Nitro on brass.

@editbyStar Год назад

You’ve earned the “Snare Restoration Master” title. My congratulations Sir!

@KevinCrafted Год назад

Thank you!

@tomkelsey2303 Год назад

Soak all the parts overnight in warm water and Dawn and you wont have to do as much scrubbing.

@MikeBixby 10 месяцев назад

Had the same snare and sold it after getting my SD 435 DG signature snare. What a great job you did on this classic! and the Soul Vaccination at the end

@KevinCrafted 10 месяцев назад

Thank you!

@normandea Год назад

Very cool restoration project! Congrats on the finished product!

@grantdickerson96 Год назад

What you did with the badge was incredible Kevin! I'm curious if I could hire you to build a badge for one of my drums?!

@KevinCrafted Год назад

Thanks! Is it the same Yamaha badge?

@grantdickerson96 Год назад

@@KevinCrafted Not a yamaha badge, what i'm looking for is a little odd but essentially a recreation of the tama superstar badge from the 80s.

@KevinCrafted Год назад

@@grantdickerson96 I may be able to help, please shoot me an email at kevincraftedco@gmail.com

@rafaelferrer1 Год назад

Kevin Great and amazing job 👍🏾🎵🎶🥁 Can you make the restoration for my Snare is the same model. I can send to you a DM Let me know if is possible Thanks

@KevinCrafted Год назад

Thanks! If you send me some detailed pictures, I may consider

@rafaelferrer1 Год назад

@KevinCrafted OK give me your email and I send to you the pictures

@vasbaba8764 Год назад

.. beautiful , job like a poem Kevin , is it easy to name all the ingredients you use by the time they appear in the video ? I can't recognize them, packing is different here in Greece can I do the same to a sonor hld 590 ? or do you have some recommendations ? thank you , have a nice day ...

@KevinCrafted Год назад

Thank you! The description lists the products that go with each step, you should be able to match them up to the video. The lugs on your Sonor are likely plated, so you definitely would not treat them like I did the solid brass lugs on the SD493, I would just give the lugs/hardware an easy polish

@platboy1789 Год назад

i have a bit of rust on my SD 493 !! how long should i leave the flour/salt/vinegar solution on ? can i just apply it on to certain spots and leave it for an hour ?

@KevinCrafted Год назад

I left it on for a few days, but only 24hrs is necessary. Doing certain spots rather than the whole thing might leave areas looking cleaner than others. I don’t think this step is even really necessary, if I were to do this again I would just skip this step and go straight to polishing.

@leokidd24 Год назад

Holy smokes man! You win!!! Wow 😮 Great job! 👏🏼 Would you be able to put a list of the products you used through the restoration? Like the pink goo and lacquer brand, etc

@KevinCrafted Год назад

Thanks! Just updated the description.

@migueldiazdrums Год назад

The badge was so badass!!

@KevinCrafted Год назад

Thanks, that was the hardest part!

@franckcascales 5 месяцев назад

Congratulation from France, you are amazing 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🙌

@KevinCrafted 5 месяцев назад

Thank you!

@bonniebarber6114 Год назад

Wow! Incredible restoration❤

@jayeshjr5036 Год назад

I have the same model snare drum!

@雄一-q4y 7 месяцев назад

見てて気持ちいいです！

@vasbaba8764 Год назад

.. thank you so much Kevin, wish you the best...

@webstercat Год назад

Owned & restored three of them.. thought that would give me David Garibaldi chops….

@rhythmcaster2018 Год назад

How is this possible? A drum restoration channel! You sir, please let me subscribe. What a golden find. Please keep doing this.

@texashistoricallandmarks3820 Год назад

I have one and was used by Dave weckl himself. I want to sell it…anyone interested? It’s in mint condition!

@janeb5936 Год назад

This is a great video! Fantastic work and a joy to watch. I'm a fan!

@KevinCrafted Год назад

Thank you!

@theswime945 Год назад

Loved this, thanks for posting. Good to see somebody paying the same attention that I would. Cheers.

@angeyoda Год назад

Amazing work ! Stunning !

@jergervasi3331 7 месяцев назад

I was watching your Eames chair video, had no idea you were a drummer… LOL

@KevinCrafted 7 месяцев назад

Yep!

@jergervasi3331 7 месяцев назад

Well, your work is fantastic, and your videos are inspiring!@@KevinCrafted

@eliwill_ Год назад

Stuff like this never ceases to amaze me, great work man

@juanvallejo8826 Год назад

Hi Kevin. I have a SD493 snare that needs work. Can I send it to you?

@KevinCrafted Год назад

Hi Juan, if you send some details/pics to kevincraftedco@gmail.com I may be able to help.

@juanvallejo8826 Год назад

@@KevinCrafted Thanks Kevin I will.

@rapidohernandez Год назад

Beautiful restoration, i enjoyed watching!

@jodidavis6595 7 месяцев назад

Now you’re just showing off 😂😂👍🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🇺🇸

@Twotontessie Год назад

Ok hot shot 😂 tell me what to do with the old original aluminum PowerHoops from this era that have the chrome flaking off.

@joaogoes7124 4 месяца назад

A única coisa que não tirava, era a placa de identificação antiga para mostra a originalidade.

@TheDerekFrank 5 месяцев назад

Would you want to sell the files you made for the badge? I have a 1998 recording custom kit that the badges got ruined on when refinishing

@KevinCrafted 5 месяцев назад

Hi Derek, we could work something out, please email me at kevincraftedco@gmail.com

@dhaitmanek Год назад

21:18 am I hearing "Soul Vaccination" by Tower of Power with David Garibaldi?!?!? awesome groove

@KevinCrafted Год назад

Yep!

@Elboy522 Год назад

I also put brass die cast hoops on my sd935! I need some of those brass plated tension rods!

@miamimovies Год назад

Costco microfiber towel gang

@robertdore9592 Год назад

14:12 cutting that badge caused me to 'hold my breath' 🙂

@Aleiuta75 7 месяцев назад

21:25 Dave Garibaldi my friend

@nicholass.6829 9 месяцев назад

wow ... now it sounds exactly the same as a dirty one.

@MrE1981 Год назад

An Emperor would give it a bit more body.

@salvationn69 Год назад

I just pulled my SD-493 out of the garage. Ser number IH-0835. Sad to say it's been sitting under quite a bit of old drum hardware unprotected for over 20 years. I know, not very bright. Anyway, any idea where i can find parts for this? i need a Tension rod screw for the butt side and inserts for the lugs. I need to get this up and running for my left side of the kit snare

@KevinCrafted Год назад

I'd say best bet would be eBay or Reverb. You might be able to find some replacement swivel nuts that fit at drumfactorydirect

@calvinem 7 месяцев назад

Amazing attention to detail. Great work.

@KevinCrafted 7 месяцев назад

Thank you!

@DarrenMcGill442 11 месяцев назад

A little Soul Vaccination at the end...sweet!

@renanlirio6528 Год назад

Cadê os brasileiros?? Great job!

@LDdrums20 2 месяца назад

Incredible work! You used all the techniques from the restoration guys!

@KevinCrafted 2 месяца назад

Thank you!

@FrankB2 8 месяцев назад

I'll do that with my tarnished FF Pearl Brass Shell ! Thanks for this instruction video!!

@KevinCrafted 8 месяцев назад

Glad to help!

@harrygiles7354 Год назад

Hey man, great work! I own one of these snares myself. I use it as my main snare above all others, it's definitely my favourite. My extended snare wires sadly stretched and have no idea where to get the proper extended ones, would you be able to tell me where you got yours? Cheers!

@KevinCrafted Год назад

Thanks! Yes, I bought the "Pearl S025 Vintage Free Floating Snare Drum Wires 14 20-Strand" from Drum Center of Portsmouth. It's also my understanding that Puresound makes their own extended model, but I'm not sure what it's called.

@comptondesign Год назад

Excellent work! Looks phenomenal!

@bdespain11 3 месяца назад

Great job, snare looks awesome! I have a snare just like this. Where did you acquire the correct length snares for it?

@KevinCrafted 3 месяца назад

Thanks! I got them from DCP. They're Pearl S025 Vintage Free Floating Snare Drum Wires 20-Strand

@itaydobrin Год назад

thank you for showing us the restoration, great work!!! can you tell me where do you buy the snare wire? I have the same snare and i can't find anywhere the snare wire

@KevinCrafted Год назад

Yes, it was hard to find. I bought the Pearl Free Floater model from Guitar Center. Puresound also makes a free floater model

@thiagoorsetti1977 Год назад

Amazing job, well done!

@jarrahdrum 4 месяца назад

Which "extended" snare is it please, model number, make etc? thank you in advance

@KevinCrafted 4 месяца назад

The Pearl S025 Vintage Free Floating Snare Drum Wires 20-Strand, bought from DCP

@bonitabromeliads Год назад

Why don't they make these anymore?

@vincentquattrocchi7924 Год назад

I had that drum many years ago, oh man I wish I still had it,what a great Sounding snare drum.

@Loszmi Год назад

Time to restoring fence post ;-)

@kkupsky6321 8 месяцев назад

I’m just glad someone is making this drum show. A lil too quiet. But Yaknow. Good show mate.

@jcdrums2798 11 месяцев назад

Awesome job! Excellent !

@flocore Год назад

Excellent job! I bet you didn't know what you got yourself into, when you decided to do this, haha! This drum seems like the equivalent of the Sonor Signature models with all those parts. Personally, I like the contrasted look with the black tension rods better and I think the aluminum power hoops (as well as Yamaha's aluminum die-cast hoops) fit the drum better, as well. But that's a matter of subjective preference.

@ruditelman Год назад

Great Job! Garibaldi Fan?

@KevinCrafted Год назад

He’s my fav!

@ruditelman Год назад

Mine too

@aakkoin Год назад

Heyyyy, awesome... like the great restoration channel "My Mechanics", but for drums. Hope you do more, cheers.

@KevinCrafted Год назад

He’s the best… and my inspiration for this video!

@andreasbreitwieser1449 Год назад

LOVE My Mechanics, he is awesome !

@andreasbreitwieser1449 Год назад

@@KevinCrafted if you can go on with drum restoration, you channel will grow like crazy!

@NotMyWar Год назад

That was like “how it’s made” quality. I am super impressed by that transformation. This is the kind of stuff pride should be reserved for.

@KevinCrafted Год назад

Thank you!

@NotMyWar Год назад

@@KevinCrafted you’re welcome man. Thank you for producing quality content.

@carvel9065 Год назад

Inspired! Got an old tama piccolo sitting around that needs some TLC. Good work!

@BigChieff93 11 месяцев назад

How do you know if a drum needs snares to extend past the bearing edge or not? I have a Ludwig piccolo snare drum that sounds great but when I have the snares turned off they still will randomly activate when I hit the drum. I pretty much don't turn off the snare wires anymore. I saw the comment about the snare wires needing to extend past the shell on this piccolo snare drum and it made me wonder id that could be the issue with mine? It's the stock throwoff, but I just recently changed the heads and wires (it did it in the past as well). Awesome restoration and video!!! Thank you very much!!! 🤘🤘

@KevinCrafted 11 месяцев назад

Thank you! This specific drum needs them due to its specific strainer system. Freefloating snares usually use them. Your issue might be solved by playing around more with the tension on the snares while the throwoff is deactivated, I don't think extended snares would fix your issue

@BigChieff93 11 месяцев назад

@@KevinCrafted Thank you for the knowledge and the tip! I really appreciate it!

@wolfgangrauch2927 Год назад

Which snare wires do you use? Great restoration video of a great Snare - thanks?

@KevinCrafted Год назад

Pearl Free Floater model. Puresound also makes a free floater model

@Ferklaus Год назад

Witch products did you use??

@KevinCrafted Год назад

Maas metal polish, Brasso, acetone, paint thinner, Mohawk lacquer for brass, car wax, white lithium grease, wd40

@dustincassidy 5 месяцев назад

Nice “Soul Vaccination” groove at the end

@KevinCrafted 5 месяцев назад

Thank you!

@douglasdrummer Год назад

Outstanding job!

@franciscoredrums Год назад

Do you work on restoration? I’m interested on sending some snares to restorate

@KevinCrafted Год назад

If you send me some pictures and information to kevincraftedco@gmail.com I may be able to help.

@pukoydrum Год назад

❤❤❤

@chetanmichael7396 7 месяцев назад

Wow I ❤maintainence l wish I could learn what u put to clean

@KevinCrafted 7 месяцев назад

The supplies are listed in the description!

@spadds 9 месяцев назад

Great job! I picked up one of these last week in similar shape. I spent a few hours stripping it down. Rebent snare mechanism after cleaning and re-greasing, took a dent out of the shell, gave it a machine polish (left the lugs on), new heads and have new snare wires on order. It has tama diecast hoops. I tuned it up and of boy! What a snare! Thanks for sharing your project!

@KevinCrafted 9 месяцев назад

Thanks! Hopefully this video helped with your project.

@joseruales6742 27 дней назад

good lord 👍 👍 👍 🏄

@malcolmlarri8236 3 месяца назад

looks amazing with brass hoops and lugs !

@KevinCrafted 3 месяца назад

Thanks, I agree!

@Diesel0807 Год назад

These snares are legendary with all the heavy studio cats from that era they really have a nice crack

@anthonykujawa-wj6cr Год назад

Had 2 of them, always wanted the 8” version

@ronvallejo7987 Год назад

Great video!

@Trav84 Год назад

What an excellent idea for a channel!! You filled a very fine niche!!

@robertdore9592 Год назад

22:00 What a beautiful job you made of that restoration, it seems to me that this drum was Yamaha's answer to the Pearl Free Floating Piccolo. I hadn't entertained the thought of buying one of these; but it could very well fill the need for a metal Piccolo Snare.

@KevinCrafted Год назад

Thank you!

@ralphtarr5931 Год назад

I had one of those! It had die cast hoops if I remember correctly? Great drum with tone and VOLUME!!! Nice job

@KevinCrafted Год назад

Thanks! Some of them came with diecast hoops, some came with the Power Hoops

@StanleyRodgers Год назад

I still have mine. It was the first high end snare I ever bought for myself. I remember visiting a friend in the Bay area and we were looking for something to do. the BAM magazine had an ad for a snare sale at Lemon Percussion in Santa Cruz so we jumped in the car and headed down. They had one of these all shiny and new. I was a pretty big Dave Weckl fan back then and this was the snare he used in his instructional videos so I splurged, and I mean SPLURGED, and treated myself to this snare. I still love it to this day. It is a remarkably fat sounding snare for its shallow depth. It sounds really good tuned medium and even low tension. Tune it up high and you could, of course, get a nice high crack out of it. Medium to medium low was the sweet spot for me though. Super articulate and sensitive. Such a cool snare. If you can get your hands on one, I recommend adding it to your stable.

@KevinCrafted Год назад

Great story, thanks for sharing!

@pearlguy6351 Год назад

Omg I had this same snare I bought back in the mid nineties with my Yamaha stage custom kit great snare only thing I didn’t like were lugs couldn’t really crank on head to much lugs would start bending

@KevinCrafted Год назад

Yeah, a big design flaw.