Total sleeper, though prices are climbing so they might not be anymore. Love how Ludwig designed the new p88ac throw off to fit the hole spacing - now you can have a solid throw!
@@NickCostaMusic I did put a p88 on it. Much better, stiff knob though. INDe throw offs won’t fit surprisingly, but the INDe fits on my Acro, go figure
Spectacular drum. I have one also but I made a few “modifications”. I put on Ludwig die cast rims, put gaskets under the lugs and put on the P88 AC throwoff. It’s sounds spectacular. Dries up the drum just enough.
I had one. It is 5.5x14, not 5x14. It's made overseas and from what I understand it's the same shell as the Pearl Senitone but with Ludwig hardware. With nice heads and snare wires, they sound good but compared to the Ludwig Superphonic bronze, it's not as full bodied and rich sounding, but that doesn't mean it's not a good sounding drum. If I still had both, this is a drum I could take on a gig and not worry so much about as my more expensive snares, but still do a good job. Only "drum nerds" could probably tell a big difference between this and the pro line superphonic. My bass player definitely could not...
That's great info, thank you for sharing - I had no idea about them being the same shell as the Sensitone! As long as it sounds good, that's all that matters to the general audience
I think so too! Bronze phonic is a seamless shell, this isnt. The shells might be different thicknesses as well. Besides that, different lugs (bronze phonic has imperial, this has bowtie lugs), bronze phonic doesn't have an internal dampener, etc.
This is a nice sounding snare. The rim hits sound a little thin, but the rest sounds good. I have a 14x4 phosphor bronze seamless 3 mil snare and it's the best one I've ever had. I am a fan of bronze snares.
@@NickCostaMusic That's entirely possible. My snare has die cast hoops and the rim knocks sound sweet. You might also tighten the wires just a little which will also help and may in fact help more than the die cast hoops.
@@NickCostaMusic Ah yes, the old trial and error deal with the wires lol. For good rim knocks though I would stick to 20 strand wires and not those ones that make the underside of your snare look like a BBQ grill lol.
Great video! How does this compare with the aluminum Acrolite? Similar shape and hardware, only the shell material differs. Curious to know how it compares
@@NickCostaMusic The sound of a drum top and bottom heads should be easy to control volume, dynamics, and easy to tune. There are so many varieties of heads today but the important part of choosing the type of drum heads to fit your style is up to you. It’s easy to make your drums sound like a marching snare if you don’t care.
@@catmanisgod8200 you're right, of course. Don't know what was going through my mind. It was very late. My mind was thinking seam but my fingers typed seamless.
