I Bought a Fake Tama Bell Brass Snare Drum

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IG: / davidraouf
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- Snare Drum Heads -
Remo P4 Coated:
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Remo Diplomat Snare Side:
sweetwater.sjv.io/9gn9vQ
- Mics & Headphones -
Pair of Slate ML-1 (overheads):
sweetwater.sjv.io/q4WLKj
Austrian Audio CC8 (rooms):
sweetwater.sjv.io/DKWZ6o
Earthworks DM20 (toms):
sweetwater.sjv.io/QyYv9M
Earthworks SR20LS (snare top):
sweetwater.sjv.io/9gVj60
Shure SM57 (snare bottom):
sweetwater.sjv.io/9ggW95
Lewitt DTP 640 REX (bass drum)
sweetwater.sjv.io/5gkDd9
Austrian Audio Hi-X60 Headphones:
sweetwater.sjv.io/jrrW5P
Needless to say, Ive always wanted an 80s Tama Bell Brass, but never wanted to pay full price for one because they are some EXPENSIVE DRUMS! A couple years ago I had the idea to make a fake one by taking the hardware off a Tama steel Mastercraft and slapping them on a brass shell. The shell in this video is a 14x6.5 3mm cast brass shell. Is it the same alloy that Tama uses in the Bell Brasses? Probably not, but still is a beast of a drum weighing 18lbs. The shell was too shiny for me so I wanted to age it with some patina.
My Tama Bell Brass Is Fake

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Комментарии : 318

@rdavidr 9 месяцев назад

Whats the first song you would play on this beast? 🤔

@_gigi_1143 9 месяцев назад

For whom the bell tolls

@timm1139 9 месяцев назад

Enter Sandman.... after I learn the song, lol

@MsChihuahuapower 9 месяцев назад

Rich men north of Richmond

@BillTheBubble 9 месяцев назад

how do i purchase this from you and whats your asking price good sir. i beg of thee.

@leechick 9 месяцев назад

Probably Second Death by Black Tongue

@mrbinky21 9 месяцев назад

You should make a snare where the whole bottom is covered in snare wires.

@marcelinebrady5332 9 месяцев назад

Replying to boost this comment bc it’s hilarious

@zkyishot 9 месяцев назад

Replying to boost this comment bc it’s hilarious

@randomusername396 9 месяцев назад

yes.

@vibecheck_gg 7 месяцев назад

yes

@Monsterdrumma 5 месяцев назад

LOL

@Officialshayne 9 месяцев назад

"Didn't have time to put it together" takes it apart and puts it back together*

@blckbldng 3 месяца назад

I think he meant drill the holes

@itsfonk 9 месяцев назад

This “custom” snare is now one of my favorites! Well done bud 🤙

@mwdrum 12 дней назад

Elvin played one……

@CrunchetySmack 9 месяцев назад

It's a small detail but I like how the ring of the shell after hitting it carries on as the next cut and commentary continued. I really enjoy all of your videos on repair and modification. The organization of your shop is very satisfying as well 👌

@SoundsLikeADrum 9 месяцев назад

Nice work on that patina! As soon as I saw the snare wires go on I had instant nostalgia from the tape snare straps. My first snare drum (still got it!) was a Tama Artstar from the '80s and it had that same tape. Fun stuff! -Ben

@randycassidy198 9 месяцев назад

The tone matched the song perfect!…and oh those cymbals! ❤

@hugorezende199 9 месяцев назад

You are real drum cientist. One of my favorite channels on youtube, so many great ideas.

@GeoffBosco 9 месяцев назад

“This snare could cover your mortgage for a year.”

@stephano421jr Месяц назад

Facts 😆

@13StJimmy 9 месяцев назад

Glad to hear you say you like the look of old crusty drums, because my drum set is one I found in the literal trash and was covered in rust. Took it home sanded and grinned the rust away and tbh it looks cool to me too, very diy crust punk cool but still

@SopranoPizzaJMFNJ 9 месяцев назад

You did a great job with this drum! I never play brass because it rings forever so this would never be for me but it definitely has an audience! Thank you for sharing.

@DulceDul217 9 месяцев назад

This is great! Definately not what I was expecting of the bell brass, but a pleaseant surprise (:

@stevenraparelli3396 4 дня назад

I just watched this video again and that snare drum ended up beautiful, and it sounds atomic! Well done.

@pecsizsolt7081 9 месяцев назад

It's always a good day when Rdavidr uploads a vid :)

@joshlevinn6644 9 месяцев назад

That sounds incredible, like seriously.. holy shit, so much pop but it doesn't bottom out and sound too compressed, I see why people want them so bad 😂

@junhyoungream1127 9 месяцев назад

sounds awesome !!!! It doesn't feel at all worse than the original.

@eddo00 9 месяцев назад

Good on you for the disclaimer label. I'd for sure be the one to get duped. Looks sick too

@sky.london 9 месяцев назад

I love that snare, both the look and the sounds. YES.

@benjaminolsen8774 9 месяцев назад

hel yeah dave this is probably one of your best soundings snares yet! Also great head choice.

@scottspencer979 9 месяцев назад

If I ever become a famous drummer I would hire this guy in a heartbeat as my drum tech!!!!

@benedict_cruel_8 4 месяца назад

The sound of that snare ❤️

@timbofromkeno 9 месяцев назад

LOVE how this looks and sounds. Big props to HHG to putting this together and to you for nailing that patina. Incredible! Is this a 3 or 5 mm shell? I don't think I heard you mention that spec in the video!

@rdavidr 9 месяцев назад

3mm. I doubled checked the measurement when I had it apart but forgot to say it in the vid lol. Also from what ive been told, all the Tama BBs were 3mm and the catalogs that say 5mm were typos. Idk how true that is though...

@timbofromkeno 9 месяцев назад

@@rdavidr I saw that in the catalog, but I thought they were all 3 mm too. Too funny. hahaha

@gillesrichard2228 9 месяцев назад

Looks and sounds fantastic. Well done!

@spasevrp 9 месяцев назад

Remo CS dot heads are pretty good. I was gonna say you could try scorching the shell to see if would look like the lars ulrich model. Cool video!

@gibby3350 29 дней назад

Dude that drum sounds amazing!! I am a total sucker for brass snares!

@RyTrapp0 9 месяцев назад

Some cool things you can do is mask off stripes or patterns, so the unmasked brass gets patina, but you pull the tape off and have fresh brass to contrast with the patina. You can also do it in multiple steps, adding and removing tape every so often during the patina process so you can get different levels of patina in the design and really get a lot of depth and layering. Hell, you can even mask up most of it if you want the patina to be the accept instead of the primary finish too, lots of ways you can get creative with this. Damn, gonna have to find me a brass shell now... Might be cool to take the inside of this shell back down to fresh base material(masking off the lettering to keep that) and polish it up so you have that 'yin/yang' of this old, used looking, patina'd outside, but reveal a nice bright shell inside. That's a lot of extra work just for a little bit of a quirk though lol. Definitely needs a bit less muffling, has a great pop that's just being subdued a bit too much by that head, minor fix though; killer snare!

@Frollicking_Gurnard 9 месяцев назад

If you have the option with your plotter, you can adjust the offset of your blade and it might sharpen up the corners of the letters a little more.

@bill_4359 9 месяцев назад

I own a Tama Imperial Star King Beat, w/ KG Parallel Strainer, 6.5" x 14" , Chrome, It came with Remo Ambassador heads. S/N: 125517, purchased in 1978.

@mountainhobbit1971 9 месяцев назад

guitar drum hack...use lighter fluid (naptha) to clean up grease and gunk on your drums and hardware (just make sure not to use it on bare wood)...A guitar tech showed me this trick and it works amazingly well. Naptha has a high flash point so it evaporates very quickly. I guess it is a super refined petroleum product like jet fuel and it's cheap.

@m6hill983 9 месяцев назад

That sounds awesome! Even though I'm an aluminum guy, a brass shell is a brass shell, and you always get nice body and depth with them. Some sources say that the 80s original BB shell was just a very small bit over 14" in diameter, which most likely made all the difference in becoming the legendary drum it is..

@MusicandTractors 9 месяцев назад

Love the sound!

@djentlover 9 месяцев назад

The patina looked way better than I expected! Would love to hear this with Ambassadors

@luiszuluaga6575 9 месяцев назад

Phat snare sound, great mixing and love your feel on dem drums, you mad talented dude, you. 🤷🏻‍♂️🥁

@cymbalism1 8 месяцев назад

That thing looks and sounds amazing!!!! You nailed it!!!

@joeovermoe2124 9 месяцев назад

This sounds and looks AMAZING!!!

@KennethHard 6 месяцев назад

Another great drum and video!

@davidenorth 9 месяцев назад

I keep collecting drums because of David. There is a Tama Japanese Imperialstar set close to me I want to pick up for a good price that is the same finish in the video. It comes with an Acrolite snare as a bonus.

@Miloshe71 9 месяцев назад

I’ve recorded with the famous one the drum doctor has in LA. Also used the Sonor bronze snare too he has. Sound amazing.

@adanvaldcontreras4283 9 месяцев назад

Nice job..sounds great 👍🏼 That's a keeper.

@BretCahill 9 месяцев назад

That thing sounds awesome!!!

@Bensworth_Drummington 9 месяцев назад

Helpful tip for remo powerstroke 4's. Cut the inlay ring out. I use one on a gretsch limited edition 14x7 aluminum. What you end up with is a remo emperor coated with a clear top dot. Awesome head for thicker shell snares.

@85devlin48 9 месяцев назад

sounds dope man

@tikidrummerpoi 9 месяцев назад

That turned out way better than I thought it would. Good call with the ammonia!

@b.p.879 9 месяцев назад

The entire kit sounds amazing.

@stevebrown3955 9 месяцев назад

Great sound and a really cool looking drum in the end!!!

@wyatt7231 9 месяцев назад

Oh it looks so good with the kit

@CarlosAnglada 9 месяцев назад

Sounds absolutely badass

@romelshowell7638 9 месяцев назад

SNARE SOUNDS INCREDIBLE!!!!

@Cancun771 9 месяцев назад

No no _no_ *NO!1* You need to play this snare with the *Sonor* kit of course! Love from Germany!

@JulianFernandez 9 месяцев назад

sounds really good!

@kzarnold3678 9 месяцев назад

Nicely done 👍

@drumdotpizza 9 месяцев назад

Beautiful drum! I too have a Bell Brass Mastercraft clone (mine made by Cade at Savage Drums). Will likely do a video on mine soon, though Cade built the entire thing with the donor hardware (mine too was sourced from a. steel Mastercraft, though mine has coffin lugs), so the only thing I did myself was put an era-correct Superstar badge on it (don't worry though, like you I don't want anyone to think it is original, so I had Cade put his 'Savage' badge on the interior of the shell like you did your lettering -- good man!) BTW, I use typical straps for my snare wires... what tape did you get for yours? I'd love to do that with all my Tama snares (I have several Mastercrafts and a few others as well). GREAT VIDEO!!!

@graemelaw5808 9 месяцев назад

great vid as usual 👍, is that a duluth shell by any chance ?

@AnimalJohn85 9 месяцев назад

That is such a cool snare sir nice job :)

@stevewest2849 9 месяцев назад

Sounds really nice. Tight and thick with a drop of brightness topping it off.

@smokymountaincabinrentaltours 9 месяцев назад

Sounds and looks fantastic.

@reubenk7331 2 месяца назад

Ok, that ended up looking pretty sweet when it was done 🙂

@edwardvanwormer6993 9 месяцев назад

That looks awesome and sounds amazing! Cool project!

@Regorsnare 9 месяцев назад

I gave you a Ps3 on that Superstar, I don’t think I’ve ever used a P4! Glad to see you play that drum so much.

@rdavidr 9 месяцев назад

im an idiot, idk why I thought it was a p4 😑

@schwarzerrogen930 5 месяцев назад

I think the big difference is the first 'Bell Brass' Tamas were actually bronze, which patinas very differently to brass.

@mazsietsma6565 9 месяцев назад

That snare sounds good AF!!!!!

@daynelawless 9 месяцев назад

Looks sick!

@mikecortes8481 9 месяцев назад

ive done this before! definitely changes the sound in the best way!!!

@JacobPorras-dj3cq 9 месяцев назад

Pain in the Booty experimenting different shell hacks for yourself to make it look and sound better. I get your perspective, and I’m glad you fixed it! I find this video very helpful! Again I’m afraid to try it for myself cause it’s just not necessary and I don’t want to ruin my DW black nickel over brass Designs Series. Just wanna thank you! Sounds incredible! Awsome. ❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

@RokDAWG1 9 месяцев назад

Yeah I’m digging this big time!

@dancorvalan3205 9 месяцев назад

Break cleaner, thats when u know the person truly knows about material cleaning prep. Congrats man on the "fake snare drum", i would try the same thing if i wasnt an absolute failure that cant afford even a single hardware nug m. And great video!

@DarrenHicklin 9 месяцев назад

I don’t know if it was just really good mixing in your video but I thought the P4 sounded awesome. It was nice and fat and definitely gave me that early Nirvana vibe. Well done! I’m off to go scour the internet for a brass shell now.

@hippydippy 9 месяцев назад

All his mic's can make the "worst drums" sound good. They cost thousands & thousands of dollars. One day I'd like to hear him do comparisons with an average drummers mic budget, so you really hear what most of us in the real world would.

@ctogive 9 месяцев назад

@@hippydippy The most expensive mic's in the world are not gonna make a shitty drum sound good, they will only capture the shittyness better. As long as your mic is decent, i'd say tuning, mic placement, the players touch and post processing are all more important for a good sounding drum recording.

@charlesseagraves6210 9 месяцев назад

I’d SO love to have a Tama Bell Brass snare! The first song I’d play is “When The Levee Breaks!”

@shubniggurath47 9 месяцев назад

Sounds good!

@MartinScheuerJr 9 месяцев назад

Thing looks great!

@Doyledrumz 9 месяцев назад

It sounds awesome 👏

@Lumerdrums 9 месяцев назад

great build! I would love to hear it with a more open sound/head :)

@jeffbridges6110 9 месяцев назад

dude , that middle eastern sounding riff you had going on , sounded cool. And YES , the snare does too/

@GMtheTurtle 9 месяцев назад

need to hear this snare cranked and with a clear ambassador 😫

@davedecker1042 9 месяцев назад

Sounds so good

@TrashMarineMusic 9 месяцев назад

I think that is the best sounding snare I've ever heard

@HushAngel 9 месяцев назад

Awesome vid.....the brownish patina is the signature of the raw Tama 1980 Bell Brass with the short lugs, 1981 to 1986 TBBs with the long lugs were lacquered at factory....is your shell a Duluth or a Guven ?...13.9375'' (13'' 15/16) oversized diameter is everything...

@Rab35 9 месяцев назад

The snare sounds great mic'ed up! How does it sound to the natural ear, in a room?

@Bassragerstitch 9 месяцев назад

Sounds fucking awesome!

@letsgobubblegum 9 месяцев назад

sounds great!

@Leotardoification 9 месяцев назад

Apparently what was so special with the original compared to all the replicas was that the shell was slightly oversized. You really had to jam the head on there but it also meant it was more like a 14.1"

@mightyV444 9 месяцев назад

Being from NZ, Odie's is a brand I'd not been at all familiar with - until it popped up in a video on another channel only a couple of days ago, and here it is again now! 😆

@aaronsudasna 9 месяцев назад

I would agree that the P4 is a bit too muffled. I believe your go to head is a CS? If you’re looking for something slightly muffled I would say to check out the P3 with a clear dot. That one is my go to head

@CharlieLord 9 месяцев назад

Holy heck that could be absolutely anything with that head combo on it

@geoffarcuri7877 9 месяцев назад

The drum sounds amazing. Where is the shell from?

@HolaHola-tq8xx 9 месяцев назад

Very good video!

@net6403 Месяц назад

fun fact: the tama bell brass is actually made of a bronze-brass alloy (hence the name bell brass), not just brass

@brianphillips9152 Месяц назад

I have a "fake" 1980 Terminator and I found that Emperor coated was the correct head choice.

@AdamSoucyDrums 9 месяцев назад

God DAMN that thing looks fucking awesome

@andreaskallee103 9 месяцев назад

Absolutely cool! I have a faked Sonor SQ2 with Purple Heart shell (befassen Sonor dont offer one) which is as good as the original Snares. Payed maybe 400€.

@DeadKoby 9 месяцев назад

I've been a "Ludwig Guy" for what seems like an eternity...... but I have nothing bad to say about the Tama gear. I fixed up a Tama kit for Church, and I play it often... does a great job. I THINK these bell brass snares were associated with Lars from Metallica also.

@thumperpaul 9 месяцев назад

Nice job, ordinarily I like shiny bits, but this looks ( and sounds) awesome! I would play “ The Ocean “ by Led Zeppelin for the first tune on it.

@mynameismudd1518 9 месяцев назад

I was not expecting this. Wow.

@ForeverDownByLaw 9 месяцев назад

That's amazing, really cool.

@huarachudo47 9 месяцев назад

Man, i´ve seen this Kingbeat snares, they are ridiculous expensive. Have Tama made any reissues of this series?

@matteogrosso4471 9 месяцев назад

FANTASTICO!

@thedrummingcuber 9 месяцев назад

This is the best snare drum I have ever heard, and the first song I would play would be Wipe Out.

@joshtaylor6086 9 месяцев назад

Sick!

@drumfanatik316 9 месяцев назад

Sad But True! After all, it was Lars Ulrich that made this drum famous on the Black Album, NOT Dave Grohl. After everyone heard the snare sound on that album, everyone was asking what did he use to record? The Drum Doctor still owns the drum to this day!