Funnily enough, never really been a huge fan of steel snare drums myself, I think because I associate them with the cheap snare drums a lot of us had with our first kit. I'm a huge fan of TAMA drums and I recently invested in an early 80's Imperialstar Mastercraft snare and by lord has it changed my opinion of them. It's an absolute peach of a snare drum! That Pearl looks and sounds great! Cheers.
Hi Dave, thanks for another entertaining video, I agree with you that 80’s steel drums and indeed some modern ones can sound very hard and harsh, I had an 80’s Yamaha steel which was awful, and a Sonor ferro-manganese 14x6&3/4 drum that was a big improvement on the Yamaha and it put me off steel for a long time, however, of late I have returned to steel as part of my collection and I have found them altogether better. Most of my snare drums are high end like Noble and Cooley etc, but I recently bought 3 Pork Pie snare drums the aluminium and brass ones are USA made and are beautiful to play and I also bought a steel 14x6 heavy chrome steel snare drum from their Little Squealer range which I believe is outsourced to China, and it surprised me how good a drum it is, it’s loud but not harsh like my previous experiences and satisfying to play, it likes the higher registers and has the feel of a more expensive drum. If anyone is looking for a steel snare drum that is high quality and is as warm as its gets with steel without loss of sensitivity and volume, the Mapex Black Panther Cyrus snare drum is a remarkable instrument for that. I don’t own one (yet) but I may well, and the price is typically around £269.00, a bargain for a drum that is wonderfully considered, and would suit any genre.
@@DaveBatemansShed indeed and the latest Black Panther series is a huge step up from the last series. I bought the new Design Lab Heartbreaker which is an Asian mahogany shell with re-rings it’s got a very big and lovely sound, I paid £399 for it and in any other brand it would probably be double that. I’m blown away by the new Saturn Evolution drums too, totally high end and half the money, the thick maple shells are just wonderful.
I have had the 14x5" and 14x5,75". With the second one was very easy to play ghost notes. Great line but a bit cold sounding. I prefer the Yamaha stage custom steel 14x6,5".
It'll probably down to the different mics; the one in the talking bit is a shotgun mic a few feet away on the camera and the main sound on the playing with be the close 57.
You have the wrong snare on there. It should be the oversized E.G. Gibraltar SC-4467L 14"/20 strand (Extended Length). That's the whole point of the design of that mech.
Only 1 question, with so many complaints bout not liking steel (metal) snares why did ya even buy it lol. Love metal snares for their brightness, overtones & ring, looks, many reasons.
