This BRADY SNARE Was Found at a Thrift Store! 

Whats the best deal you’ve found on a drum? This one probably tops it for me! Ironically, while I was at Drumeo, we filmed a thrift store challenge video, so be sure to head over there and check it out! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-6aKQKd6VouI.html

When Dave introduces 50 problems with the snare in the first 40 seconds, you know it’s gonna be a good video.

My lead guitarist bought me a chrome snare from a yard sale for $5. The shell and rims were frosted and grimy, heads were split, and there was only a few stands left of the snare springs. I spent a lot of elbow grease cleaning it, new heads and snare springs, etc and did some research. Turns out, it’s a 1970’s Yamaha Recording Custom Chrome snare, and is worth about $350 or so. To me, it is priceless, best sounding one I have ever owned, I will never part with it!

95% beard 5% body 110% drums Keep it up

i wanna see this dude build an entire drum set from scratch. that would make an insane special

I found a 5 pc set of blue Ludwig Vistalites for 30$ at a garage sale.... I snatched them up fast!

David, I've waited for this Saturday morning for a long time. Welcome back. When I was a kid I'd wake up excited for Saturday morning cartoons, now its just RDavidR videos

This is like pimp my ride for drums

6:23 never thought to cut a snare strap. I have learned something today.

Man, that snare went through hell. So glad you brought it back to life.

Hahaha, "this Nodar Rode fellow." Gonna have to ask him about this drum! Incredible find and equally-incredible restoration.

It’s always a good day when David posts

Dude they record so well. That is a once in a life time find

I've got a buddy that found a Neumann U67 with the power supply unit in a thrift shop once. All it needed was a clean and a new switch. Insane find.

It makes me mad that the previous owner would modify this drum so much. I have a Brady snare it it's amazing! I would never dream of modifying it. Thanks RDavidR for repairing this piece of art.

Excellent work on the snare aside, I really enjoy watching your playing progress. Your beats you play to showcase your hardware just keep getting better and better and I love the way you record your drums. Great sound, great playing, great work!

Shout out from Tasmania! That snare sounds hot! Like most Aussies we're falling apart a little bit, but we're tough.

Man, your videos are the best. Chill, right to the point, great work on those drums, wish I was as crafty as you. Cool thrift store gem!

Nodar Rhode does good work - he’s from here in New York like me. He had a shop in Manhattan for years. What a score !

Dave, enjoy you're sence of humor and skills of restoration on these drum videos. Glad I found this site!!👍👍

your vids really keep inspiring me to go further into filming and doing some crafty stuff!! keep it up man

Great save, Dave! I’m surprised you didn’t use your plotter to cut a new Brady badge sticker.

Rdavidr videos are awesome! Love what he does. Brilliant.

Amazing Phatt open sound despite parts loose and “imperfect” tuning, who cares, things got character and tone for days!

I'm really surprised that you didn't use Lock-tight or some other thread-locker to insure that your lug bolts don't loosen. I could swear that I've seen you do that before.

Kinda funny to be flipping through RU-vid and stumble on a fellow drummer from RVA. 👊

Best deal I ever found on a drum was for $39 at a own shop, a rusty 14x5.5 pearl custom alloy sensitone steel eight lug with the beaded shell. It had rubber gaskets between all contact points the shell made with hardware which I really liked. It had triple flanged hoops but I put die cast hoops on it after restoring it and put a 40 strand puresound bed on it, slapped on an Evans clear snareside 300 and a coated UV2. By far my favorite snare I have. Sounds perfect for me at all tunings.

Great find,rescue and sound! The 'massive' snare bed is like the old Slingerland snares.

Wicked as always. Also, love the grooves you were playing :D

I use to have a 12x7 Brady Jarrah PLT snare and wow.. that thing sounded SOO good. I regret selling it many years ago. Great Job 👍 and yes Brady have sharp edges for sure

Two fave things on RU-vid: the guy who takes care of his loomster fish and rdavidr bringing drums back to life

Please check Nodar out.He's a pro drum maker and repair specialist longer than we've been playing.I had lots of snares and snare beds you have a Brady legend a.its no doubt from the late 80's-early 90's.thats history especially with nodar.anyway,keep up the great work.it's very refreshing to see your approach to your program.love it and what you do.

Enjoyed this as usual! Thanks David!😎💖

Nodar Rodé has been repairing and customizing drums, as well as developing his own collapsible drum system for longer that you've been on this planet. He began on 46th Street at the Manhattan Drum Shop under Joe Callato. He then had his own shop, but, after the Musician's Row got gentrified and the whole Times Square became the hellhole that it is, he had to move the shop to his house in NJ. All NYC drummers (including all the legendary names in all genres) had their drums serviced at the Manhattan Drum Shop. If he cut that snare bed, then it's done correctly.

Didn't expect that sound 🤘😎🤘 .. good tuned!!

Inspiring Doc-😁thx - drum-buddy !

@rdavidr thank you for your videos Man! Always happy when you post! Just 2 quick questions 1) do you just have the nylon washers on there, no metal ones? 2) what beater is on your kick? it sounds really good

I just can't believe how good you are at fixing drum that are in the worst of conditions, It's INSANE!!!

Helll yeah my boy David playing some king gizzard and the lizard wizard.

10:26 king gizzard and the lizard wizard

collaborative efforts between my favorite drum channels~

Good job, sounds great.Really nice beat.

my gosh, Brady sounds incredible!

It won't tune easily because of the cracked drumshelll, regardless of thorough repair job. It's because of the physics of stress placed on the shell when tightening the tension rods.

Aww, bummer about those screws falling out, especially after all the effort being put into restoring this drum! Gotta say I admire your patience David, cleaning all the lugs with cotton buds and stuff! And that snare does sound great, too :-) My band once shared a practice room with another band, in the early 90's, and I was using their beautiful black lacquer Yamaha set that also had a Brady wood snare; That was the first time I heard about that brand but hadn't known yet they were Australian (my neighbouring country). Cheers, V. :-)

My heart dropped with that logo peeling off :( great video man I'm sorry that happened but got a great chuckle out of the drawer of shame!

I think it sounded great before the screw backed out. That second beat you was playing while the screw was still where it was supposed to be was killer. I loved the transition into and out of it. The whole groove has a nice flow to it.

Love your vids David keep up the good work

That snare sounds amazing! And I have the same hats as you (on the drum kit). Those Meinl Byzance 15" Duel Hats are killer!

I've heard of nodar. He had a drum shop in New York city. A good friend of mine has a whole set of sonar that nodes reworked. Pretty cool find.

Brady Snare at a Thrift Store? he do he do be havin some ring doe

Dave great to see you still making videos

Nodar Rode - legendary NYC drum repairer, restorer etc.

Dude sharping or working on the edges is so worth it!! Don't be afraid to fixed them but also don be imprudent but you will definitely hear the difference

Such good work. Love the videos!

Your videos give me life !

Great video. I like the way you tune your toms.

David, you just made my shitty day a whole lot better 😁

i have a 1980s brady snare as i live in Perth Aus .. its one of the first Chris built and it in my top 5 snares for sure .

I've seen a lot of work from Nodar Rode ( my understanding is he owned a drum shop in Manhattan for some time and worked on many a drum for numerous people ) But he left his mark in any drum he worked on for sure. Also I use Noxon polish for all hardware, cleans and removes rust. Great stuff.

Thanks, great video with really great tips.

Great Jam 😎 ! From what little I know of drums that snare sounds like something Buddy Rich would've used 👏😯

One of your best snare sounds!

I have a Brady block snare, and yeh it's hard to tune as well, it has a very limited running range but sounds incredible.

please never change your content

The second hand Brady drums getting around west Australia is insane. Amazing instruments. If only I had a spare $2000 laying around

I’m from Perth, West Australia where Chris Brady made his drums. As an owner of one of his snares, I cannot fathom why someone would want to sharpen the bearing edges on a drum like that... 🤔

Im a fan of your work man... Just wanna ask, what head do you put as batter head and snare side..?

rdavidr The Giver of Life

Sounds good. Reminds me of a sweet DW snare I once had. A wood hoop would be cool, too.

I remember when you commented on one of my videos on my old account around 9 years ago - and it's so awesome to see how far you've come man. I've been following you ever since! Absolutely love your channel. Got to ask...what heads are you using on your toms!? They sound insane!

Love the 7/4 groove at the end. Odd time signatures are my favorite. You should do one with 5/8 in your video.

I found a tama imperialstar high hat stand in decent condition with 14" Sabian AAX stage hats the only thing wrong with any of it was the bottom hat was cracked but just like barely. At goodwill for $9.99

Killer save🤘👍!

Please upload more I love these vids ❤️❤️❤️

Love the vid, man. I was just a bit shocked when the sticker badge peeled off.

lol, when I found an old Rogers Superten in the band building I'm playing at and bought and restored it (greatly inspired by you, you'r aluminum foil trick works wonders on chrome) one of the lugs came loose too, the thread on the screw was just to short for the plastic spacer. So I remembered that rattling sound :D

Man the thrift stores around me suck, they don't and never have any musical instruments

The part that reminds you of the sonar finish reminds me of the original stormtrooper helmets that were yellowing in spots. Btw, is the music in your videos still yours? And is it still on sound cloud?

That snare sounds amazing.

That was a cool beat 👍. I need to get my drums out of storage. 🤔

What did you use to get the Sharpie out?

Nodar Rode is a vintage drum repairer and cymbal smith located in the NYC metropolitan area. He is well known by some of the jazz drummers in the area and apparently he has been around for years.

Great job !! 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽

hello rdavidr I greet you from Veracruz, Mexico ... a question: why do you use to lubricate the screws of the snares and take the lithium grease? I would like you to explain it ... thank you very much ... a big hug ...

Luckily for you, Nodar is a drum genius and NYC drum maintenance mainstay

What ride cymbal are you using in this video? I love it!

I bought a used Ludwig snare drum back in highschool for $10bucks in 90s. It was wooden pristine had some kind of crank mount on side for a cymbal or music stand maybe? It has to be an antique now.

Got a Taye snare from FB marketplace for 30 bucks, from a guy who had it around and had to move, and was gifted a 67" ludwig ringo set without floor Toms from a buddy. Another pal gave me a 22" Classic ludwig bass drum and 16" vintage premier flr tom. Oh and bought a pair of vintage patato LP congas for 100 bucks but I digress.

sounds great!

Yes looks and sounds good. What is the shell material?

A thought,try a coated Ambassador(no dots) to bring some life to it,bottom head a turn and a half and go from there! My go to when I get a bad bearing edge drum,or a hard to tune drum. Love your channel by the way.

If you have a plotter/cutter or know someone who owns a sign shop, you can get them to do a "Peel & Stick" label of the Brady Logo... Great find!

Where you get your drum wraps?

Anytime I go to a thrift store I always look for this stuff and I never find any... Your'e lucky

Would you be able to "save" the logo by printing a duplicate like you do with bass drum heads, carefully affixing it over the old painted logo on the badge?

Unreal!

I like that groove

Might be some Australian Eucalyptus, they sound good, even beat up a treasure.

Could tell straight away thats a great snare.