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octatonicoctatonic Frets: 33725
edited April 2020 in Other Instruments
New Snare Day.

DW 14x6.5 Exotic Limited Edition Tasmanian Timber snare.
I wanted one of these since they came out- the wood is grown near where I grew up and milled in Burnie where we lived for a couple of years.
It is made from Tasmanian Blackwood (Acacia melanoxylon), which is most similar to Koa.
Quite different to every other snare I have- woody and warm without being boxy.
Chuffed to finally have one.




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  • octatonicoctatonic Frets: 33725
    Ah my phantom loller is back working his magic (and not playing golf).
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  • BranshenBranshen Frets: 1222
    beautiful, looks like the exotic wood PRS of the drum world.
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  • stickyfiddlestickyfiddle Frets: 26750
    Nice :)
    The Assumptions - UAE party band for all your rock & soul desires
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  • equalsqlequalsql Frets: 6084
    That is lovely. I've got a full electronic kit and would love to go acoustic if it weren't for the sheer volume.
    Have fun! :)
    (pronounced: equal-sequel)   "I suffered for my art.. now it's your turn"
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  • octatonicoctatonic Frets: 33725
    Branshen said:
    beautiful, looks like the exotic wood PRS of the drum world.
    I'd never considered that but probably yes.

    DW are IMHO at the pinnacle of drum design- they really push the envelope but are not sometimes above pushing some pseudo-scientific ideas for the purposes of justifying upcharging.

    The vintage drum guys *sometimes* hate them for the same reason vintage guitar guys sometimes hate PRS.

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  • earwighoneyearwighoney Frets: 3489
    Even though I am a guitar nerd, for playing in a band for whatever reason I consider the sound of the snare to be the key in how all components fit together.

    HNSD Oct.
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  • StrangefanStrangefan Frets: 5845
    Even though I am a guitar nerd, for playing in a band for whatever reason I consider the sound of the snare to be the key in how all components fit together.

    HNSD Oct.
    Really? Surely that's the bass..... That's the glue that holds it all together :D 
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  • merlinmerlin Frets: 6595
    I love deep snares. Seriously, good catch. 
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  • oafoaf Frets: 300
    Very nice! Have you ever tried sampling all these drums that you have? Would make an interesting project (maybe not for you perhaps...?!) :)
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  • octatonicoctatonic Frets: 33725
    oaf said:
    Very nice! Have you ever tried sampling all these drums that you have? Would make an interesting project (maybe not for you perhaps...?!) :)
    Yes, I've sampled all my snares, other than this one.
    I'll do this one when I get a chance.
    My later sampling methods are much better sounding than the early stuff- I have much better converters than I used to have and I am better at recording.

    I've been sampling my own snares and bass drums since before sample replacement plugins existed.
    I used to do sample replacement by dragging the individual hits in line- it takes a fair while, about an hour per track for a 4 minute song.
    When sample replacement plugins came out I was initially quite resistant to them but I mostly use Slate Trigger 2 now.

    The market is quite saturated with drum samples though so I like this being 'my collection'.
    Bands/artists can access it by hiring me to produce/mix a track or an album.
    I don't particularly want to do a commercially sold library of them, I'm not close to being enough of 'a name' in the industry, but never say never.
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  • FunkfingersFunkfingers Frets: 14322
    FWIIW, Maton uses Blackwood for some of its guitars.
    Be seeing you.
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  • oafoaf Frets: 300
    Yes it is useful to have your own library of sounds (and a sense and record of how you do things/how "your sound" has evolved too).

    And I suppose if you ever move stuff on you still have the samples...
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