Metal snare drum buyer’s guide
On MusicRadar there’s a good guide to five budget metal snare drums (Mapex, Ludwig, Dixon, Worldmax, Highwood). And 4 tips for the snare drum buyer:
1. Once past the £100 mark, every aspect of your snare should improve. Look for a better quality steel shell, or maybe even one in bronze, brass or aluminium. Steel is loud yet sensitive and responsive. aluminium a little drier and tauter, brass and bronze fruitier, darker and more musical.
Shells should be at least 1mm thick, while lugs and tension rods should have nylon washers and isolating gaskets – the sort of small details that make the drum perform more sweetly.
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