Ultimate snare sound

sbowman128675 · Lion King Joined: 16 Dec 2006 Posts: 1072

i have a theory. snares are to a drummer, as pedals are to a guitar player......we all want different sounds for each different style or genre we like to play. i myself have 4 snares now. network mahogany snare(its cheap, but its got a good sound), my maple 14x4 sonor snare, my new mike portnoy melody master, and then my chad smith sig snare.

out of all of those, i find none of them really have the EXACT sound i want. so now i raise my question........what is the most insane sounding snare drum you have ever heard?

for me, its gotta be the snare off of Poison's album "crack a smile and more" my sonor snare has a similar sound, but not as focused. so for me, that is my ultimate snare sound.

so what about everyone else?
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random white person · Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2008 3:41 pm Post subject:

ultamite is to drummers as dolemite is to pimps?
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tylerdrummer · Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2008 4:28 pm Post subject:

that sucks all that money on snares, id try to mess with your tuning, ive been able to find the perfect spot in all three, my old ludwig shell i restored, the pacific one i got for $30 and the one that has the PERFECT is definiatly my snare i built, greatest snare ive ever heard and played.

the steve gadds pretty close http[url]://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbsVsfiOVyM[/url]
dw ones up there pretty close to my snare (mix of the gadd and that one get you my snare) o and a mix of the second to last one there
i think the Revs snare is probably the coolest snare out there thats on a major label.

but cant forget the St. anger snare that was beast:)

drumstar123 · Ferret Joined: 03 Dec 2006 Posts: 110

tomz · House Cat Joined: 18 Jun 2005 Posts: 161

Not the definitive greatest drum sound ever but lately I have been digging the drummer from WITCH a lot. Check out their self titled album or they just came out with a new one called paralyzed. Kind of stoner/sabbath rock riff metal stuff, the drum sound is amazing.
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