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60's Ludwig supraphonic L400. Usually my go-to snare, but I play them all.

60's Yamaha 6 lug, 5x14. Silver ribbon wrap, matches my C-200 kit.

70's Slingerland 8 lug chrome festival, 5x14 (my first drum, purchased used in 93')

70's Ludwig acrolite, 5x14

PDP SX maple with maple hoops, 5.5x14. Supposedly the same shell DW uses.

Yamaha stage custom 8x10 that I converted.

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I own 7 snares at the moment.

 

Ludwig Black Beauty (6.5X14)

Ludwig Classic Maple (6.5X14)

Ludwig Legacy (6.5X14)

Ludwig Supraphonic 400 (5X14)

Ayotte Custom (5.5X14)

C&C vintage mahogany (6X14)

Gretsch USA Custom (6.5X14)

 

 

Recently sold:

Ludwig Supraphonic (6.5X14)

DW Maple (6.5X14)

 

I will be selling the C&C and Ayotte snare very shortly. They both sound great, they're just not what I am looking for.

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In order of use:

 

1) 6 1/2x14 Ludwig hand hammered Black Beauty; used 99% of the time

 

2) 6x14 10-ply Mike J Drums (my best friend's fledgling company) 10-ply Keller shell w/re-rings, tube lugs & diecast hoops, green sparkle wrap, custom build to spec, Serial #001. Also referred to as "The Loudness"

 

3) 70's 5x14 Ludwig Vistalite - blue

 

4) re-issue 6 1/2x14 Ludwig Vistalite - blue

 

5) 5x14 junk generic steel shell I found in an alley in college and hammered back out to round/rebuilt

 

6) 7x13 dDrum Dominion ash in java sparkle

 

7) 6x14 Pearl of some sort which I'm not familiar that I got as part of a trade 7-8 years ago. Don't much like the sound of it, but also haven't spent any time with it. Tension controls on both sides of the snare, but they look/feel cheap, so I'm guessing entry or mid-level quality at best.

 

8) That's it right now; got rid of a couple other vintage drums I'd had last year.

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Out of all ........

 

1963 Rogers Powertone, 5x14, Sparkling Blue Pearl, three ply.

1984 Rogers Dynasonic 6.5x14, XP10, Ten ply all maple, Natural Finish, Ive got three of these and love each differently.

1995 Ayotte Custom 7x14, six ply maple with reinforcing rings, Steel hoops, piano black gloss, and it has that fist in your chest kind of hit.

Ive got three acrolites, 65, 79, 00, had 4 but sent one off to a young drummer whose snare drum should have been a bed pan.

Two supras.

 

31 drums in all. 22 are Rogers, Powertones, Dynasonics, SuperTens.

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I own 4. In order of most used to least used.

 

1.) 6.5x14 Ludwig Black Magic (Gets the most use. It does everything I want it to do and more) 9.5/10

 

2.) 5.5x14 Perl Sensitone Elite Custom Alloy (Great snare for recording but doesn't project well live un-miced)

 

3.) 5x14 Ludwig Acrolite (Everyone should have at least one. Good back up snare)

 

4.) 6.5x14 Tama Metalworks 10-Lug (Just picked this one up on the cheap. Haven't run it through it's paces yet but first impressions are pretty good)

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In no particular order, here's my 6

 

60s Ludwig 5x14 Club snare (wood)

 

60s Ludwig 6.5x15 Supraphonic (a mainstay)

 

80s Pearl Maple 8x14 Freefloater

 

70s Pearl 5x15 steel shell

 

00s Gretch 5x13 Maple/brass hybrid freefloater

 

'10 Heirloom mahogany stave snare

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Late 70s/Early 80s Acrolite (my favorite to record with)

 

Pearl Morgan Rose Signature. I use it live mostly. It's loud.

 

Rhythm Traders Maple 5.5x14. Not a bad snare. Got it cheap.

 

Ludwig Cheepy 3x12" Piccolo. Cranked tight as {censored} and used as a side snare for the techy stuff :)

 

Things I'd like to get:

-Something from Pork Pie

-I want to make a custom side snare with a VC shell. 4x12".

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Ludwig Acrolite, Blacro 5x14, S-Hoop on top. (primary gig snare) I replaced the missing muffler when I bought it used. And, yes, I LIKE and use that muffler.

 

Pearl Sessions "jazz special edition" shell (really an Export luan shell w/ Session hardware) with Mastercast hoops and Black Swamp snares. Evans, E-ring for anti-ring. (Previous gig snare, still used for quieter rooms)

 

WorldMax brass Battered Hawg, hammered 6.5x14, diecast hoops. Love the strainer, shell is a tiny bit oversized for my normal heads (Attack TB sigs) ;>(

 

Premier Olympic steel 5x14 w/ Slingerland style stick saver hoops (inward top flange). Pawn shop special, originally hade metric hoops too big for standard heads. Was my gig snare for a long while, now on the home practice set. just a great basic steel snare.

 

Pearl Firecracker 5x10 steel popcorn snare. Only used now and again for a side snare and latin beat songs. Partly bought as a replacement snare for my 4yo grandson's 12x4 snare on his rebadged import "Ludwig" kiddie kit. The 12" was too big to wrap his legs around to get to the pedals ;>)

 

ALL 14" snare have Attack TB Signature snare head sets on them. WorldMax is 10 lug, all other 14"s are 8 lug. Makes for ease of swapping out rims and snare wires. I have a 42 strand that I have used on the Blacrolite.

 

Boomerweps

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The correct number of snare drums one needs is n+1, where n=the number of snare drums you currently own.

 

 

Agreed (Pics on website) -

 

Not so vintage - but still awesome

Shine Select Custom - 6 x 14

Olcheltree Heavy Metal - 6.5 x 14

Spaun - 6 x 14 - Maple (currently for sale)

Donaho Custom - 7 x 14 - Maple

Global Custom - 6x14 - Walnut/Ash

Ddrum S4 - 7x13 - Maple (current for sale)

Pork Pie B.O.B. - 6.5 x 14 - Black on Brass (currently for sale)

Aha Custom 6x12 - Maple

Pacific 5x14 - CX Maple (currently with the kit)

 

Vintage Awsomeness

Ludwig 1968 - 5 x 14 (me thinks it's a Jazz Fest)

Slingerland 1965 - 6 x 14

Ludwig - 5 x 14 - Chrome over Brass (Supraphonic)

 

I also just got $150 to spend for my birthday at Atlanta Pro Percussion - it could very well be put toward another snare....

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Looks like I'm sitting at a clean dozen. All fantastic drums.

Most played:

Ludwig Black Magic 100th Anniversary engraved brass 6.5x14

DW Collector's Series copper 6.5x14

Ludwig Legacy Jazz Festival 3-ply 8-lug 5x14

Premier Signia Maple 5.5x14

 

Played:

Ludwig COB Supraphonic 100th Anniversary 5x14

Ludwig Classic Maple Exotic 6.5x14

Slingerland Studio King (Nashville) Maple 5.5x14

Slingerland Radio King (Nashville) solid Maple 5.5x14

Ludwig Classic Maple Jazz Festival reissue 5x14

Ludwig Ludaloy Supraphonic "1970" 5x14

 

Not played much but still great sounding drums:

Legend 8-ply maple 5.5x13

Ludwig Acrolite blue-olive 5x14

 

EDIT: And of course I still have one for sale below...Look down and click the link...

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