Big Metal Snare Drum Comparison | High Tuning | Copper, Brass, Aluminium, Steel & More | Thomann
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- Опубликовано: 30 июл 2024
- Do snare drum materials sound different and if so, which metal is the best? To answer this question, our host Simon compared 32 different 14"x6.5" snares with different metals (for example steel, stainless steel, bronze, aluminium, brass, copper & others). All of them have been high tuned to make the comparison easier. Which one did you like best?
In the second video (release October 5th) all of them will be tuned medium.
Snares used: bit.ly/3S5GG3o
Interesting bits and pieces:
0:00 Intro
0:20 Millenium Power Steel
1:03 Ludwig Raw Copper Phonic
1:43 Gretsch Black Hammered WH Steel
2:27 Gretsch Black Hammered Steel
3:10 Tama Metalworks BI. Steel
3:53 Tama S.L.P Stainless Steel
4:35 Pearl Sensitone Steel
5:18 Pearl Sensitone Aluminium
6:06 Ludwig Supra Phonic Aluminium
6:45 Ludwig Surpa Phonic Hammered Aluminium
7:33 Gretsch Black Nickel over St. Steel
8:12 Ludwig Pewter over Copper
8:53 Gretsch Brass
9:38 Mapex Atomizer Aluminium
10:24 Yamaha Recording Custum Aluminium
11:12 Gretsch USA Bell Brass
11:48 DW PDP Concept Select Steel
12:30 Gretsch Steve Ferrone Signature Aluminium
13:17 Tama Star Reserve Brass
14:01 DW PDP Concept Select Aluminium
14:42 Millenium Hammer Steel
15:26 Ludwig Copper Phonic
16:14 DW Collector's Series Aluminium
16:55 Gretsch Grand Prix Aluminium
17:33 Gretsch Gold Series Aluminium
18:21 Gretsch Brooklyn Chrome Steel
19:02 Schagerl Persephone Copper
19:44 DW PDP Concept Select Brass
20:26 DW Collector's Series Brass
21:12 British Drum Company Talisman Steel
21:54 Ludwig Hammered Copper Phonic
22:39 Gretsch Black Copper
22:20 Outro
Recorded in Presonus Studio One: bit.ly/S1Pro6
Recorded and mixed with Universal Audio: tho.mn/uadx1
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What do you think: Does the metal matter? And if so, which snare drum did you like best?
Ludwig pewter over copper was my favourite, but all of them were great. The little milleniums are surprisingly good for the price.
That is why Ludwig is a King of metal snare drums!
No denying there's just something about the Ludwig snares that no one else can exactly replicate.
This video just confirmed my love for Ludwig snares!
some of the others sounded great too, but it's interesting how all of the Ludwigs sounded good, at least to my ears...
Agree.
Another edit: If I just played studio gigs and had to pick one snare drum from this list, I would go with the Ludwig Copperphonic.
I’m a Tama guy. SLP Steel is really a snare for me. Must say though that Ludwig is Ludwig and has always been. I’m positively impressed about how nice aluminium snares sound. The Tama star reserve is actually the aluminium version and this is beefy and nice. Missed the Star Reserve Brass here. It sounds so great. So many great snares. Quality is so high today that only nuances makes them differ. Thanks for a marvellous video.
Man, this must have taken forever to record and shoot! Thank you for this comparison, we really live in an amazing time that so many different instruments are available in all price brackets, and somehow they all sound good! It would be tough to pick a favorite, but if I had to choose one I think I would go with the Yamaha Recording Custom Aluminum.
I can watch this over and over again. Superb. Great drummer. All drums sound great.
22:41 man that sounds so good
Respect for your work! Thank you!
Man that must have been a ton of work! What a great comparison. I have to say there is no single snare that did not sound good, these were all well tuned and set up and of course quality instruments. It seems to me, that almost any Ludwig snare sounds fantastic, as well as any DW snare, even the PDP models. Also liked the Gretsch "Brass" snare a lot. And I'm always surprised by the sound of Mapex Black Panther snares... you get a whole lotta bang for the buck there. I missed my DW knurled steel snare, since it has a massive steel shell, but I think it might be discontinued for a while now. Thank you for your great test and the effort made to tune each snare similar and playing almost identical grooves for comparison... thats a lot to listen to and I started to fade out a little bit, but still worth it! :)
I really enjoyed the Gretsch black hammered steel the best!
Der beste Vergleich bis jetzt
I‘m missing „the one and only go to“ metal snare. The Ludwig Black Beauty. It would be nice to her this snare with equal tuning and with the same conditions in comparison to all the other interesting instruments.
Well done video even without the BB.
Star Rerserve Brass is actually aluminum
Yes. I was just going to write that.
Thank you for doing this. Yes, loved this. Please continue to do these types of videos. Yes, I think the metal matters. Hopefully I'm not hearing with my eyes, but that Ludwig Supraphonic just has that perfect sound, both Hammered and non-Hammered versions, especially on the outro part of the playing. Gretsch Black Nickel Over Steel is a very, very, very close second for me.
Edit: Gretsch by a nose. Pearl Sensitones get Honorable mention as do the DWs.
Ludwig Raw Copperphonic and Lugwig Copperphonic in first place, if just played studio gigs... both sound pre-compressed and fat, but crispy.
Overall, all the Ludwigs just impressed... just something there with them, except for the Pewter over Copper.
Edit 2: Bought the Gretsch Black Nickel Over Steel. Just a no brainer, given the sound and price.
I guess I’m leaning toward the steel ones with the pearl sensitone being my favorite on this epic edit video of snare insanity.
So much set up and tear down!!! Now also got a bunch of discount demo snares to unload. 🥁
excellent!
great job
All the Gretsch and Ludwigs
mega video thanks.
Can you give me a link to buy "gretsch brass" i cant find the snare on your website, i have just the usa version, thanks
5. Pearl sensi steel....4. Tama S.L.P....3. Gretsch black hammered...2. Yamaha rec.custom...1. Ludwig supra hammered alu
What frequencies did you tune the top and bottom head to? All of them sounded great in that tuning!
love the video!!!
Happy that you like it. For what other drum topics should we shoot a video?
@@ThomannsDrumBash snare drums of different thickness and material
Love my Gretsch black copper 💚💚
I'm in snare drum heaven.
I think that the ideal tuning might be somewhere between medium and high for these drums. The Ludwig Raw Copper compared poorly against all the other drums no matter the tuning.
By the way, great sounding kick drum.
Hervorragend gespielt-wie immer! Bitte mehr Videos in diesem Format .Einziger Wermutstropfen: Hätte wirklich gerne die Yamaha stage custom steel und die Ludwig supralite im Vergleich gehört...
Yes 2 great snare drums that a lot of people do not know about. I have the 6 and a 1/2 by 14 Yamaha stage custom steel snare and 8 by 14 superlite and both are great
@@ronaldzeoli7528 which snare do you prefer and which skins do you use
@@rog1164 I use remo coated single ply heads and I like them both for different reasons. I think the 6 and 1/2 by 14 Yamaha steel snare is a better Bang for the buck.
@@ronaldzeoli7528 Thank you very much for the information
What was the reso head tuned too?
the snare in 15:26 is not a copper phonic, it's an Acro Copper with 1mm thickness. all acro series are 1mm and the phonics are 1.2mm
What tuning is this? It really flatters most of these drums.
Wanna hear Tama LBR1465 Black Brass in Comparision
Brooklyn Crome over steel took my head off. Unreal sounding drum.
The Gretsch Bell Brass seems a bronze snare by the color. It could be a mistake?
I was Gonna post the Same It looks like their Phosphore Bronze .... Same With The DW Brass Later on the Video Looks like the Bronze one as well
It's interesting how Mapex Atomizer Aluminium and Gretsch Grand Prix Aluminium are very similar in sound.
Isn't that pdp bronze, not brass?
That DW collectors aluminum was the best sounding snare in the entire video 😮💨
Well played (click track ?) I thought all of them were very good regardless of what your budget is, Any of these would work. (Never heard of Millenium). Of course when in doubt, Always go for the Supra 😉
from the color, Tama Star supposed is Aluminium instead of brass.
Keine Sonor?! Nicht mal eine aus der Kompressor-Serie?!
I have a set of millennium drums and they are real good drums
All of the Gretsch snares sounded amazing! The pdp was also super impressive…
Dw Pdp Concept Select Brass... Hands down
TAMA SLP Big Black Steel and any metal Ludwig.
Tama star!!!
I hope low tuning will be also presentred :)
We also did a video for a medium tuning which will be released on October 5th :)
@@ThomannsDrumBash Nice, but no low? :(
@@viktor7m go tune your own snare low, low tunings display less of what the snare has to offer
@@RichLclopps What awful and discriminating statement!!! I tune low my snare drums, but I would like to hear how these snares in videos sound low. Is that such a big problem?!
They all sound like metal snare drums.
The problem Is that I can only hear the difference on pitch and sustain, not the real tone...you should play them in real life to really understand what you like the most... anyway the difference of prices isn't justified in my experience.
Woooooow nice !!!
My conclusion is that steel sounds better than aluminium
Copper > Brass > Aluminium > Steel
Forgot bronze 😝
To my surprise the Pearl Sensitone Alu takes the cake.