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I picked up a matching 6x14 snare from Musicians Friend. It quickly became obvious that the strainer would cause me to hate the drum.
It would bind up often when trying to engage the snares, and no amount of lube or tweaking was working. Only did it once in awhile, but that was once to many.
I realize the Rock Tour line was not one of their top lines, but this strainer , an Indonesian made? copy of a Ludwig P-85, is not worthy of the Yamaha name.
Yamaha does have an almost identical looking strainer on some MIJ drums, but it is slightly different. It works. The Indonesian strainer has a black plastic adjusting knob as opposed to the better strainer with a chromed knob.
I searched for a good replacement, wanting to stay with a Yamaha strainer, but they are pricey.
Found a strainer that fits the original hole spacing perfectly, works well, and as a bonus it looks like it was made for the drum. It almost matches the lug design.
A Gibraltar Deluxe Classic Style strainer. It was less than $20 new. Works great, looks great.
I will attach pics of the offending strainer, and the drum with the Gibraltar strainer.
One last thing. The drums sounds very good, with lots of resonance. I am still experimenting with tunings. I do not have ability to take video right now.
It would bind up often when trying to engage the snares, and no amount of lube or tweaking was working. Only did it once in awhile, but that was once to many.
I realize the Rock Tour line was not one of their top lines, but this strainer , an Indonesian made? copy of a Ludwig P-85, is not worthy of the Yamaha name.
Yamaha does have an almost identical looking strainer on some MIJ drums, but it is slightly different. It works. The Indonesian strainer has a black plastic adjusting knob as opposed to the better strainer with a chromed knob.
I searched for a good replacement, wanting to stay with a Yamaha strainer, but they are pricey.
Found a strainer that fits the original hole spacing perfectly, works well, and as a bonus it looks like it was made for the drum. It almost matches the lug design.
A Gibraltar Deluxe Classic Style strainer. It was less than $20 new. Works great, looks great.
I will attach pics of the offending strainer, and the drum with the Gibraltar strainer.
One last thing. The drums sounds very good, with lots of resonance. I am still experimenting with tunings. I do not have ability to take video right now.
