Let's See Those Brass Snare Drums! (now updated with totals by brand... so far!)

[Fat Drummer]

I'm sure there has been many "brass" snare threads in the past but a quick cursory search did not reveal it, so lets do a new one! Jabbering back and forth with JDA on another thread made me wonder just how many brass snares we could get together, It should be a HUGE number!

I think it's more fun to post up pics of drums you CURRENTLY own otherwise we will wind up 200 pages of snares... oh heck, who am I kidding, that sounds great! So if it's a brass shell snare, post up those pics!

I will post a couple of my current Brass examples to kick it off...

1971 Slingerland 5”X14” Gene Krupa Sound King Model #130

2019 George Way 6 ½” X 14” Hollywood Model #GW904 w/ 1of 1 Signed, Patina Finish

And a former owned Yamaha SD493 that served me well for many years!

 

[mydadisjr]

Here's the Ludwig BB Supra I bought brand new in the late '70's. Sold it a few years ago.

 

[p83]

early 60's COB, late 70's BB

 

[hsosdrum]

This is the Ludwig LB416BT Black Beauty that I used from 2013 until it was dethroned in 2019 by my reissue wood Dyna-Sonic. (But I still own the BB...). An interesting thing about this Black Beauty is that the only thing on it that is brass (the shell) doesn't look like brass, while everything else on the drum that does look like brass (hoops, lugs, throwoff) is made of some other metal.

 

[trashman]

1920's Ludwig 5x14" 10-lug nickel-over brass, with AK Drums single-flanged rims, clips, and drum key.

 

[JDA]

Blah

You made me pick it up
and I only do that once every 6.2 weeks.
1966 micro 8L switched to side Lightning1.

 

[1988fxlr]

 

[GretschMan61]

My favourite snare and the snare with the most sentimental value . I bought this snare in 2009 from Todd Trent . In 2010 I went to the Chicago Vintage Drum show with my girlfriend Marisa and she met John Aldridge and like myself was amazed with his engraving work . She offered to pay to get my snare engraved for my 50th Bday present . This started a long friendship with John Aldridge . The drum is a wonderful sounding drum and I love the engraving job John did on it . He also provided all the brass tube lugs , tensions rods , hoops and strainer for this snare as well .

 

[old_K_ride]

not the best pic I have...

 

[Paradis]

Oriollo spun bell brass with brass hoops. Distressed finish. Dark and deep and rings for days if ya wanna…

 

[curly]

1930s Ludwig 14 x 5 with imperial lugs

 

[sfmill]

Joyful Noise TKO Brass Snare Drum 14X5


Joyful Noise TKO Brass Snare Drum 14X6.5


Joyful Noise Classic Standard 14 X 6.5


Yamaha Seamless Brass Snare Drum 14 X 8


Yamaha Brass Snare Drum 14X6.5


Ludwig Black Beauty Snare Drum 14X6.5


Ludwig Supraphonic COB (B Stock) Snare Drum 14X5

 

[cashmanbashman]

Black Beauty 14x6.5
DW Collector 14x8

 

[drummer5359]

WOW!

In this group my brass snares are rather pedestrian.

My 2009 Ludwig Black Beauty

My 2013 Black Beauty.

2018 Gretsch USA Custom Bell Brass. (Behind it you can see my mid-sixties round badge COB 4160.)

I also have a 1970s COB Slingerland, a 1960s Rogers Dynasonic, and a late 1990s-early 2000s Brass Edition Supraphonic, but I don't have photos handy.

 

[shuffle]

A beauty of a different color!
Some high class grape!
Malbec

 

[Hop]

I've got two BB's....
I got the first one in 'early '81. Couldn't afford the extra bucks for the engraved version back then, so I had to pony up for the engraved 100th Anniversary variant when it became available.

 

[hefty]

Some serious heavy hitter brass drums in this thread right out of the gates! Here's a couple of mine.

Ludwig 1920's NOB 6.5x14 8 lug

Gretsch Bell Brass 6.5x14"

 

[pgm554]

 

[shiek_yerbouti]

My Gretsch 4160 snare drum gifted to my by my beautiful wife in 2020. There are many others like it, but this one is mine.

 

[richardh253]