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

[Jeremy Bender]

Yamaha Manu Katche model 14 x 5.5"

 

[DanRH]

Well just got this puppy home…

 

[JazzDrumGuy]

Wow those AK and Latos snares!!!

 

[thebeebe5]

I have a few…. No pics of the Gretsch 4160 on the snare rack, but here are some others.

A couple of 6 lug Ludwig “All Metal” in 15” size

A 10 lug Slingerland Gene Krupa model

And a Porky Pie Patina Brass

 

[Ransan]

Pearl Free Floater

Pearl Jupiter

Gretsch 4160

 

[kerope]

I have these 2 Sonor brass snares: 14x5 S Class Pro and a 14x5.75 SY1405 Signature from ca. 2000

 

[rkingston]

My 5” x 14” Blackwood Custom Drums black NOB.

Or at least the shell is. I may have upgraded the hardware (sshhh don’t tell Blackwood)

 

[Jeremy Bender]

Sonor Prolite Brass 14x6

 

[Luddite]

Just picked this one up at Sweetwater—-Ludwig Universal nickel over brass 6.5x14. Nice drum, was able to get some money knocked off for Gearfest. I thought initially that a Remo Coated CS was “the” head, but the stock head, the el cheapo Taiwanese Ludwig head actually sounds better. It was dissed on at least one YouTube review, but it reminds me very much of Ludwig Weathermasters. If I don’t sell my Gretsch Renown, I might try that CS on it.

 

[Vintage Old School]

This is my current brass line up: A&F Brass Limited Edition 4" X 14"; Gretsch Keith Carlock Signature Brass 2mm shell 5.5" X 14"; Joyful Noise TKO 6.5" X 14"; Ludwig Black Beauty 5" X 14"; Ludwig Black Beauty 8" X 14".
The only mods I've made are to the two Black Beauties: I added Joyful Noise 2.5 mm nickel over brass hoops and Canopus snare wires.

 

[latzanimal]

Pearl Free Float 6.5 x 14 that I joke was given to me by Greg Bissonette. I actually won it at one of his clinics years ago...

Also have this Slingerland, but I have never checked if it's brass...

I have 4 bronze snares but I wouldn't consider them exactly brass... I dunno, do they count?

 

[rock roll]

My brass snares .....

Pearl free floating brass snare drum 6.5x14" im guessing made in the 90's, I also was just given the picallo version of this , the middle hoop had cracked but I got a new replacement from sweetwater. I will add pics when I finish fixing it.


1935 premier dominion brass snare drum



1930's Premier dominion nickel over brass


Premier brass symphonic snare drum


Premier brass symphonic "carmine appice" model . (It's the same drum as the symphonic with a signature badge added) both sound great.


Premier brass (I can't remember the model , but it sounds great)

 

[Fat Drummer]

I'm going to give the updated tally when we reach post 100, to help get us there here is another former owned... Dunnett DN2

 

[thejohnlec]

My non-Ludwig contribution:

1990ish Pearl 3x13: great side snare tuned up high. Doubles well for timbale hits.

Mid 1970s Slingerland 5x14: at this point, it was probably called the Sound King, successor to the Gene Krupa model. I have the original warranty card and batter head for this instrument. This thing will poke a hole right through the middle of any band.

1985 Slingerland 2 to 1: an oddball that sounds really great when you learn how to cope with the design. Great with brushes - heavy!

 

[Fat Drummer]

Another installment in my "former" collection!

 

[ZiggyM]

Noonan 14x5 2 piece spun NOB

 

[ZiggyM]

It’s 14x4 little brother 2 days after it was born

 

[OttawaDrumGuy]

Got them together for a family photo.

Ludwig Black Beauty Super-Sensitive
Ludwig Cut-Badge COB Super-Sensitive from 1971
Ludwig 4 x 15 Concert Dance, 10 lugs, from the 1920s
Yamaha SD-493
Rogers Dynasonic
Sakae Black on Brass
Dunnett 2N - I think the finish is called pipe burn blue

 

[Trilock_Gurtu]

Here's a heavy brass (2mm thick) 4x14" snare drum that Adrian Kirchler, of AK Drums, custom made for me in 2018.
All of the hardware is brass, as well.

My god...everything about that drum is beautiful.

 

[GrandpaCleve]

Ludwigs: