Pearl free floater 6x14 shell

[Snooter]

Anyone have brass, steel, copper etc?

 

[Sequimite]

6" for just the shell or the whole drum? Pearl always refers to the shell and the whole drum with the same size. For instance a 6.5" FF snare drum has a shell that is also referred to as 6.5" but is actually 5" deep. They well may make a shell which is 6" by itself to make up a 7.5" snare drum but I haven't seen one.

edit - I have brass and steel shells, but they are less than 6"

 

[Snooter]

6" for just the shell or the whole drum? Pearl always refers to the shell and the whole drum with the same size. For instance a 6.5" FF snare drum has a shell that is also referred to as 6.5" but is actually 5" deep. They well may make a shell which is 6" by itself to make up a 7.5" snare drum but I haven't seen one.

edit - I have brass and steel shells, but they are less than 6"

Just the shells is what I'm looking for. I have a 6x14 maple.

 

[Sequimite]

The funny thing is I also have a free floater with 6" deep shell. It's a steam bent red gum shell.

 

[Seb77]

Just the shells is what I'm looking for. I have a 6x14 maple.

The shell itself is probably 5“ deep, or 6.5“ for an 8“ deep drum.

 

[JazzDrumGuy]

I have a CB 700 free floater which is based on the Pearl design and I believe me before the patent was Secure or something like that. It is a "6.5x14" but the shell is actually 5x14 and copper.....

Bearing edge on top, flat bearing edge on bottom....

 

[Geardaddy]

I have a CB 700 free floater which is based on the Pearl design and I believe me before the patent was Secure or something like that. It is a "6.5x14" but the shell is actually 5x14 and copper.....

Bearing edge on top, flat bearing edge on bottom....

I believe the original free floater was the CB700 version and Pearl ended up buying the rights to the design & patent. And the rest is history.

 

[Trilock_Gurtu]

The funny thing is I also have a free floater with 6" deep shell. It's a steam bent red gum shell.

I currently own two Pearl 14x3.5 FF's (brass and maple). I've been considering having a custom shell made, either a 1 ply or maybe a stave. You notice a big sound difference between the stock shell and your steam bent shell?

 

[Sequimite]

I currently own two Pearl 14x3.5 FF's (brass and maple). I've been considering having a custom shell made, either a 1 ply or maybe a stave. You notice a big sound difference between the stock shell and your steam bent shell?

Night and day. I had several shells to make into snare drums. I put each one on a free floater frame. The fiberglass sounded like fiberglass, the maple sounded like maple and the brass shell that came with it sounded like brass. Not surprising as the whole concept of interchangeable shells requires that each shell sounds different. Adding an inch and a half of rigid aluminum to the end must have some effect. My subjective feeling is that it slightly adds low midrange and pop. In any event the effect on the shell seems small. My 4.5" steam bent birdseye maple sounds to me like the Stanton Moore models which feature that type of shell. My 6" steam bent red gum shell has completely different sound characteristics.

 

[katulu]

I have a steel shell for a 6.5" FF I could perhaps let go. PM if interested.

 

[Trilock_Gurtu]

Night and day. I had several shells to make into snare drums. I put each one on a free floater frame. The fiberglass sounded like fiberglass, the maple sounded like maple and the brass shell that came with it sounded like brass. Not surprising as the whole concept of interchangeable shells requires that each shell sounds different. Adding an inch and a half of rigid aluminum to the end must have some effect. My subjective feeling is that it slightly adds low midrange and pop. In any event the effect on the shell seems small. My 4.5" steam bent birdseye maple sounds to me like the Stanton Moore models which feature that type of shell. My 6" steam bent red gum shell has completely different sound characteristics.

Awesome, great insight. Is yours a 14x6.5? With different depth shells, do you use different size lugs or just different size tension rods? Different size tension rods seems great for cost and speed of change over...curious how longer rods are for stability.

 

[Sequimite]

I have a 6.5, a 5 and whatever the piccolo size is. I just get longer tension rods for bigger shells. The base is so sturdy I can't see long tension rods ever being a problem.

Snooter, sorry to go off track on your thread.

 

[JazzDrumGuy]

Thab

I believe the original free floater was the CB700 version and Pearl ended up buying the rights to the design & patent. And the rest is history.

Thanks for the clarification!

 

[Snooter]

I have a 6.5, a 5 and whatever the piccolo size is. I just get longer tension rods for bigger shells. The base is so sturdy I can't see long tension rods ever being a problem.

Snooter, sorry to go off track on your thread.

That's fine. Thanks for sharing info about the rods