Tuning the Snare Drum (Bonham style) (preview)

After months of working on this video, I have finally completed the how to tune the snare drum to get a great sound. The entire video is 22 minutes long and may be acquired in full from my site www.groovedrumming.com.

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[ricardoieci]

do u tune your reso tighter thant the batter?, thanks.

[GrooveDrummin]

@ricardoieci

yes, much tighter

[MrHammerhead66]

Once again thanks for your advice, I might as well ask you some more, The drum shell and rims seem to be in good shape (not bent or rusted), I'm missing 2 lug tubes and many lugs, seems like Sam ash carries this stuff (closes store) What kind of snare wires & heads would you recomend? Also Did Pearl discontinue the Export snares? Also If I dont like the end results what kind of price tag could I put on it. Thanks . 

[GrooveDrummin]

@MrHammerhead66

get a coated ambassador for batter and diplomat snare side with standard snares (Gibraltar) is reasonably priced. The lugs can be found on ebay also and may be cheaper. I don't think the Export line has been discontinued but I can't confirm. I would try a search on ebay to see what other snares of this type are going for but I think you'll like the results and end up keeping it. Good luck!

[jdrummys]

What do you think of the Vintage Ambassador for a snare batter? Also, I have an S Hoop on my 402 and it really fattens up the rim shots!

[GrooveDrummin]

@jdrummys

I love them...better imo than the standard emperor. S Hoop sounds interesting. Also may try to slap some 42 strand snare wires on there for an even fatter sound.

[MrHammerhead66]

@GrooveDrummin Thank you so much, I will try everything you suggested, Im anxious to give this old drum another chance, It will almost feel like a hand built drum, I may have to retire my $600 dollar bubinga.LOL . I will let you know how it turns out . I enjoy your videos, keep up the teaching we all aprecieate it. John

[GrooveDrummin]

@MrHammerhead66

Yes, i would, you'll be surprised how good it will sound imo. I used to have one but in a Tama version. Now I have a metal Yamaha and love it almost as much as my LM402.

[MrHammerhead66]

Another question for you, I have an older Pearl export metal snare shell jst collecting dust,, is this drum worth fixing up? Id hate to sink money into it and then it just feels like a student drum. Ive been looking for a cheap snare that has "That" feel. Test drove a Gretsch Blackhawk, had about the same feel as my exsisting snare so not gonna keep it. Thank you for your help.

[sunnylee84]

@MrHammerhead66 I know that the regular way is to have 90 = bottom and 80 = top just make the snares sound more "shaking". 2 b honest, I never used that way up until last 2.5-3 years. i always used the way where snare side is slightly tight and batter side is a regular way, that was the way to shake snares less and leave more timbale/tom sound. afaik, evans coated with power dot shd be fine. try to use methods I described above & c if u could find the right sound :)

[MrHammerhead66]

@sunnylee84 Thankyou for the info, My snare is a dios bubinga (deep snare) almost looks like a Tom, it sounds good, live, mic'ed up and in recordings, Ive tried different heads on it, right now I have a Evans coated reversed power dot, If I remember right I have tension about 90 on the top 80 on the bottom. just wouldnt want to play wipe out on it , too slow.