Tommy P has a paper on the Dynasonic. Pay attention to the details about setting tension. Do not use the throw off to force tension on the frame. Use the snare tension screw on the frame to set wire tension. All you need is finger tight and make the snares sing, they wont be uber tight. Do not use a screwdriver. On the throw off, just kiss the head with the snares. If you need to use force to engage the throwoff, you will dent the shell. This is very important.

One of the most sensitive drums I have ever owned, played or heard.

I had one for quite awhile,when dialed in they are pretty happening snares,when I had mine tuned med high,and with the wires just kissing the bottom head,it really projected,I liked it playing live,I could hit a rimshot on the backbeat and it would always startle the hell out of guitar players and annoy lead singers.ExcitedI loved it for that reason.Considering the band I am in now I miss it a lot.

YYeh if you have the frame gotta get the right wires. If snare buzz bothers hou it may be a problem, but is indeed very sensitive if you set it up as described here.

Here's a link to the Dynasonic set-up instructions that I wrote after a lot of time spent playing Dynasonic snare drums... ( THANKS for the mention Ploughman! ) ... and I still play a 1967 WMP Dynasonic as my main snare to this very day! GREAT drums once one understands all the nuance that the drum possesses. ( that's a LOT of s'sssssss! LOL! ) Here's the link: http://www.vintagedrumguide.com/rogers_dynasonic_set_up2.html

Tommyp

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The "dialed in" my Dynas using the set-up article from Tommyp.... it works great!!

And, I apply the principle of just "kissing" the snare head with the wires on other drums as well with good results.

I used my wood Dyna the other night at rehearsal with a new band. The bass player is from England and had never heard one of these before. He said it was the most beautiful crisp snares he has ever heard.

I've got TommyP's paper printed out and just waiting on the wires. Can't wait to hear this thing in action!

BigShawn:

It's good news that you have the Rogers frame/bridge. I used the Rhythm Tec bridge on my script COB Dyna only until I could get my hands on a Rogers bridge. The reason the R.T. bridge is a POS (as Ploughman confirms) is the fact that it has no separate snare wire tensioning as does the Dyna bridge, but lacking a Dyna bridge, the RT is unfortunately the only way to go.

Once I followed Tommy P's Dyna setup guide with the correct bridge, I was amazed by the sensitivity and response. The RT bridge has now been relegated to my Big R Dyna (sorry Ploughman).

Mike C

The puresound wires work great. Don't fool with the Rhythm Tech thing. It is a POS. Years ago, before Puresound existed, I used to make the Dynasonic snares out of conventional snares. Some cutting, epoxying, and patience is needed to convert a regular set of snares into dyna snares. I even wrote an an article about it that I had hoped would be published in NSMD. It was not to be. I used to start with either sonor or pearl snares - i thought they were the best sounding. now that we have Puresound, there is no need any more for this method.

John