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Nice find.

The wooden one is a Jazz Festival Model #908L. Love the Duco lacquer finish, chips and all. Ringo played a similar snare, but with a pearl wrap instead of the two-tone lacquer.

My search for the perfect wooden snare drum ended when I got my WFL Barrett Deems, which is the model name that the Jazz Festival before the company name change.

The metal one is a Super-Sensitive. A top-of-the-line metal snare.

The 2 tone duco snare looks to have only 6 lugs? Which would make it a Pioneer. Still a cool drum but not quite as desirable as a Jazz Fest

The red baseball bat muffler on the Super Sensitive probably makes it 1964. That's a nice drum but I can't tell if it's all there.

Ooh, well-spotted. Yes, it's a Pioneer. 6 lugs. I especially like the look of the two-tone finish with the more widely-spaced lugs.

I'd like to line a Pioneer up next to my Deems and see if they sound different from each other.

My Acrolite and Supraphonic sure sound different from each other.

Hi there!

I give my shot:

1. 1964 Pioneer Duco Finish Blue Silver. Very nice snare, in a probably the most common duco finish available. You may find many of them on Fleabay.

Not much sought after as the Jazz Fest by far, but a very nice snare anyway.

2. 1964 Super Sensitive. Great snare, but during this era the snare guards were attached to the lower t-rods as both side of the snare mechanism, as independent frame. A year later, the s.guard was changed to a hoop-riveted model.

To find those snare guards, could be a nightmare....

As far as I see, this babe has also some broken part (nylon t-cam) from the SS strainer, but you can find a new one for 10 bucks.

Great snare, and a brave endeavour to restore...

Best of lucks!!

agreed on above . 64 models. Ludwig was running hard and strong at that time and many drums didn't get date stamps in 64.

mike

As others have mentioned here. Your snare drum are Pioneer and Supra-phonic or Super Sensitive version because of that snare mechanism. The white paint on the exterior of the wooden shell indicates it's from the 60's and the red felt tone control on the steel snare would also indicate an early 1960's drum. After 1964 they changed to a white felt tone control. These are wonderful drums! Good luck!

Another thing worth mentioning is that the Supra-phonic you have there is a chrome over aluminum shell. They are often mistaken for the chrome plated brass Supra-phonic shell which looked almost identical, but I can see in the photos that you have the aluminum shell made from 64 to present. I can also see a red felt on the tone control so I think we can assume this drum is a 64 or 65 chrome over aluminum shell. They're excellent snare drums.

Nice find and in your basement too! I wish I would find new things in my basement.

Based on the pictures of the Super Sensitive and the lack of deep pitting on the chrome of the shell, you might have a chrome over brass (COB) drum. Is the drum heavy? The extra snare mechanisms will make it heavier than an aluminum Supra, but a COB snare is noticeably heavier.

Let's see if other members agree.

-Tim