i feel your pain. i once spent hours making noises, hi pitchs and low pitches, trying to simulate the buzzing. while i did that i fooled with the snare tension, put tape on the bottom head, tighted the bottom head, got new snare wires, put moon gell on the top head and so on so on.

a ended up buying a snare with a remo revers dot head, and i noticed the buzzing was not really there. so i spent some money bought a new revers dot head and put it on my snare and found out it worked but now my snare didnt sound the same...ahhhh. when you find something out let me know.:confused:

lol

I have a "Remo Flam Slam" dot I'm tempted to try. But Im afraid that if it doesn't work I cant get it off the head.

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qxm3QunDjUs[/ame]

Try this...It worked for me! I did not use the pitch gauge...

Have you tried a narrow set of snares, like maybe 12-strand wires?

Have you played with different tensions and different pitch relationships between the top & bottom heads? Tuning the heads to a less consonant interval can reduce resonance, therefore reducing buzz.

I've got an old 15" marching drum that buzzes like crazy unless I dampen the batter head a little bit.

Jonnistix, Thank you, I used that video when I first got the drum.

I've got the drum sounding how I want it, except for the buzz.

Skydog75, thats what I've noticed as well. Are you using a zero ring or something to dampen the head?

I have not swapped out any hard parts yet as my $$ has been tied up in hardware to support the kit and cymbals.

I'll try varying the head pitch top and bottom when I get a chance.

Now here is the odd part.....my buzz is very weather dependent. Last night I sat down to play for a while and it wasn't bad, day before it was awful.

I'm thinking about trying a felt strip to tame it. I've seen a lot of old marching snares set up that way. I haven't done it yet, though.