Hello drummers and fellow hacks like myself!
I recently got my first Supraphonic put together (thanks Rogersling and Purdie Shuffle), skinned, wired, and all that and gave it the business today. I set it up and rocked out for a little, then set up the Sound King and rocked out a little, then put the huge 15" x 7 Slingy wooden snare up and kept that one on the kit! Anyways, I have to say, me thinks me likey the Sound King a bit better........... I don't have the musical vocabulary to exactly explain why, but "it just sounded better" to me...LOL
Of course, as mostly every thread on here, this is all subjective and opinionated and basically worthless, but I have to say, given the Supra's legendary touting and the lore that surrounds that particular snare drum, I was a bit disappointed? Perhaps I expected it to play itself or something, I don't know, and the Sound King is the snare that I heard my old man play, then learned to play on, so that could be the subconcious bias I have now, but for me, SOUND KING 1, SUPRA 0. Also, I seemed to have to tighten that head up on the Supra to where I almost went to a cheater-bar on the drum key, to get it to sound suitable for my ears. I like a loud POP!
I do have one more thing to do, however, and that is switching the batter heads on them. I have a weathermaster on the Sound King and an Evans C-something coated on the Supra.
Just figured I would post this so that if/when I do become a famous metal drummer, my legions of fans will have something to help them get started copying my kits and what-not, and they will have this documentation to get them set up!
Toodles
Drumhack x-mas3ExcitedWelcomeToiletThe Band
