After reading some recent posts regarding stave snare drums, it occurs to me not much experimentation is done with more common or even what might be called "mundane" woods. Fir, yellow (hard) pine, cedar, or even wood stripped from pallet frames, which I believe is an asian oak. Maybe I'm overlooking problems with glues or sap leaching from these woods. Any examples of these? And why do some builders use buiscut joints and others not?
OMG-1200 posts! I have reached premier drum nerd status!
Check out the 2x4 snare by Famous Drums. I have seen it and played it and it is a great drum.
I'd like to find a sound file on that drum-
I can tell you it sounded very "Bonham-like". If I had not seen it, I would have assumed it was a 6.5" drum. It had a lot of crack, the "throaty" or "woody" quality I like in a snare ("woody" to me does not necessarily mean a wood shelled drum as I find 402's and 6.5 BB drums to have that very quality) and it was quite sensitive.
I agree with your BB tone comment. I own a 73 6 1/2 X 14 and it is a good mix of woody tone and metal.
I've read a couple threads elswhere that cedar doesn't make a good sounding drum. I have never heard one so take it for what it's worth.
Funny, I was just thinking about all of that pine I have drying in my barn and got to wondering .... I wonder if anyone has ever made pine drums? Surely they must've. It would be sooo cool to have a drum made from a tree felled on my own property.
I would think that softwoods wouldn`t be easy to turn on a lathe without splintering or cracking...I`m not a wood expert by any means though...
Hopefully, jccabinets will chime in...
Cheers
I have some nice stuff in my inventory that I will eventually turn into shells.
About 100 board feet of 80 yr old yellow birch, a big chunk of 70 yr old teak, a pile of ancient maple boards AND a quantity of 100 yr old Larch(also known as Juniper or Tamarack). All this stuff was air dried under cover in an old barn at my grand dads.
Wish he was still around. Bet he could make some killer shells. He didn't know anything about drums but boy did he know wood and he could joint with the best of em.
Maybe I'll get around to doin something with this stuff over the winter.
I have some nice stuff in my inventory that I will eventually turn into shells.About 100 board feet of 80 yr old yellow birch, a big chunk of 70 yr old teak, a pile of ancient maple boards AND a quantity of 100 yr old Larch(also known as Juniper or Tamarack). All this stuff was air dried under cover in an old barn at my grand dads.Wish he was still around. Bet he could make some killer shells. He didn't know anything about drums but boy did he know wood and he could joint with the best of em.Maybe I'll get around to doin something with this stuff over the winter.
Holliwood,
That would be a great project and a fitting remembrance for your grandad.
