My New To Me Dw Collectors 14x6 Cast Bronze Snare

[walkabout]

As far as I can tell, seeing from the bAdge, it is made in America

[Rick_667]

Sorry I should have made what I meant more clear. I owned a newer (2004) DW cast bronze which was a more gold colour than my 14 x 7 and I asked DW why they were different. I was told the newer ones had shells that were outsourced from Taiwan whilst the reddish ones hat we both have were shells made in America which are increasingly rare and sought after. Both of ours have the black and gold badges meaning our drums were made around the year 2000, mine is actually dated Oct 25th 2000. I'm 99% sure yours is a 5mm shell like mine!

[walkabout]

Sorry I should have made what I meant more clear. I owned a newer (2004) DW cast bronze which was a more gold colour than my 14 x 7 and I asked DW why they were different. I was told the newer ones had shells that were outsourced from Taiwan whilst the reddish ones hat we both have were shells made in America which are increasingly rare and sought after. Both of ours have the black and gold badges meaning our drums were made around the year 2000, mine is actually dated Oct 25th 2000. I'm 99% sure yours is a 5mm shell like mine!

Oh, that's really cool, I actually emailed Dw my serial number asking for some more information.
And it actually makes seance that it would be 5mm because its heavier than the 3mm reference brass which is 3mm with die cast hoops, and heavier than a reference steel which is 2.3 mm cast steel with die cast hoops, both are 14x6.5 while mine is 14x6.
Either way, history or no history it's a great snare!
And for the price I paid, I couldn't be more satisfied

[Rick_667]

Oh, that's really cool, I actually emailed Dw my serial number asking for some more information.
And it actually makes seance that it would be 5mm because its heavier than the 3mm reference brass which is 3mm with die cast hoops, and heavier than a reference steel which is 2.3 mm cast steel with die cast hoops, both are 14x6.5 while mine is 14x6.
Either way, history or no history it's a great snare!
And for the price I paid, I couldn't be more satisfied

Same here, DW were very helpful!

Mine is easily the heaviest snare I have ever lifted but its SO worth it, total beast of a drum. Bronze is the heaviest metal for snares I think and the 5mm vs 3mm shell wall makes a lot of difference in weight!

You got a keeper there, thats for sure!

[walkabout]

Same here, DW were very helpful!

Mine is easily the heaviest snare I have ever lifted but its SO worth it, total beast of a drum. Bronze is the heaviest metal for snares I think and the 5mm vs 3mm shell wall makes a lot of difference in weight!

You got a keeper there, thats for sure!

YES, it is so HEAVY a bunch of my friends made fun of me because of that, but they don't know what they're talking about.
I would really like to hear your snare sometime, how do you tune it?, mine is tuned really high and it is SO responsive and sensitive, and it amazes me how most snares under that tension would choke and sound flat, but this doesn't, you are absolutley right, it is a keeper

If you can, look inside your shell, see what number is engraved there...

[Slow95Cobra]

sweet score.. ive been craving a new Brass or Acrylic snare here latley.. and this doesnt help..lol.

im gonna jump on the ditch the head campain too. anything ive ever tried it on, sounded dead and like a cardboard box. and you have moongel on it too. just my .02, but its yours.. rock it!

[Benn]

Just gonna put it out there, I find the EC Reverse Dot to be a great head. Live, I don't think you can beat it! It really tamed my snare and the thicker head made it easier to get tone out of and drier. I now have a coated G2 and it records much better, but I'm not enjoying it as much live. Apart from it being a bit ugly, there's no reason to change it - it being ugly shouldn't be your primary concern anyway :P Don't change it!

[JckCustom]

It's funny you say that because this head is more open than any coated head on the market

Yea not sure what you are gauging that by and def don't agree. Maybe we aren't talking about the same head because the one I'm thinking of made my black beauty at the time sound completely dead. Can't say that about the stock ludwig head it had on it or the coated ambassador I ended putting on it. They were much more "open".

[Rick_667]

YES, it is so HEAVY a bunch of my friends made fun of me because of that, but they don't know what they're talking about.
I would really like to hear your snare sometime, how do you tune it?, mine is tuned really high and it is SO responsive and sensitive, and it amazes me how most snares under that tension would choke and sound flat, but this doesn't, you are absolutley right, it is a keeper

If you can, look inside your shell, see what number is engraved there...

They made fun of you becuase its heavy?! Weird, my bandmates think the heaviness shows its a proper hard rock/metal snare, they aren't wrong

I have to work on recording it, been trying to since I got it but not sure my Iphone will do it justice! Mine is tuned medium, nice fat crack sound. I want to see what its like really highly tuned, reckon I'll get a Danny Carey sound as he cranks his ridiculously high! I may have to try this soon! This thing NEVER chokes, even at low tension it still sounds gooooooood. This snare will be with me for life now, thats for sure.

There is no number engraved inside mine, just a stamp saying Oct 25th 2000, what does yours say? Does it have a number? Have DW got back to you by the way?

[boomcrashbang]

Hey Rick congratulation on your latest insane acquisition!

i have the same snare in 14x5 dimention..with die cast hoops..yes the color tends to be red with black gold badge..dated april 2000 and yes..weigh a TON..can image yours is like 1,5x times mine!! sick...

so..are you saying that our snares' shell thickness is 5mm rather than 3mm?

have you ever tried Spirit of 2002 snare?

[Rick_667]

Hey Rick congratulation on your latest insane acquisition!

i have the same snare in 14x5 dimention..with die cast hoops..yes the color tends to be red with black gold badge..dated april 2000 and yes..weigh a TON..can image yours is like 1,5x times mine!! sick...

so..are you saying that our snares' shell thickness is 5mm rather than 3mm?

have you ever tried Spirit of 2002 snare?

Thanks! There are plenty of piccies of him in the Thor thread if you want to take a look (don't have one to hand now, sorry)

Sick is definitely a word I would use to describe our snares, the 3 of us have absolute beasts. I measured mine and it is 5mm rather than 3, much like an original 1980's Tama Bell Brass (those are super rare and valuable). When I first got mine I thought the shell was thicker than my 14 x 5 from 2004 and measuring it proved it was thicker!

I have not tried a Spirit, are they 5mm thick too? I would imagine a 6.5 one would sound similar to my DW, I noticed I can get a similar sound out of it to the sound Josh Freese gets out of his Spirit in this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXlKkzjkheg

Thor makes me want to play drums more.....geez these snares are insane!

[Xero Talent]

YES, it is so HEAVY a bunch of my friends made fun of me because of that, but they don't know what they're talking about.

Your friends are douches.

Sent from my S3 using Pearl Drum

[walkabout]

They made fun of you becuase its heavy?! Weird, my bandmates think the heaviness shows its a proper hard rock/metal snare, they aren't wrong

I have to work on recording it, been trying to since I got it but not sure my Iphone will do it justice! Mine is tuned medium, nice fat crack sound. I want to see what its like really highly tuned, reckon I'll get a Danny Carey sound as he cranks his ridiculously high! I may have to try this soon! This thing NEVER chokes, even at low tension it still sounds gooooooood. This snare will be with me for life now, thats for sure.

There is no number engraved inside mine, just a stamp saying Oct 25th 2000, what does yours say? Does it have a number? Have DW got back to you by the way?

I have: #73707 Ingraved inside my shell
Dw contacted me back, asking for a Photo, because the badge Serial# didn't really help them..

[Rick_667]

I have: #73707 Ingraved inside my shell
Dw contacted me back, asking for a Photo, because the badge Serial# didn't really help them..

Interesting, I wonder why there is no number inside mine. Is it ink or engraved into the shell? I'm sure DW will be able to help!

[walkabout]

Interesting, I wonder why there is no number inside mine. Is it ink or engraved into the shell? I'm sure DW will be able to help!

It's engraved...
I'm waiting for Dw sending me some more information, once I'll have it, I'll update