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off-set snare bed

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Hi Folks,

I am restoring/customizing/specialpainting an old Beverley Blue Badge. I had a vintage premier marching snare lying around that I once bought cheap just for the die-cast hoops (thin birch shell/beech re-rings, 10 inch deep). Don't know type number. I thought: "now that I'm painting all these drum of the Beverley kit, why not paint this snare also. It wil give me a matching set." I sanded the bearing edges of the snare drum yesterday and found something odd:

The snare beds were placed off-centre. The heart of the (pretty wide) bearing edges were about 2 cm left of the middle. Anyone seen this before? Could this have been on purpose? Or was it an error in fabrication?

The snare drum was without strainer and butt-end so I can't test how it sounds/functions with this oddity.

If it is a production error I think about removing the re-ring cut down the shell a few inches and replace it properly.

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Posted on 9 years ago
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I've only ever seen this on an MIJ snare, so I am am assuming it is not on purpose, just shoddy craftmanship. I just widened them to equal them out and center them.

1964 Ludwig Champagne Super Classic
1970 Ludwig Blue Oyster Super Classic
1977 Rogers Big R Londoner 5 ebony
1972/1978 Rogers Powertone/Big R mix ebony
60's Ludwig Supersensitive
Pearl B4514 COB snare ( the SC snare)
Pearl Firecracker
PJL WMP maple snare
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Sabians, Paistes, Zildjians, Zyns, UFIPs, MIJs etc
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Posted on 9 years ago
#2
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Probably a mondaymorning shell then (that's how we call product with errors in the Netherlands).

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Posted on 9 years ago
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Trust me, this also happens with American-made drums, both vintage and new! I've got an early 70's Slingerland Student Model snare where the beds are really offset! Next, I have a newer Ludwig Acrolite snare drum that also has the beds offset in relation to the strainer and butt. So much so, that the drum sounds terrible! I'm removing all the hardware and will install them on a Worldmax 5x14 NOB shell. Will make one heck of brass Acrolite!

Mark

Posted on 9 years ago
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way easier to undo with a wooden shell.

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Posted on 9 years ago
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From bartw

way easier to undo with a wooden shell.

Very true! However, to pay tribute to the fine craftsmanship(?!) that went into the Slingerland shell, I'm leaving it the way it is! I like to think it was made at 4:59pm on a Friday afternoon! The Acrolite shell is a completely different story!

Mark

Posted on 9 years ago
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I was given a Gretsch Catalina Ash snare that came from the factory with NO snare beds. Sounds much better with them than without...

Posted on 9 years ago
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would be a nice thread: the production errors with snare beds that people came across.

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Posted on 9 years ago
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Someone on this forum had a hammered bronze ludwig snare that had snare beds completely in the wrong area. Like the next set of lugs over...

Posted on 9 years ago
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From teverson-sr

I was given a Gretsch Catalina Ash snare that came from the factory with NO snare beds. Sounds much better with them than without...

I've heard of this issue!

Mark

Posted on 9 years ago
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