I say a big yes. These are great sounding drums. I have a smooth 5x14 bronze Supra, a hammered 5x14 bronze Supra and a 6.5 hammered bronze Super Sensitive. Fine sounding drums, the lot of them.

Mike

$300 is a no brainer.

I figured it was a good deal. Im still on the fence for some reason. It seems so damn, I dunno, cumbersome? Never played a bronze snare.

Heres a pic of what model it is:

cuellar23!

Gotta concur with the stated opinions here ... these are AMAZING drums! I actually have both models .. 1982 Supra and a 1982 SuperSensitive .. but they are the Hammered Bronze variant. The bronze shell gives the timbre a little more "warmth" if you will, but still with the cut of a metal snare drum. These two reside in my Buddy Rich snare drum collection as he was a BIG fan of the Hammered Bronze SuperSensitive. At $300.00 for this model .. oh yeah! .. you would almost HAVE to do it. That's an excellent price! Here are a couple pics of my 1982 Hammered Bronze Supersensitive, as it is the same shell of course, but hammered in this case, which actually dries up the note a tad more, which Buddy loved! Extremely articulate, but warm! :)

Tommyp

Damn, now I HAVE to do it(:

No, you don't have to do it. Give me the lead and I'll do it! And I won't have a frowny face when I do. :p

John

I hope you pulled the trigger!

I've always enjoyed this clip of Buddy, and I believe he is playing the exact model of the snare in question. It might be the greatest sounding snare I've ever heard!

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVbTTmEmDxY"]Buddy Rich - Bugle Call Rag (live 1982) - YouTube[/ame]

... and you are absolutely correct as it is indeed a Ludwig Hammered Bronze SuperSensitive that Buddy’s playing here! A real nice view of this model is shown in my post above! I believe the model being looked at by cuellar23 is the smooth bronze variant though, but certainly close enough for jazz!, as they share the same shell. EARLY Hammered Bronze models had very small and random hand hammering, thus from a distance they can look "smooth". Later Ludwig Hammered Bronze models were all machine hammered, and the hammering is very deep and take on the look of dimples on a golf ball. Those are easy to see, even at a distance. Not so the early models such as Buddy played in 1982! :)

Tommyp