Also going from muffling snares (tape to dots to pinstripes to dry heads) to enjoying the ring of brass-shelled snare drums.

Erich

One thing about my drum preferences has never changed. I have always disliked the ringing sound from a metal snare drum or a wood shelled drum. I have always used a bit of dampening--just enough to make that annoying sound go away. Internal tone controls serve that purpose very well by just barely touching the underside of a drum head--not choking the drum.

I used to hate any kind of ring. But got hooked on brass snares and when they are tuned nice, can't bear to muffle. Of course depends on what style of music. Ring does not match everything. Especially on playing on deep snares. I like the tone control on Slingerlands, can barely touch it to just cut the ring and not much else-if needed.

We are in total agreement about the Slingerland internal

tone controls.

65 red sparkle mij

68 Hollywood pink champagne

71 small Gretch bob kit found in hock shop beat up with a hammer after I left it behind in a family move (stupid is )

73 red acrylic double bass slingerlands

76 trixon red sparkle with 18 and 20 slingerland cow ft

78 pearl tiger stripe with Gretch 10 lug cob snare

Fast forward 90’s

And 2000’s Silver downbeat with cob 400 and downbeat snare and canister

Numerous clubdates one in obp one in pink champagne no floor Tom’s

Holly wood b and o badge, in obp

Gold downbeat

Pink champagne extra holes bd

Blue note in nice shape

Octa plus in ss

Now just what’s in my signature

long winded bet I could not remember this again llol theses are years I acquired them not year made except 68 Hollywood bought it new

I think the only thing I have to say that I have evolved is

Quality of heads and really nice tuning, in the long run nothing really matters just want to play oh and my brush playing that’s evolved ..ty fir listening

"oh and my brush playing that’s evolved" As the prophet Bob Marley wrote: "Stir it up". After all of my years of drumming, I'm still a weak brush player.