I once knew the son of a Beech! :D

John

I was married to a BEECH, as well...

LOL

John, I was half joking as I saw it was a little less common wood used. I won't ask about exotic tropical hardwoods..... :D

I do, however, appreciate the response....

BEECH is the best . i dont like yamaha drums they just sound dry to ME, but when i played a beech custom , i knew right there and then it's all about the shell . and that's why sonor made it so big the SOUND

good video for comparison sake

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Man, that was a great demonstration. So easy to hear the difference between the different wood shells. The mahogany was FAT, but I really liked the hybrid shell the best.

Thanks for posting that! Valuable resource. Somebody gets ready to buy a wood snare, they can come here and audition the drum before buying.

Cool! Great post.

John

You skipped right over Atlantic Beach, Long Beach and Lido Beach! ;)

The video seems quite a bit off to my ears. African Mahogany has a much (MUCH) deeper and warmer tone than Maple (or any of the other species demonstrated), and yet it was brighter. The Beech was WAY brighter than the Birch or Maple, which is not the case. Beech is actually just ever so slightly near Birch. The Birch/Mahogany was absolutely dead. It lacked any sort of measurable character.

My take is this video is a very inaccurate measure of the differing woods. I'm sure it helps the builder to sell snares, but it does nothing for educating drummers as to the sonic characteristics of these woods.