Hello, Nice snare.

It is from the early 1970's and is a brass shell. You can make sure it's brass by making sure a magnet doesn't stick to it. The hoops should be chrome over steel and a magnet will stick to those.

It's the same drum as the Gene Krupa Sound King only with the Rapid strainer with regular butt plate instead of the Zoomatic Strainer and butt. A lot of player's prefer the Rapid strainer. These strainers are harder to find on the brass snares.

I think $100 is a great price for that drum if there is no major damage. From the photos it looks to be in very nice original condition.

SBT

what is diference betwen rapid strainer with regular butt plate instead of the Zoomatic Strainer and butt.

and why is that A lot of player's prefer the Rapid strainer

I personally like both strainers.

The Zoomatic is the "nicer" of the two but is more complicated and has more parts to tear up and to be lost. It can also damage the shell more easily if over tightened. It works great if used properly however. The butt plate usually found with this strainer (during this era) has a bar that extends the wires past the head.

The rapid strainer (on your drum) is just a more simple design that works great with less issues.

There are a lot of examples of the strainers on this site. You can click on Vintage Drum Identification then Drum Hardware then Slingerland.

Hope this helps.

and what about Stick saver hoops... are they on my snare and how to know that... and if not are they worth of buying

and what about Stick saver hoops... are they on my snare and how to know that... and if not are they worth of buying

A close-up picture of the rim would help, but they look like stick-savers to me. Cool idea by Slingerland, but I imagine (don't own any Slingerland snares) that the rimshot and possibly the cross stick sound may be different than a traditional hoop.

Experts please chime in and correct if I'm wrong here.

here are some additional pictures of the snare... it sounds great... awsome snare... does anybody have advice what heads to put on it for allround tone... as it will be for metal, mostly rock and blues... remo heads preffered... thanks

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