Anyone have an idea of this snares maker?
14" 6 lug wood snare, terrible bearing edges
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Pearl, 'battleship lugs' late 60s, early 70s. Probably from lower end kit, (six lugs) may have been badged under any number of stencil brand names.
Does it have re-rings? If it doesn't have any indication of a Pearl script logo then it might be a Tempro. I have an eight lug version in a different wrap.
No re-rings, shell material looks Asian (i.e. Lauan or similar)
Just did a google image search I say you are spot-on with the Tempro I.D.Clapping Happy2
the shells are Luan indeed (philipine mahogany i think).
I remember that Pearl also had a 6 lugger but I can't remember if theirs had re-rings or not.
It's kinda weird because my Tempro has 8 lugs but has re-rings. So I'm doubting myself a bit here. I'm assuming that the Tempro's are of lesser quality then Pearl, thus having the re-rings while Pearl having the thicker shells. But I could be wrong.
I have a Dixie - same thing (Pearl/6/no rings)
Had my edges recut (standard 45s) and it made it sound SO much better.
At the same time - not sure if that was because the 45 work good on these shells,, or if it was because my shell/edges were crappy beforehand.
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