Yes, just leave it alone. Since the snare head is thinner and is naturally tuned tighter than the batter, plus muffled by the snares, it is really a non-critical area to worry about. On those old Gretsch snares, uneven and off-center snare bed cuts were actually a bigger issue.

Well, if the heads fit and you can tune it, I would leave it be. Afterall, it has been that way for 52 years...If it sounds like a Gretsch, leave it alone. If you mess with it too much, you could possibly get the edge so far out of whack Hurting that it would take a complete truing, and that could kill the value.x-mas2

+1 What John (JR) said...

Next time though, instead of sanding along only one side of the bearing edge, you might want to use some double sided tape to secure four sheets of sandpaper to as flat a surface as you can find - and then turn the shell evenly all around in small increments to level it off. Sanding one side only is like the Marx Bros. routine where they are trimming a guys mustache, one side at a time, and it's always uneven. Rotate the entire drum/edge gradually in small steps until it's dead-level..

Again, I agree with JR that your drum is best left alone.

John

Thanks guys.

John, I cant do the rotate sanding because the edge is not flat...its beveled at steep angle. Thats why I had to do some hand sanding.

ok, I think I agree to just leave it as is. it really isnt bad, just rocks a bit.

Now, I have to to try and get it to sound decent.

Thanks for the responses.