Lets have some fun identifying these snares.

[Rodge]

That drums :

[nomsgmusic]

OK, I'll play the ID the SD game.

Since I have found all of my "perfect" cymbals, I've turned into a bit of a snare drum geek.

Stack 1: I'll buy the claim of a Montineri (I have never owned one, but that doesn't look like anything I've ever played,) he made some GREAT stuff though! Second one down is a Brady (pretty sure not a Longo) (thick tube lugs, unique to Brady, and the throwoff looks like one that they used back in the 90's or so.) Next one, I'm not sure of, maybe a Supra? BUT... it looks dull, actually like vintage NOB, but with newer lugs. Last one down is a Gretsch 4160, you can tell from the lines around the middle (GREAT drum.)

Second stack: The top one looks like it has those new George Way lugs, someone said Radio King, I'm not sure. But the weird finish on the lugs seems to match the finish on the rims. Next one down is a newer Ludwig (you can tell by the Millenium strainer.) One on the bottom looks like it could be a new hammered BB. All of the Hitmakers that I have played had DC on top and bottom.

Last stack: Top is a 6.5 Brady, I don't know HOW you could tell if it is a Block or a Ply from looking at the outside? The outside looks like Sheoak (which has an orange-ness to it.) But sometimes you can spot the horizontal grain on the Brady block drums (and I think I see some horizontal grain on that one, so I'll guess and say Block Sheoak.) The next one down is some sort of Gretsch 5.5, and the bottom looks like a hammered Gretsch Brass.

That last drum (on top of the Yamaha case.) I don't think that is the 16" Brady, it doesn't look that big, and it is also sitting on top of a Yamaha SD case that "appears" to be the same size as the drum. Based on the badge, it is a newer Brady.

The side snare on the set looks to be a DW (round lugs.) The main snare in the kit picture looks to be a Supra, but I really can't tell.

Hey Paul, you gonna post some answers to this quiz?

The hell with all that stuff though, I dig the little boards that he has made to put between each drum to stack them at a gig, pretty cool! I'll have to make a few of those, GREAT idea (I guess you could stack them in a snare case for transport.) It's impossible to put snares on their sides at a session, even if the snares are off, they buzz. Seems like he's got that solved with those little boards, keep them horizontal, and the snares disengaged.

Also dig the EAK on the set (best "modern" Zildjian's EVER!)

And DAMN the fellas a DP should charge extra for carting that bass drum!!! Is that the kit with the mounted 14" and the 16" on legs?

Odd Arne,
Based on your snare list...
You DO know that there are a whole lot of snares besides the ones that VC has put his name on, or endorsed... right?
(sarcasm.)

HA!
MSG

[Odd-Arne Oseberg]

Odd Arne,
Based on your snare list...
You DO know that there are a whole lot of snares besides the ones that VC has put his name on, or endorsed... right?
(sarcasm.)

What?!? I have a regular Black beauty, too. lol

But yeah, I've sort of just started out and already knew I'd like those. Since they aren't made anymore it just made sense to make them a priority. Over time I'll probably pick up quite a few more. Better snares than stamps, right. Going by something a favourite player uses that I like the sound of seems to be a good and less expensive route being that where I live you don't have to opportunity to go to a store and try anything out.

I did the same with guitar gear, but at first I purposefully even tried to do things as different as possible from my favourite players as I could. That ended up just being an expensive mistake and at this point those things have been sold at huge losses.

I personally wouldn't like Vinnie as a player if I didn't enjoy the sound of his kit and I enjoy that because it seems that in most cases it's close to my own concept and wat I like.

[Odd-Arne Oseberg]

The Brady guessing wasa based on this list from the Brady site:

16 x 6.5" Jarrah Ply Snare - Banksia satin finish
14 x 6.5" Jarrah Ply Snare - Wandoo Burl satin finish
14" x 5.5" Jarrah Ply Snare - Natural gloss finish
10 x 7" Brown Mallet Ply Snare - Natural gloss finish


That's probably just the ones he picked up directly from them. I'm sure he has a lot more that's he's picked up whenever he comes across something he likes. His snare collection probably looks something like Todd's or maybe even more.

Yeah the "Radio King" might well this G.Way drum: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwiB-Qk28jo

[DeeP_FRieD]

Share the wealth.

I have one choice round badge and that is it... I have been playing gigs for 10 years...

Where the fuck do you guys get the loot to pay for all these exotic snares?
I need a trust fund.

[Odd-Arne Oseberg]

People's situations wary. I don't have that much stuff, I've only had my own kit for about 18 months now. I actually have too little work at the moment, but I can buy gear because I don't pay rent for my home, nor for my practice room and don't really have to pay for food either inless I want something easily availbale around here. Obviously something has to go, so I pretty much dress like shit unless I have a gig. lol

People buy snares because they can, not because they have to. Most big name players probably have 5-6 + evt. aux snares that they mainly rely on no matter how many they own. One has to try guite a few to find those few, though. Once one knows what one prefers from one's snares I guess many are just slight variations on the same theme.

As a guitar player I prefer a strat w/ rosewood fretboard and 60s style single coils, but there's still tons of room for variation and no piece of wood sounds exactly like another. I still have other things for certain things. With amps it's hard to choose one. It depends on the situation, just like a drummer can't really get by with just one drum. At the very least he needs one wood and one metal drum and a third one that'll work better for certain things that those two. As a guitar player I need at the very least basic plexi, Black Face and AC30 type tones. Still, in a pinch, I can make anything work. If the basic tone just fits the song/band though, the guitar almost plays itself.

[Paul Marangoni]

You don't have to pay for food? Are you in jail?

[Odd-Arne Oseberg]

You don't have to pay for food? Are you in jail?

I'm sure at some point growing up this place felt like a jail, but it's not tht bad.


About a year ago I quit a teaching job because of what I can consider a complete insane boss. Regardless of the truth that made some problems for me in getting a new job, so I moved back to my hometown.

I got a small position teaching drums and conductiong the local school band. Now I teach guitar and drums. It's only about a 50% position.

Now living in the country has a few advantages apart from living for free in my parents basement.

I needed a place to play drums. They recently built a new school here, the old and the new one are just about 300 m from where I live. Next to the old school is a small building made for the 1st graders. I asked the current headmaster, who was my teacher 1st through 6th grade, if I could rent a room there to practice drums. I can play there any time of day without disturbing anyone. It's supposed to be demolished, but that wont happen for years. They turned the water off, but the power is on and I don't pay for that either. I teach a couple of my drum students there so they don't have to travel so far for their lessons, so our officials just let me use it.

There's a bit of a veggie garden here and just around when I moved back my niese started working on a fishing boat. She gets about 150 pounds of fish as a bonus every trip, so unless I feel a need for something else I'm good.

Norwegian economy is still reasonably good so far and I buy most stuff from the US.

It's not a complete long term solution, but right now I'm single. It's just me and my cat, so until I get some more work it will do.

[Paul Marangoni]

You don't need to explain or defend your situation Odd-Arne, I was just kidding. It sounds like you're making the best of your situation. Keep it up!

I'm surprised that Norway's economy is doing so well. You guys must be doing something right! I've always wanted to visit that part of the world.

[Odd-Arne Oseberg]

You don't need to explain or defend your situation Odd-Arne, I was just kidding. It sounds like you're making the best of your situation. Keep it up!

I'm surprised that Norway's economy is doing so well. You guys must be doing something right! I've always wanted to visit that part of the world.

Honestly, IMO we're doing most things wrong. If I started talking about the general lack of competence in any field, expecially in education I could go on for days.

We're just a really small country with lots of oil. Before that we were a really poor country, and if we hadn't found the oil we'd probably still be.

But if you like outdoor activities and blonde girls it should be worth the trip. Be prepared to be shocked by the prices of pretty much everything.