Hand Hammering a Snare Drum

For those that keep asking, the snare was bought used online from Guitar Center for $30. They said it was a "TKO" brand, but it is not. There was no badge on the drum, most likely because the air vent is missing. A viewer said it is a Tama snare, which I believe it is since Tama has the same style lugs, and they mount their badges on the air vent. So this drum is made by Tama, from my research I believe it is an old Rockstar snare, but Im probably wrong... Also, its 14"x7"
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[@dadam6900]

I hammered my old cheap, shitty CB700 snare and now it's my favorite snare. The hammering removed all of the ringyness and made it sound so much drier. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

[@artcorvolet]

Did u do it the same way?

[@elansleazebaganno]

Video please

[@robsco1249]

With just a moongel or a different head you could achieve the same result.

[@ApparrentlyRussian]

Production quality on this channel is really good now.

[@rdavidr]

+Apparently Russian ha thanks, thats what happens you buy a real camera and lights and not use your phone to record all your vids haha

[@dye182]

Although I do miss some of the old content builds

[@oppagaming451]

TAKE THE 100 RIVETS OUT OF THE RIDE AND TEST THE CYMBAL WITH ALL THE HOLES IN IT

[@IncurZeAwperator]

oooo i wanna hear that

[@RichardLopez-wb9vf]

i wanna see him actually tighten all the rivets and see what that sounds like

[@DavidGamero]

YAHS!

[@MusicalPhoenix]

HE NEEDDS TO SEE THIS

[@ajgdrums24]

Keep trying man, he'll do it if we don't give up

[@Bansheekilr]

Dude that hammering makes the snare look way better! I didn't think the tone would change either, that's pretty cool. I just might try this with my cheap snare.

[@andrewmilbankdrums]

You really did make that snare sound better, thats awesome! congrats

[@calebknott8021]

it definitely helped diminish that strange ringiness that cheap steel snare drums have, great job

[@LanceCampeau]

Pay attention people ---> 7:16 to 7:24 try anything, make it your own...

[@rdavidr]

+LanceCampeau Everyone keeps saying that we need to do something together lol

[@kndd96]

+rdavidr yes. Lance can make some awesome cymbals from junk and you can redo another cheap drumset (maybe $10 or less kit)!!

[@NothingHereButMe]

+rdavidr I WAS LITERALLY ABOUT TO COMMENT THAT

[@derreckossas4951]

+rdavidr yes they need to do something great

[@isaachayes7305]

Hand hammer a wood snare

[@Blaver]

triggerfīnger •x• dude.... it's wood

[@drewechols1294]

I’m just going to let you think over what you said😂😂

[@yungblood1039]

Lmao

[@actuallyjewish9305]

Lol

[@oatjohnsonmeal3292]

the wooosh in these replys though

[@emotisean]

awesome video man!

[@gabrielmcintyre5270]

X+x🇭🇺🇰🇲

[@CaalamusTube]

1:47 ...what a humble, honest guy. I respect that :] A man who is willing to let others benefit by learning from his mistakes is a friend indeed!

[@andre-michelgoulet6933]

I was honestly pretty skeptical at first but not only does it look good, it legitimately sounds better too. Awesome job.

[@rdavidr]

What do you think? Did I ruin the snare?

[@IHATENOTIFICATIONS]

+rdavidr Made it sound a lot better to my ears!

[@JojjeLarsson]

+rdavidr I think it sounds awesome! Less ring and overtones, I love it! :D

[@Satanicdrummer]

lol, your the drum version of lance campeau, hahahahahahahahahahaha jk, but you guys should seriously do some drum stuff together!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Mellonote]

+rdavidr You should heat treat it to get all funky colours out of it, it'd look sick!

[@TeslaNick2]

+rdavidr Definitely a lot better. I've got an old cheapo snare this would be well worth having a go with. Having said that, it's snare beds or maybe the strainer itself has never worked properly. Can't get the snares to lie properly.

[@migsdrummer]

Great video as usual, David! I really like the sound after you hammered it. Nice, dry and controlled! Always looking forward to more of your videos!

[@rdavidr]

+Miguel Andrews thanks man! keep on rippin them licks bro

[@migsdrummer]

Thanks, dude! Will do! Happy New Year!

[@ronvallejo7987]

Love your realness when the jig orientation was wrong. Keep keeping it real!

[@windsof]

It's crazy, going through your old vids & seeing all of the mods i've also done, myself. Love the vids. Love the processes. That fuck-uo with the timber was hilarious! Peace

[@JesseWrangell]

The best part of about your channel, the fact that you sometimes slip into a Hank Hill voice.

[@rdavidr]

+Jesse Wrangell hwhat are you tellin me boy

[@Jean-bl6ml]

Saw this video 5 years after the making, but I'm impressed. I would never had thought of it and I would not do it, but I sure will buy one now. Can really hear the dryness, and you got my subscription. Also liked it when you added a 18 floor tom to you superstar set, it was very nice. Don't wanna brag about it, but the superstar was my first kit, back when they made 20 inch floor toms and I have one from 8 to 20 with wooden timbales and gong bass. Well, that was in the 80's so now you know I'm older. Thank's and keep up the good investigations.

[@RoeShamBoe]

if you ever make a badge/logo/name for your drum business, i think it should just be your last name... that would be a badass name for a drumset/company yo i just got a new Raouf 5 piece

[@lukecarodrums]

Yeah I just got the raouf mohagony special edition

[@_cmice]

Aw man did you ever try the 32" Raouf hand hammered china?

[@TheSMPStudios]

Most definitely a Tama!mI can tell by the lugs and the strainer. Probably around a 90's drum. This is when the high "quality" (10 lugs) low pricepoint started and this was one of the first snares that showed that!

[@benlopez527]

Holy shit, this video made me realize ive been watching since 1000 subs. Seeing you at 250,000+ is mental. Love what you do, never stop. Stay humble

[@aspiedrummer]

Love that you experiment like this.

[@timrichert]

@rdavidr you are the perfect blend of drummer and tinkerer. subscriber for life!

[@DrumBeatsOnline]

Hahaha 2:12-3:41 had the perfect song choice.

[@rdavidr]

+Drum Beats Online lol thanks, its always a good feeling when your old band's tracks turn into stock music... haha

[@sethmorris5842]

dang i have been hear for over a year now and cant believe how much ur channel has grown

[@DavidGomez-xm3uj]

+rdavidr you're the man. Please keep doing your stuff dude, we love it

[@Logstudent1988]

no sir thank you.. i've searching endlessly for such tone.. Really thanks alot.

[@justinmason100]

Holy crap, you've grown so fast.

[@vinceemery5943]

Yeah he stopped growing

[@whitey4841]

Love what you do in your videos. Keep the creativity up. You've giving me so many ideas for my drumming. Keep it up

[@mattdavis8498]

The muffling thing is called a tone control :) And the drum looks and sounds awesome!!!!

[@joshuathompsonyt]

Congrats on 10,000 dude that's awesome! Great job on the hammering it looks sweet

[@jeevamohan856]

Looks awesome the sound effect of the snare drum. Looks cool

[@jacktoddy9783]

I love this this snare - it looks exactly how I vision snares in a big kit of dark green sparkle would look. Man a metal snare hammered as you have done would be the icing on the cake. As for the duller sound - just as I like - a dark metallic 'bonk'. Great experiment - excellent video.

[@bobby9727]

Great video and it actually made the snare sound much dryer and a deeper tone.Great job.

[@jmpsthrufyre]

always wondered what an oak staved barrel would sound like for a floor tom. Or any wooden drum with thicker shells. Not super thick as I think it would cut the resonance. That snare does sound a little different. Better in my opinion. And it looks like you went from 10,000 to 94,000+ subs. Congrats!

[@Rockin_Ross]

Sounds great. I have an old Sonor Force 1001 snare that I'm looking forward to giving it the "RdavidR treatment". It cost me nothing & is worth less than that. If it gets ruined, I'm not out anything. Great video as always. You're always one to give us great ideas to play with.

[@exequielcarrascobelmar3070]

I'm from chile and I play drums, I love your channel, congratulations and thank you !!

[@ramses1299]

I like the way you see it, doesn't matter if you ruin it or not you at least learn something from it. You have just earn a new loyal sub sir.

[@jacobigunter]

Dude u rock I love your videos. I watch you video religiously. Keep up the great work man and I can't wait to see what the future has for you and your videos

[@albvscommesincastello6346]

i like the high tuning sound after hammering. nice work David!

[@thecoolestdad]

Dude I just watched this video on Sept 4, 2018. I have watched a few of your vids, but I subscribed to you today. I am a drummer for around 50 years now, and I like the things I've seen you do. I actually like the way this snare drums looks after you hammered it. It sounds better too. I like when you lathed the cymbals also.

[@johnlopez3641]

The video as usual was awesome and fun to watch! I've been inspired to find a cheap snare and make a hammered one for myself.

[@dallin_stagg]

The high and mid really improved. love the videos man!!!

[@jeanainsley3580]

The best sound you got out of this snare drum. was when you were actually hammering the shell!!! Kidding Man! I love the idea, I'm going to try it on a old Tama I have at home. I like the look of it too! Good Job!

[@marscounty]

No way. You made it better. Sounds awesome. That's why I did the same thing to an old Trak snare I had.

[@La19930]

YOU, MY FRIEND, JUST MADE THAT SNARE A WHOLE LOT BETTER!!! ASIDE FROM THE LOOKS, IT SOUNDS AWESOME... PLUS IT’S A UNIQUE SNARE NOW... ONE OF A KIND... NO ONE HAS THAT KIND OF SNARE IN THE WORLD... GREAT JOB, GREAT VIDEO... IF YOU DON’T LIKE HOW IT LOOKS OR SOUNDS... I’D GLADLY ACCEPT IT... JUST SAYING... 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@thIDthIRreenactor]

ALOT OF PEOPLE HAVE HAND HAMMERD SNARES ITS VERY COMMON ITS NOT THE ONLY ONE IN EXISTENCE

[@novacostantino4767]

I like the sound and the distressed look! Your channel is awesome. Go David (rdavidr)!

[@DjimiDrums]

Today i rehammered a Pearl Mirrorchrome snare 14*5,5... Thank you for the motivation!Didn't make any video before the hammering cause it's sounded really cheep.0 but will upload an video these days. Looks great!

[@thumperpaul]

Looks awesome. Nice work!

[@return2energiser]

Best video from you in awhile. Great idea!

[@JoeEngerseth]

After reading through all of the comments I figured someone would have pointed out that hammering on a wood "anvil" is wrong it doesn't compress the metal it just deforms it hand hammering whether it be snare drum shells or cymbals is done on an anvil made of steel or iron so that it compresses the metal and work hardens it thus changing the molecular structure of the metal to give it complexity not deformity

[@_handsomedevilll]

1:48 is everything i needed in life

[@Lucas72928]

Looks and sounds awesome!

[@joakdrums]

I subscribed 30 secondes ago, and this is a very interesting process we've got here! Thanks for the tips!

[@noppadonw.5055]

I love your experimental. It's great.

[@Seymour__Gamecats]

Sounds great and looks great! I'm sold.

[@paulgill8270]

You're a genius. Love what you're posting. Should have your own tv show. 😀

[@randomdrumming9817]

Wow, you are awesome! Really good results!

[@Esignam32713]

Awesome video David keep up the great work!

[@thomaskleinhans2384]

I hammered my cheap tama snare, now it is much more dry and crisp! And the look is epic!

[@imagineitall9940]

As if the snare turned more complex and darker after the hammering, similar to cymbals, that was interesting, love your stuff man.

[@V8Mustang31]

This snare is sweet dude. i liked all of the tones on the hammered.

[@zash008]

this snare diy turned out pretty pro looking to me. dried the snare out a bit. I have wanting to try hammering a 13" Mapex Black Panther nickel over brass snare for over 15 years but it would destroy the value of the very sought after snare. I wish I had an extra. I did make a diy snare from a Mapex Saturn deep 10" tom that turned out awesome and use it as a secondary snare complete with a L-rod uniball mount. I then retired a 1998 12" Mapex Black Panther Maple/Cherry snare to my collection shelf. awesome diy snare hammering video.

[@kgamaseg]

That's exactly what I heard! It sounded drier and better after the hand hammering. Nice.

[@jerrylehti7230]

keep doin what your re doin its fun too see what your up too you are lucky to have a space to do this stuff it is my belief that there are no bad sounds just different ones keep going and dont stop cheers

[@RogerBurris1]

Awesome man! I've actually done this before and I loved the outcome.

[@heavily_sedated02]

Thank you so much really liked the video and love watching all of your videos.

[@charlesidler1]

I love that new look. I like the medium tuning sound da best!!!

[@kadenlawson2978]

looks and sounds so much better!!

[@aidencunha735]

you are the best. dude I've been here since day 1and I keep watching if you keep making. thank you.

[@rdavidr]

+Aiden Cunha and thank you for watching!

[@marvinhanson9391]

I love revisiting this video, It's mad to think I was watching during this time

[@chickenbeforeegg]

Screw sonic attributes, your hammering made that thing SEXY.

[@ak4656]

This turned out really nice, the hammering gave it more depth, I would buy this snare

[@ricklieffering241]

Really cool experiment dude! Now I wanna try this!

[@TimZilarMusic]

Man you crack me up so much haha. Really love your stuff though! Just found your channel a few days ago.

[@Stucop1709]

Mate your vids are great , keep up the good work , love it !!

[@jonathanyarbrough1]

keep doing what you are doing you do it really well

[@justgomywayst]

love your attitude man

[@Jkobeboy]

Very innovative and the share sounds good. Also unique.

[@mikebarker9187]

Looks good. Good before and after testing and documenting.

[@brandonbias3682]

After with the medium tune ....so good...nice sound on all the after....cool idea

[@ParFumer89]

Cool hip-hop sound! Amazing!

[@dudehjd]

Long time subscriber here, first time commenter(I think?), thanks for the great videos and congrats dave, can't wait for the 50,000 subscriber video!

[@rdavidr]

+dudehjd i have to think of something to do first lol

[@johnalton6664]

Sounds good. Looks even better.

[@MLRomo]

I'm a long time follower and idk how this video got past me! Love the snare look and sound after the hammering. It's funny to hear u say 10k now that your well over 100! !!!! Here is rooted great videos and and hitting 200k! !!! Cheers brother. ..from the minimalist drummer.!!! 🙌

[@kevbelanger1179]

dude great idea. it's just like hand hammered cymbals. thanks for the idea!

[@dc_animal]

Just discovered your channel and am going through your older videos. Congrats on 70k one year later! Love the Dollar Tree Drummer segments btw. You have the binder clip vid and the DIY cymbal rivets vid. Try putting together a chain of binder clips for cymbal rivets / sizzle! Or not. Keep up the good work!

[@1thess523]

Thanks for taking the chance for us and doing the trial and error, hey I was at Target today with my wife and they had a Happy Thanks Giving Gel letter set on clearance for 89 Cents and I thought of you and told my wife what you did and how much Moon Gels costs!!!!!

[@invisiblemansband]

wow. I subscribed just before the 1000 subs. your videos are very interesting. You've got some awesome carpentry skills and great creativity. plus you have good style on the drums

[@Danisalh]

Nice channel, great videos! Cheers from Costa Rica

[@christophrogers7248]

Love it! Great job!

[@NatePick]

that sounded pretty sick man. i loved the high tuning after the hammering. it sound tight but you could still sizzle the snares.

[@ckorch]

I think it looks and sounds better. great job.

[@bangsomay3346]

sounds great man!

[@neilpeart23]

Hi David, it's for me a pleasure ser your videos.. With this snare you did a really awesome job... Greetings from Caracas, Venezuela.

[@sirkiwi6962]

Looks super awesome

[@ronniemormino6746]

Really cool man!! .. i do this kind of sometimes ..its nice to know there is another maniac out there...that i can look to for some ideas and some help ...thank you for sharing.

[@romanchaikovskyi2537]

I like the hammered sound. It made this snare sound better

[@demoidiot2979]

it looks better and sounds better, nice dude!

[@OGornbo]

Congrats, man!!

[@willwestern7215]

Looks amazing