Highwood Bell Metal 14x7 Snare Unboxing, Tuning and Demo

After 2 years in production I finally received by Highwood Bell Metal snare yesterday
5mm B20 Bronze Shell
B20 Bronze Die Cast Hoops
Phosphor Bronze Lugs
It came with an Aquarian Texture Coated head with a reverse dot. I demo'd this and then switched it out for my usual Remo Controlled Sound. I was able to get the Remo tuned much lower, as you'll hear.
I'm so thrilled with this drum - it does the Bell Brass thing EXTREMELY well.
0:00 Unboxing
0:31 Aquarian Low Tuning
1:12 Aquarian Medium Tuning
1:52 Aquarian High Tuning
2:33 Remo CS Ultra Low
3:32 Remo CS Low
4:08 Remo CS Medium
5:20 Remo CS High
6:15 Remo CS V High
6:47 Remo CS RATM Demo

[@jefflyon2020]

HOLY SHIT, every time you hit the snare an earthquake happens! h ha, really beautiful drum sir.I want one, wow!

[@DaveTheDrummer]

Wonderful snare drum from the awesome Highwood. Nice vid with the testing and good sound. Next thing is to sort out the camera mount. 😎

[@brinleyhall]

Agreed!!!

[@frasermcallister6058]

Nice. Interesting that you only change the tuning of the batter head. What do you do with the reso?

[@brinleyhall]

Gareth had tuned it to a nice medium pitch. I find that sort of tension is good for beefy sounds! If I was going for sludge or ultra poppy I’d change it but usually top head tension is enough change for what I’m after!

[@brinleyhall]

Also, add to that it weighs 16kgs, I didn’t want to flip it on camera 😂