Whats the first song you would play on this beast? 🤔
@_gigi_1143 Жыл бұрын
For whom the bell tolls
@timm1139 Жыл бұрын
Enter Sandman.... after I learn the song, lol
@MsChihuahuapower Жыл бұрын
Rich men north of Richmond
@BillTheBubble Жыл бұрын
how do i purchase this from you and whats your asking price good sir. i beg of thee.
@leechick Жыл бұрын
Probably Second Death by Black Tongue
@mrbinky21 Жыл бұрын
You should make a snare where the whole bottom is covered in snare wires.
@marcelinebrady533211 ай бұрын
Replying to boost this comment bc it’s hilarious
@zkyishot11 ай бұрын
Replying to boost this comment bc it’s hilarious
@randomusername39611 ай бұрын
yes.
@vibecheck_gg10 ай бұрын
yes
@Monsterdrumma7 ай бұрын
LOL
@itsfonk Жыл бұрын
This “custom” snare is now one of my favorites! Well done bud 🤙
@mwdrum2 ай бұрын
Elvin played one……
@CrunchetySmack Жыл бұрын
It's a small detail but I like how the ring of the shell after hitting it carries on as the next cut and commentary continued. I really enjoy all of your videos on repair and modification. The organization of your shop is very satisfying as well 👌
@Officialshayne Жыл бұрын
"Didn't have time to put it together" takes it apart and puts it back together*
@blckbldng6 ай бұрын
I think he meant drill the holes
@SoundsLikeADrum Жыл бұрын
Nice work on that patina! As soon as I saw the snare wires go on I had instant nostalgia from the tape snare straps. My first snare drum (still got it!) was a Tama Artstar from the '80s and it had that same tape. Fun stuff! -Ben
@hugorezende199 Жыл бұрын
You are real drum cientist. One of my favorite channels on youtube, so many great ideas.
@randycassidy198 Жыл бұрын
The tone matched the song perfect!…and oh those cymbals! ❤
@eddo00 Жыл бұрын
Good on you for the disclaimer label. I'd for sure be the one to get duped. Looks sick too
@joshlevinn6644 Жыл бұрын
That sounds incredible, like seriously.. holy shit, so much pop but it doesn't bottom out and sound too compressed, I see why people want them so bad 😂
@13StJimmy Жыл бұрын
Glad to hear you say you like the look of old crusty drums, because my drum set is one I found in the literal trash and was covered in rust. Took it home sanded and grinned the rust away and tbh it looks cool to me too, very diy crust punk cool but still
@bill_4359 Жыл бұрын
I own a Tama Imperial Star King Beat, w/ KG Parallel Strainer, 6.5" x 14" , Chrome, It came with Remo Ambassador heads. S/N: 125517, purchased in 1978.
@junhyoungream1127 Жыл бұрын
sounds awesome !!!! It doesn't feel at all worse than the original.
@timbofromkeno Жыл бұрын
LOVE how this looks and sounds. Big props to HHG to putting this together and to you for nailing that patina. Incredible! Is this a 3 or 5 mm shell? I don't think I heard you mention that spec in the video!
@rdavidr Жыл бұрын
3mm. I doubled checked the measurement when I had it apart but forgot to say it in the vid lol. Also from what ive been told, all the Tama BBs were 3mm and the catalogs that say 5mm were typos. Idk how true that is though...
@timbofromkeno Жыл бұрын
@@rdavidr I saw that in the catalog, but I thought they were all 3 mm too. Too funny. hahaha
@GeoffBosco Жыл бұрын
“This snare could cover your mortgage for a year.”
@stephano421jr3 ай бұрын
Facts 😆
@scottspencer979 Жыл бұрын
If I ever become a famous drummer I would hire this guy in a heartbeat as my drum tech!!!!
@RyTrapp0 Жыл бұрын
Some cool things you can do is mask off stripes or patterns, so the unmasked brass gets patina, but you pull the tape off and have fresh brass to contrast with the patina. You can also do it in multiple steps, adding and removing tape every so often during the patina process so you can get different levels of patina in the design and really get a lot of depth and layering. Hell, you can even mask up most of it if you want the patina to be the accept instead of the primary finish too, lots of ways you can get creative with this. Damn, gonna have to find me a brass shell now... Might be cool to take the inside of this shell back down to fresh base material(masking off the lettering to keep that) and polish it up so you have that 'yin/yang' of this old, used looking, patina'd outside, but reveal a nice bright shell inside. That's a lot of extra work just for a little bit of a quirk though lol. Definitely needs a bit less muffling, has a great pop that's just being subdued a bit too much by that head, minor fix though; killer snare!
@DulceDul217 Жыл бұрын
This is great! Definately not what I was expecting of the bell brass, but a pleaseant surprise (:
@stevenraparelli33962 ай бұрын
I just watched this video again and that snare drum ended up beautiful, and it sounds atomic! Well done.
@SopranoPizzaJMFNJ Жыл бұрын
You did a great job with this drum! I never play brass because it rings forever so this would never be for me but it definitely has an audience! Thank you for sharing.
@mountainhobbit1971 Жыл бұрын
guitar drum hack...use lighter fluid (naptha) to clean up grease and gunk on your drums and hardware (just make sure not to use it on bare wood)...A guitar tech showed me this trick and it works amazingly well. Naptha has a high flash point so it evaporates very quickly. I guess it is a super refined petroleum product like jet fuel and it's cheap.
@DarrenHicklin Жыл бұрын
I don’t know if it was just really good mixing in your video but I thought the P4 sounded awesome. It was nice and fat and definitely gave me that early Nirvana vibe. Well done! I’m off to go scour the internet for a brass shell now.
@hippydippy Жыл бұрын
All his mic's can make the "worst drums" sound good. They cost thousands & thousands of dollars. One day I'd like to hear him do comparisons with an average drummers mic budget, so you really hear what most of us in the real world would.
@ctogive Жыл бұрын
@@hippydippy The most expensive mic's in the world are not gonna make a shitty drum sound good, they will only capture the shittyness better. As long as your mic is decent, i'd say tuning, mic placement, the players touch and post processing are all more important for a good sounding drum recording.
@gibby33503 ай бұрын
Dude that drum sounds amazing!! I am a total sucker for brass snares!
@Frollicking_Gurnard Жыл бұрын
If you have the option with your plotter, you can adjust the offset of your blade and it might sharpen up the corners of the letters a little more.
@schwarzerrogen9307 ай бұрын
I think the big difference is the first 'Bell Brass' Tamas were actually bronze, which patinas very differently to brass.
@sky.london Жыл бұрын
I love that snare, both the look and the sounds. YES.
@m6hill983 Жыл бұрын
That sounds awesome! Even though I'm an aluminum guy, a brass shell is a brass shell, and you always get nice body and depth with them. Some sources say that the 80s original BB shell was just a very small bit over 14" in diameter, which most likely made all the difference in becoming the legendary drum it is..
@michaelshreve6455Ай бұрын
Bro!!! That sounds amazing Great job
@spasevrp Жыл бұрын
Remo CS dot heads are pretty good. I was gonna say you could try scorching the shell to see if would look like the lars ulrich model. Cool video!
@fikon16 ай бұрын
The sound of that snare ❤️
@reubenk73314 ай бұрын
Ok, that ended up looking pretty sweet when it was done 🙂
@davidenorth Жыл бұрын
I keep collecting drums because of David. There is a Tama Japanese Imperialstar set close to me I want to pick up for a good price that is the same finish in the video. It comes with an Acrolite snare as a bonus.
@Miloshe71 Жыл бұрын
I’ve recorded with the famous one the drum doctor has in LA. Also used the Sonor bronze snare too he has. Sound amazing.
@net64034 ай бұрын
fun fact: the tama bell brass is actually made of a bronze-brass alloy (hence the name bell brass), not just brass
@drumfanatik316 Жыл бұрын
Sad But True! After all, it was Lars Ulrich that made this drum famous on the Black Album, NOT Dave Grohl. After everyone heard the snare sound on that album, everyone was asking what did he use to record? The Drum Doctor still owns the drum to this day!
@Leotardoification Жыл бұрын
Apparently what was so special with the original compared to all the replicas was that the shell was slightly oversized. You really had to jam the head on there but it also meant it was more like a 14.1"
@lucasagustinrafael Жыл бұрын
The problem here with your "copy" is that the Bell Brass is not made out of Brass... the shell is made of sand cast BRONZE. (Japanese translated wrong in the 70's). Greetings from Argentina my friend, I love you content
@declanwhite Жыл бұрын
Correct
@Bensworth_Drummington Жыл бұрын
Helpful tip for remo powerstroke 4's. Cut the inlay ring out. I use one on a gretsch limited edition 14x7 aluminum. What you end up with is a remo emperor coated with a clear top dot. Awesome head for thicker shell snares.
@brianphillips91524 ай бұрын
I have a "fake" 1980 Terminator and I found that Emperor coated was the correct head choice.
@Regorsnare Жыл бұрын
I gave you a Ps3 on that Superstar, I don’t think I’ve ever used a P4! Glad to see you play that drum so much.
@rdavidr Жыл бұрын
im an idiot, idk why I thought it was a p4 😑
@dalekay9ine11 күн бұрын
Sounds amazing!
@stevewest2849 Жыл бұрын
Sounds really nice. Tight and thick with a drop of brightness topping it off.
@djentlover Жыл бұрын
The patina looked way better than I expected! Would love to hear this with Ambassadors
@charlesseagraves6210 Жыл бұрын
I’d SO love to have a Tama Bell Brass snare! The first song I’d play is “When The Levee Breaks!”
@Cancun771 Жыл бұрын
No no _no_ *NO!1* You need to play this snare with the *Sonor* kit of course! Love from Germany!
@GMtheTurtle Жыл бұрын
need to hear this snare cranked and with a clear ambassador 😫
@williamperri3437 Жыл бұрын
Your an honest “Goodfella” for not ripping someone off and selling it for five or 600. And the drum sounds great regardless.
@tikidrummerpoi Жыл бұрын
That turned out way better than I thought it would. Good call with the ammonia!
@DeadKoby Жыл бұрын
I've been a "Ludwig Guy" for what seems like an eternity...... but I have nothing bad to say about the Tama gear. I fixed up a Tama kit for Church, and I play it often... does a great job. I THINK these bell brass snares were associated with Lars from Metallica also.
@adamwebster978420 күн бұрын
Gun bluing does the coolest patina i have ever seen
@romelshowell7638 Жыл бұрын
SNARE SOUNDS INCREDIBLE!!!!
@omnidrums Жыл бұрын
Cool drum, but it appears your shell is brass instead of bronze. Correct me if I’m wrong. Tama bell brass drums were always made of sand-cast bronze. Those Savage drums you displayed were also cast bronze. Very different sound
@joanchilet2954 Жыл бұрын
You are correct sir, bell brass is bronze.
@tommyleeroth818 Жыл бұрын
I’m pretty sure Sam at HHG makes his shells sand cast B20 bronze.
@aaronsudasna Жыл бұрын
I would agree that the P4 is a bit too muffled. I believe your go to head is a CS? If you’re looking for something slightly muffled I would say to check out the P3 with a clear dot. That one is my go to head
@mikecortes8481 Жыл бұрын
ive done this before! definitely changes the sound in the best way!!!
@thedrummingcuber Жыл бұрын
This is the best snare drum I have ever heard, and the first song I would play would be Wipe Out.
@JacobPorras-dj3cq Жыл бұрын
Pain in the Booty experimenting different shell hacks for yourself to make it look and sound better. I get your perspective, and I’m glad you fixed it! I find this video very helpful! Again I’m afraid to try it for myself cause it’s just not necessary and I don’t want to ruin my DW black nickel over brass Designs Series. Just wanna thank you! Sounds incredible! Awsome. ❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
@geoffcowan2384 Жыл бұрын
Where did you get the shell? I don’t care about matching the lugs or throw off, but I would like a shell like that.
@luiszuluaga6575 Жыл бұрын
Phat snare sound, great mixing and love your feel on dem drums, you mad talented dude, you. 🤷🏻♂️🥁
@dancorvalan3205 Жыл бұрын
Break cleaner, thats when u know the person truly knows about material cleaning prep. Congrats man on the "fake snare drum", i would try the same thing if i wasnt an absolute failure that cant afford even a single hardware nug m. And great video!
@CharlieLord Жыл бұрын
Holy heck that could be absolutely anything with that head combo on it
@srm0074 Жыл бұрын
I love my '81 Tama BB. I has developed a nice warm patina over its 40+ years. And of course, nothing hits you in the guy like it does.
@RustyKnorr Жыл бұрын
What’s your address? 😂
@thumperpaul Жыл бұрын
Nice job, ordinarily I like shiny bits, but this looks ( and sounds) awesome! I would play “ The Ocean “ by Led Zeppelin for the first tune on it.
@mightyV444 Жыл бұрын
Being from NZ, Odie's is a brand I'd not been at all familiar with - until it popped up in a video on another channel only a couple of days ago, and here it is again now! 😆
@duncanbarker1885 Жыл бұрын
Ah fudge! I bought one in 91 for a £100 and sold it to pupil for £200!
@jeffbridges6110 Жыл бұрын
dude , that middle eastern sounding riff you had going on , sounded cool. And YES , the snare does too/
@pecsizsolt7081 Жыл бұрын
It's always a good day when Rdavidr uploads a vid :)
@MM-ig1iv Жыл бұрын
My God that sounds amazing! seriously. there are reasons for things to be this expensive really. It's like buying that Gibson les Paul or REAL USA Fender Strat for guitars.
@benjaminolsen8774 Жыл бұрын
hel yeah dave this is probably one of your best soundings snares yet! Also great head choice.
@howardevans63026 ай бұрын
The colour immediately tells you this is not Bell Brass, which is actually bronze, not brass, so you'd really have to be unknowing about bronze drums to even think this was a bell Brass drum.bell Brass is a misnomer from Tama, possibly a bad translation from Japanese, they were cast bronze drums made in a similar way to cast church bells, hence the Bell Brass.
@AdamSoucyDrums Жыл бұрын
God DAMN that thing looks fucking awesome
@TaoBonFu Жыл бұрын
When I was working at GC a customer ordered an Ocheltree Paiste 2002 snare. 22 lbs. Beast. I have brass and copper free floating snares. I want to get a maple shell, just so I can get a cast made using all my broken cymbals. End result would hopefully be a bronze free floating shell 7.5mm thick, made from B8, B20, and Paiste Signature bronze. I'll probably never do it, but I still dream about it.
@gillesrichard2228 Жыл бұрын
Looks and sounds fantastic. Well done!
@tylrbass Жыл бұрын
He thought "pay off a year of your mortgage" would be relatable lmao bruh I have no idea how much that is..
@drumdotpizza Жыл бұрын
Beautiful drum! I too have a Bell Brass Mastercraft clone (mine made by Cade at Savage Drums). Will likely do a video on mine soon, though Cade built the entire thing with the donor hardware (mine too was sourced from a. steel Mastercraft, though mine has coffin lugs), so the only thing I did myself was put an era-correct Superstar badge on it (don't worry though, like you I don't want anyone to think it is original, so I had Cade put his 'Savage' badge on the interior of the shell like you did your lettering -- good man!) BTW, I use typical straps for my snare wires... what tape did you get for yours? I'd love to do that with all my Tama snares (I have several Mastercrafts and a few others as well). GREAT VIDEO!!!
@b.p.879 Жыл бұрын
The entire kit sounds amazing.
@Dzwonek05 Жыл бұрын
Anyone else was hungry for a new RdavidR video?
@MancunianToryDespiser9 ай бұрын
I’d love to have a 12x8 free floating BB made. Imagine how that’d sound??
@BretCahill Жыл бұрын
That thing sounds awesome!!!
@wyatt7231 Жыл бұрын
Oh it looks so good with the kit
@Darkaxelgaming-tt7ip11 ай бұрын
With all the kits he has he should make a mega drum set with all of his drum set
@Sweet92879 Жыл бұрын
"Didn't have time to do this myself..." Proceeds to spend days turning a brass shell green and reassembling it.
@cymbalism110 ай бұрын
That thing looks and sounds amazing!!!! You nailed it!!!
@mazsietsma6565 Жыл бұрын
That snare sounds good AF!!!!!
@TrashMarineMusic Жыл бұрын
I think that is the best sounding snare I've ever heard
@andreaskallee103 Жыл бұрын
Absolutely cool! I have a faked Sonor SQ2 with Purple Heart shell (befassen Sonor dont offer one) which is as good as the original Snares. Payed maybe 400€.
@drumdoug80832 ай бұрын
And now Tama is making a newly manufactured version of the original from the 80s. It is supposed to be as close as you can get to the original and you can have one for the bargain price of only $4k. Still probably cheaper than an original 80s Mastercraft "Bell Brass."
@dalekay9ine11 күн бұрын
Look them up, anywhere from $10,000-$20,000 for an original. Wild.
@drumdoug808311 күн бұрын
@dalekay9ine you are absolutely correct! The used market for the originals is just crazy. Still, $4k for a snare drum is a little to much for me to stomache right now.
@dalekay9ine11 күн бұрын
@@drumdoug8083 I agree, 4K could get an incredible shell pack and at least 2-3 top of the line cymbals and hella pairs of sticks!
@chriscromelin413 Жыл бұрын
That's a rad snare, Regardless if it's fake. I would throw an Evans HD Dry on it and see how that sounds.
@HushAngel Жыл бұрын
Awesome vid.....the brownish patina is the signature of the raw Tama 1980 Bell Brass with the short lugs, 1981 to 1986 TBBs with the long lugs were lacquered at factory....is your shell a Duluth or a Guven ?...13.9375'' (13'' 15/16) oversized diameter is everything...
@mynameismudd1518 Жыл бұрын
I was not expecting this. Wow.
@DrRusty5 Жыл бұрын
Just a note of caution to anyone else thinking of doing this, Ammonia can cause stress-corrosion-cracking (SCC) of brass.
@stevebrown3955 Жыл бұрын
Great sound and a really cool looking drum in the end!!!
@joeovermoe2124 Жыл бұрын
This sounds and looks AMAZING!!!
@KennethHard8 ай бұрын
Another great drum and video!
@smokymountaincabinrentaltours Жыл бұрын
Sounds and looks fantastic.
@85devlin Жыл бұрын
sounds dope man
@RokDAWG1 Жыл бұрын
Yeah I’m digging this big time!
@mcgrud Жыл бұрын
For the algorithm. ✊
@Weareeverywhere14 Жыл бұрын
For the algo and WFP o/
@LucasCoolDude Жыл бұрын
Woo
@Lumerdrums Жыл бұрын
great build! I would love to hear it with a more open sound/head :)
@Jonathan_Doe_ Жыл бұрын
The badge being in there on the first few attempts made me nervous, thought the fumes were gonna ruin the badge or the chrome on the vent.
@rdavidr Жыл бұрын
I was actually hoping it would crust up a little which is why I left it on at first lol
@Jonathan_Doe_ Жыл бұрын
@@rdavidr Ah, bringing ‘relicing’ over to the drum world 😂
@leofender909 Жыл бұрын
i dont have anything to comment but i still want to leave a comment so your video gets more traction lol