Snare Drum Sound Check - Pearl Symphonic Custom (Masters Series)

[@101rockman]

My old high school had two of these one was actually scrapped for parts and was just the shell sitting in the back of the storage room. I convinced my director to let me get it for free and just had to spent a couple bucks on hardware, this snare is by far my favorite of my collection.

[@RedeyePerc]

Congrats - that's a very fortunate find for you. I ended up with an acrolite exactly the same way.

[@redwinedrummer]

The "Bolero" passage with thick wires sent chills down my spine. Amazing sound! Love it.

[@RedeyePerc]

Thanks! This drum sounds great. It's really hard to get all the snare wired tuned correctly, but it's worth it in the end. that Pearl maple is awesome.

[@ZaxDrumsandMore]

The snare sounds good!!

[@RedeyePerc]

+Zax Drum Covers - Thanks! It does sound good. With new heads and some hardware adjustments, that would be a killer snare for any occasion.

[@rutikuiwa8427]

WOW! Maybe best snare sounds ever! That must be expensive snare..? You play so cool man, i like very much. Thanks! :D

[@RedeyePerc]

+Ruti Kuiwa - Thanks for the kind words! I forgot to mention price in this one. It's actually not too expensive - around $500-550 new.

[@rutikuiwa8427]

Redeye Percussion Ok! Its nice price. :D

[@jpilot07]

That thing is sweet

[@RedeyePerc]

It sounds great! It’s also fairly expensive and a huge pain I the ass to maintain.

[@jpilot07]

What would you have to do to maintain it?

[@RedeyePerc]

@@jpilot07 The snare mechanism is really delicate and complicated. We broke a couple parts on it and haven’t been able to find replacements for several years. It’s rigged up to work, but not ideal. Sadly, that’s what happens when students that don’t own a drum are asked to be careful with it. If it was mine personally it would still be mint.

[@boyna13]

Cam you share a bit about tuning? My drum instructor really likes this snare, so I ended up bought a used one off thr internet.

[@vegasmarc21]

Can this be used for drum sets?

[@RedeyePerc]

Absolutely. I didn’t think so before making this video because we always have it tuned as a concert drum, but it has a great backbeat sound as well.