A Wood Supersensitive?

One thought that has resurfaced is to find a trashed Ludwig Supersensitive with an intact strainer mechanism and transfer the parts to a wood shell.

I have been casually browsing eBay for an SS with an ugly, flaking Ludalloy shell (usually not hard to find) that I can cannibalize. I am pretty sure a 5- or 6-ply Keller maple shell would be a good host for the parts.

This goes on the back burner for now, but it's an idea that keeps coming up.

Are you really an addict?

... if so, join in at the Snare Drum Addict forum. Oh, and Happy Thanksgiving. Seriously, I alluded to creating the forum in my last post, and since I had some time on my hands I threw it together this morning.

Are there any other snare drum addicts out there?

If so, I would gladly put up a forum to discuss our "disease", trade info, etc.

Snare drum of my dreams

In my last post I mentioned one of the remaining snare drums I wanted was a 1920s Ludwig Black Beauty (or 1920s Ludwig snare drum that used the same shell.) There is one modern snare drum that would satisfy that itch: Ludwig's 100th Anniversary Gold Triumphal.



Here is the story: Ludwig's Description, and how it was made. See also the main site.

It's the stuff of which dreams are made. I have a feeling all I can do about it is dream.