Jml
Senior Member
I usually play gigs with a wood snare or my Acrolite. I’ve read so much about having a different voice with different metal snares, so I tried a Ludwig Raw Brass and Ludwig Pewter Copperphonic. Both have a loud, distinct metallic ring when hit, so I used a snareweight to kill some of the overtones. They sound better to my ears now. So maybe I like a drier sound, but do others really enjoy that metallic ring on a metal snare? And if you put a moongel or some other dampening product, is it really worth spending top dollar on an expensive snare? My uneducated guess is no. Which has me thinking a Ludwig Universal Brass snare would be a wiser, less expensive choice. What say you about dampening metal snares? Is the answer in the tuning? I’ve seen plenty of videos by pros using metal snares and they don’t seem that ringy to me.