someguy01
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I'd like to see a stave drum made from drumstick portions (not the tip end)
I'd like to see a stave drum made from drumstick portions (not the tip end)
I'm not worried about the cost of glue, rather the amount of glue vs wood. The more staves, the more glue.Glue is cheap. Seems like the more staves the better, up to a point.
"Doesn't" or "Does" work out?If you can make decent drums with Palo Verde, you’ve found great use for an otherwise useless tree. About the only thing they are good for are falling on cars in storms. Hope Mesquite doesn’t work out. They at least smell good after smashing the other cars.
Rainbow staves would be sweet!!I wanted to do a stave drum in tribute to Claypools rainbow bass.
YouTuber RdavidR did a bass drum beater out of those. It would take A LOT of sticks, but if it's all hickory it would be a good, hard drum.I'd like to see a stave drum made from drumstick portions (not the tip end)
Even if you went bigger, you'd still get the look IMO.Rainbow is maple walnut purple heart and ebony. I think what would get complicated is basically making staves out of thin pieces of each wood.
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True. Like the "closet wood kit" on another post.I think with multiple wood types you'll get something fairly unique looking and sounding but a beautiful drum can still sound like crap. That would suck so bad to make a visual masterpiece that's a complete turd sound wise.
My comment was kinda tongue-in-cheek. Palo Verde has to be good for something. At least mesquite smells good in the fire. Palo Verde roots smell like a sewer, it’s messy, it falls down, breaks apart…. Won’t have much wood grain, but who knows. It may be a killer drum."Doesn't" or "Does" work out?
I think as that wood is everywhere (as well as the Palo Verde) it'll be good to play with. Make some 4" wide staves and go to town!
All good points. Grunter's Dad gave me a site for layout so I'll get busy cutting staves. The trunks aren't that thick, but people with fallen PV's or mesquite are always willing to let you haul it off for free.My comment was kinda tongue-in-cheek. Palo Verde has to be good for something. At least mesquite smells good in the fire. Palo Verde roots smell like a sewer, it’s messy, it falls down, breaks apart…. Won’t have much wood grain, but who knows. It may be a killer drum.
There is that. Should be an interesting project though.All good points. Grunter's Dad gave me a site for layout so I'll get busy cutting staves. The trunks aren't that thick, but people with fallen PV's or mesquite are always willing to let you haul it off for free.
I think with multiple wood types you'll get something fairly unique looking and sounding but a beautiful drum can still sound like crap. That would suck so bad to make a visual masterpiece that's a complete turd sound wise.
I agree except that no beautiful drum could ever possibly sound like crap. A beautiful drum could have terrible rims, heads, bad tuning, snare wires or a combination of everything, but I doubt that a well constructed stave snare could do anything other than sound and be beautiful especially if treated properly
I sure hope so. If not, I'll learn a lot from it too.There is that. Should be an interesting project though.
Agreed.I agree except that no beautiful drum could ever possibly sound like crap. A beautiful drum could have terrible rims, heads, bad tuning, snare wires or a combination of everything, but I doubt that a well constructed stave snare could do anything other than sound and be beautiful especially if treated properly
That would be epic!!Doesn't Arizona have a lot petrified wood? Or how about chollo wood, have the first cactus snare ever.
Absolutely. I actually have a few mesquite logs in my firewood pile that have been there for 10 years. Whether or not it's enough for a 14" drum is the question.I would suggest letting whatever wood you use, dry out for a while, a long while. It would be a shame to cut the staves and then watch them twist or bend as they dry
This is great advice @GruntersDad!I would suggest letting whatever wood you use, dry out for a while, a long while. It would be a shame to cut the staves and then watch them twist or bend as they dry
That would be excellent.This is great advice @GruntersDad!
My dad is a luthier and most of the wood he uses is decades old. He has quite a bit of exotic wood of different varieties from all over the world. I’ll find out if anything he’s not planning to use that might be appropriate for a stave snare and let you know. I am interested in learning to be a drum smith at least as a hobby, and would be willing to provide @Cmdr. Ross with the wood if there’s anything that would be a good material just to see how it turns out.