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blissuicide
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Y dun post tis in the 'Snare Drum Talk' thread? Anyway, its ur preferences, there's no rite or wrong. If u love piccolo, then by all means go for it. 1k, nice budget, can get lotsa good stuff wif tat kinda price. Hell even half of tat can net u a nice snare. Typical characteristics of a piccolo is a higher pitch than those deeper snares, lotsa crack and faster response and sustain.
Whoa dude for a budget below $1000 you can get a lot of good snares.
You have to tell us what kind of sound you're looking for before we can help you dude.
I'm using a 14x4 yamaha maple snare, and although it doesn't really qualify as a picolo snare, the sound I get is quite a nice one - loud "crack" that isn't that high pitched as compared to a real picolo snare.
If you're looking for a deep "rock" snare sound, you should get a 5.5" or 6" deep snare, or you'll never get the sound.
For $1000 (or $999), you can get an artwood from tama! I remember seeing the price tag during last year's year-end-sale... $700+ iirc. A pity I didn't have enough cash on me, or I would have gotten it on the spot.
You have to tell us what kind of sound you're looking for before we can help you dude.
I'm using a 14x4 yamaha maple snare, and although it doesn't really qualify as a picolo snare, the sound I get is quite a nice one - loud "crack" that isn't that high pitched as compared to a real picolo snare.
If you're looking for a deep "rock" snare sound, you should get a 5.5" or 6" deep snare, or you'll never get the sound.
For $1000 (or $999), you can get an artwood from tama! I remember seeing the price tag during last year's year-end-sale... $700+ iirc. A pity I didn't have enough cash on me, or I would have gotten it on the spot.
marcdadrummer
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i could get a brand new tama artwood 13" x 4" for just 240SGD including shipping from states...
marcdadrummer
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If its customs one, than i don't know. For the standard artwood, i found one Buy It Now on ebay at 139 USD. Shipping would prolly be around 30 to 40 usd. depends on the weight. Cheerios
hmm piccolos are more of an effect snare. and less flexible. well it depends on your personal preference. and what kind of sound you like. its a better choice to get snares with sizes 13"x5.5" or 14"x5.5" and above. more tuning flexibility. pearl and premier has lots of good snares at prices from 500 - 800. yup take a look at the local stores in town. no rush =)
weckl-x
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joshie said:
I doubt it, because what's on Tama's website is the Custom Artwood. The 'normal Artwood has actually been discontinued imo, so the ones that are selling new on ebay are part of NOS inventory some shops have managed to get. If I'm not wrong, one of the ebay shops which still still selling the Artwood is Dale's. Do a search, should find it.
Yesterday I just called Swee Lee about the Tama Starclassic G-Maple, they don't stock it, don't even know how much it costs. The person who answered the phone said they'd have to contact Tama Japan and indent first before they could give a price quote. I was asking cos I saw one on ebay for S$400 8O
