I have 4 INDe snares. I have one of these, an 8x14 maple, a 5.5x14 aluminum, and a 5x14 maple that I put wood hoops on and they're all amazing. I've never had snares where I could experiment with bottom head tension and get equally usable and musical results in any range. Even the snare tension adjustment feels more musical. I don't have to worry about choking the drum or losing sensitivity.
I'm the proud owner of a custom kit by INDe (aluminum kick and toms in big sizes; maple snare), and their build quality and sound are fantastic. The snare is 6.5" deep but has an easy sensitivity to it that makes it very versatile. And the aluminum kit is so good it makes you wonder why metal kits are still pretty uncommon. Thanks to Josh at INDe for an awesome kit, and thanks to you guys for highlighting an independent drum maker (no pun intended) that deserves some recognition! We're in such an amazing time for gear.
...And your comment on the overtones mirrors my experience when I first played it. You can always take tone out, but you can't add it where it wasn't to begin with, and I found my INDe snare to leave me with lots of options for how to shape the tone. I like overtones, though: they're what make drums sound like real drums.
I’ve been meaning to suggest this episode for some time now, and this just seems like a perfect opportunity to do so. I was thinking it might be cool to do an episode that shows generally how different shell materials sound. Of course, every drum sounds different, but it would be cool to show us what kind of sounds can we expect from a steel snare vs a maple vs a bronze, and so on. Or maybe how a hammered steel snare might sound vs an non-hammered steel snare. I been wanting to buy a new metal snare, but I don’t really know what to expect from different materials. Anyways, great episode!
Yes, this!! It would be great if they could get a few 14" x 5" snares made of different materials, tune the different snare drums the same and play them back-to-back, talking about the tonal qualities of them all.
Inde drums,and British drum company are the two companies to keep your eyes and ears on.These two companies are doing very special things at an affordable price range that are just incredible. I tip my hat to both of them. Thank you sounds like a drum team for going into great detail in your videos.You folks are helping a lot of drummers,believe me.!!!
I have a 15x5.5" Maple snare from INDE with some puresound twisted wires on the bottom and a Bovid Mule Skin on the top, its a brilliant Jazz Combo snare
I love the twisted 20’s. Allow you to kinda back off the snare tension, so the toms cause rattling much less, but they’re still able to be very articulate. Not to mention keep a fat backbeat whilst still having enough wire articulation to use ghost notes or comp in between the backbeats without any major issues.
I know this is a little old, but I love this company! I was saving for this drum, or a version of it...but I found a PDP 12X8 DRY WALNUT/MAPLE FOR UNDER $200..$175 I believe, and it is awesome 👌! I couldn't pass it up. But I have a similar background to yours. I'm a singer, guitar and bass player since I was little, but about 15 years ago, I bought a drum set and fell in love 😍. It's alot easier to understand the whole drum set as individual instruments or sound possibilities since I play guitar too. I'm in Pittsburgh, and the musicians here, and bands are so amazing and need to be heard. Alot of us know each other and sit in on different shows and events, and recordings. Anyway, thanks for the effort you guys put in developing this channel. We all appreciate it 🙏
Really liking these custom shells being made by different companies. Giving me some ideas on making my own shell. A bronze or copper shell with tube lugs is my idea of a nice snare drum. Those prototype hats sound great too. Great vid mate 👍
Snare beds: I don't know if it's exactly the same but my 1988 Tama Bell Brass had a similar snare bed. The bed was so wide that people were known to return the drum because "it doesn't have a snare bed"
You guys should aim the spotlight at the Gretsch Brooklyn 14x6,5 chrome over steel snare! It is without a shadow of a doubt the best steel snare I've ever played!
What causes that sort of springy sound in some snares and then others are more like able to get a cleaner sound from the drum and snare wire combo similar to when you had it tuned low with the overtones and then put the towel/cloth over it? Is it just sorta finding that perfect tension, especially on the snare side head and then slightly changing the wires to compensate for it loosening or tightening? Btw, you said between the different tunings you’d think they were different drums based on the sound, but how did the feel maintain? From what you said in the review, I almost expect the feel to barely change at all. Oh and btw, I live in PA and have been looking at Stave Snares potentially, so since you’re asking for local manufacturers that aren’t real big yet, though I wouldn’t doubt you hearing of this company, you may wanna check out HHG: Haggerty Hollow Guild I think it means.
"wow that ring is obnoxi-" "i know, that's a lot of overtones" "well he jumped way out in front of that" i assume you've heard the Black Hole Sun isolated drums? that snare is horrific, and yet it sits RIGHT in the mix.
could you do an episode of pearl free floating snares? its modular system and uninterrupted shell mechanism look too good to not be popular. how would you tune such drum and whats your opinion about it?
Hey there! We don’t have one at the shop but my first snare when I was a teenager was a Pearl steel freefloater and I used it for years. They tune the same as any other drum of similar size, nothing weird or funny about them at all. Just good solid drums :) and loud! -Cody
Is INDe out of Kalamazoo, or are they out of New Jersey? Are they just naming their drums "Kalamazoo", or do they have some sort of origination? Their site does not show any info about where they are from except the (609) area code in their "contact us", which is in NJ. Any help from others would be great, and I may have missed something on their site. Thank you, bc I am digging this company.
They are out of Kalamazoo Michigan. I just picked up a bronze snare in this size as well as an aluminum kit... the sounds are unreal. If your thinking about it I would say to give them a call for sure!
these snares are so musical.
I have 4 INDe snares. I have one of these, an 8x14 maple, a 5.5x14 aluminum, and a 5x14 maple that I put wood hoops on and they're all amazing. I've never had snares where I could experiment with bottom head tension and get equally usable and musical results in any range. Even the snare tension adjustment feels more musical. I don't have to worry about choking the drum or losing sensitivity.
I'm the proud owner of a custom kit by INDe (aluminum kick and toms in big sizes; maple snare), and their build quality and sound are fantastic. The snare is 6.5" deep but has an easy sensitivity to it that makes it very versatile. And the aluminum kit is so good it makes you wonder why metal kits are still pretty uncommon. Thanks to Josh at INDe for an awesome kit, and thanks to you guys for highlighting an independent drum maker (no pun intended) that deserves some recognition! We're in such an amazing time for gear.
...And your comment on the overtones mirrors my experience when I first played it. You can always take tone out, but you can't add it where it wasn't to begin with, and I found my INDe snare to leave me with lots of options for how to shape the tone. I like overtones, though: they're what make drums sound like real drums.
I’ve been meaning to suggest this episode for some time now, and this just seems like a perfect opportunity to do so. I was thinking it might be cool to do an episode that shows generally how different shell materials sound. Of course, every drum sounds different, but it would be cool to show us what kind of sounds can we expect from a steel snare vs a maple vs a bronze, and so on. Or maybe how a hammered steel snare might sound vs an non-hammered steel snare. I been wanting to buy a new metal snare, but I don’t really know what to expect from different materials. Anyways, great episode!
Yes, this!! It would be great if they could get a few 14" x 5" snares made of different materials, tune the different snare drums the same and play them back-to-back, talking about the tonal qualities of them all.
Inde drums,and British drum company are the two companies to keep your eyes and ears on.These two companies are doing very special things at an affordable price range that are just incredible. I tip my hat to both of them. Thank you sounds like a drum team for going into great detail in your videos.You folks are helping a lot of drummers,believe me.!!!
Absolutely loved the INDe booth at PASIC last fall. They had a full kit that was fantastic to play.
Amazing how many different types of bronze snares there are on the market, with very different sounds.
INDE is one of the Best
Wow that sounds amazing!
I have a 15x5.5" Maple snare from INDE with some puresound twisted wires on the bottom and a Bovid Mule Skin on the top, its a brilliant Jazz Combo snare
I love the twisted 20’s. Allow you to kinda back off the snare tension, so the toms cause rattling much less, but they’re still able to be very articulate. Not to mention keep a fat backbeat whilst still having enough wire articulation to use ghost notes or comp in between the backbeats without any major issues.
I know this is a little old, but I love this company! I was saving for this drum, or a version of it...but I found a PDP 12X8 DRY WALNUT/MAPLE FOR UNDER $200..$175 I believe, and it is awesome 👌! I couldn't pass it up. But I have a similar background to yours. I'm a singer, guitar and bass player since I was little, but about 15 years ago, I bought a drum set and fell in love 😍. It's alot easier to understand the whole drum set as individual instruments or sound possibilities since I play guitar too. I'm in Pittsburgh, and the musicians here, and bands are so amazing and need to be heard. Alot of us know each other and sit in on different shows and events, and recordings. Anyway, thanks for the effort you guys put in developing this channel. We all appreciate it 🙏
Can't wait to watch all of this, I know it's gonna be another good one!
Favorite episode by far!
Wow, I love that lower tuning!
Really liking these custom shells being made by different companies.
Giving me some ideas on making my own shell.
A bronze or copper shell with tube lugs is my idea of a nice snare drum.
Those prototype hats sound great too.
Great vid mate 👍
The high tuning sounds pretty good! Great video as always! Love you guys!
Snare beds: I don't know if it's exactly the same but my 1988 Tama Bell Brass had a similar snare bed. The bed was so wide that people were known to return the drum because "it doesn't have a snare bed"
You guys should aim the spotlight at the Gretsch Brooklyn 14x6,5 chrome over steel snare! It is without a shadow of a doubt the best steel snare I've ever played!
If Gretsch gets in touch with us to put together the logistics we’d be happy to! Let them know you’d like to see it happen.
INDe is SO cool!
Great fan of bronze.
There are some great brands on the market today.
Very nice
another fantastic video dudes
I just ordered one.
What causes that sort of springy sound in some snares and then others are more like able to get a cleaner sound from the drum and snare wire combo similar to when you had it tuned low with the overtones and then put the towel/cloth over it?
Is it just sorta finding that perfect tension, especially on the snare side head and then slightly changing the wires to compensate for it loosening or tightening?
Btw, you said between the different tunings you’d think they were different drums based on the sound, but how did the feel maintain? From what you said in the review, I almost expect the feel to barely change at all.
Oh and btw, I live in PA and have been looking at Stave Snares potentially, so since you’re asking for local manufacturers that aren’t real big yet, though I wouldn’t doubt you hearing of this company, you may wanna check out HHG: Haggerty Hollow Guild I think it means.
"wow that ring is obnoxi-"
"i know, that's a lot of overtones"
"well he jumped way out in front of that"
i assume you've heard the Black Hole Sun isolated drums? that snare is horrific, and yet it sits RIGHT in the mix.
Right?! The Spoonman drums too, so wack but against all those guitars man, it’s the jam. -Cody
Sounds Like A Drum I was blown away. First furious. Then felt so dumb when it was perfect. 😅
Exactly
Actually I'd guess a 14x6.5 maybe a copper or bronze. You can hear that it's a metal drum with depth. That said, I do love the drum sound.
Have you guys ever tried a level to even the tension? I thought about this a few times, I would think from lug to lug. Curiosity.
Tension would vary
could you do an episode of pearl free floating snares? its modular system and uninterrupted shell mechanism look too good to not be popular. how would you tune such drum and whats your opinion about it?
Hey there! We don’t have one at the shop but my first snare when I was a teenager was a Pearl steel freefloater and I used it for years. They tune the same as any other drum of similar size, nothing weird or funny about them at all. Just good solid drums :) and loud! -Cody
@@SoundsLikeADrum I have a 1st gen 6.5x14 steel shell and a maple shell if you guys ever need one for a spotlight episode. lmk
Is INDe out of Kalamazoo, or are they out of New Jersey? Are they just naming their drums "Kalamazoo", or do they have some sort of origination? Their site does not show any info about where they are from except the (609) area code in their "contact us", which is in NJ. Any help from others would be great, and I may have missed something on their site. Thank you, bc I am digging this company.
They’re based out of Michigan.
They are out of Kalamazoo Michigan. I just picked up a bronze snare in this size as well as an aluminum kit... the sounds are unreal. If your thinking about it I would say to give them a call for sure!
That snare makes me soooo wet!!!!
But for real, what's your shirt say?