3 Reasons Your Snare Sounds BAD (and how to fix it!)

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[shinola]

The snare-side head shouldn’t be as loose as it is in the video, but a nice, slightly lower-tuned bottom head gets some nice fat resonance if it’s balanced with the batter head.

[josedorsaith]

Don't use a power tool to seat your new head. That's £10+ down the drain

[dinosaur_madde]

I personally got the best soundsout of heads that were on the drum for a longer time and the coating partially gone in the mid, but I play on high tunings maybe it only applies there, can't get those cracking sounds out of new heads

[porchestra]

Great tips; however, I sometimes found it difficult to hear over the busy background music

[jas_bataille]

Having an adjustable butt-end really is a big deal for me nowadays, especially if I'm touring. Changing snare wires with one pair of hands only is a total pain in YOUR butt, and it's not that butt you want to work xD Also, the only permanent fix I've ever found for snares rattling everywhere - which everyone hates - is very large snare wires. For some reasons DWs ones are less pricey than other brands (weird I know?!), and excellent!

[ThatoneReligiousBoi]

my snare drum strainer doesnt have those screws like the one they use to tighten a drumhead, now it sounds like a buzzing echo so it sounds bad

[thejudgefrom]

I have a ‘66 Ludwig jazz festival (green sparkle) with a replacement EVANS G2 snare white coat. Kinda cheap for a sexy drum, any recommendation on what I should buy. I was thinking get a 60s era snare head 🤷🏽‍♂️

[officalearth]

The screw to adjust the tightness on my wires is not working? What could i so

[kal-el]

Mine has a weird deep tone that soynds like a tom, how to remove it?

[Iplayquad]

Dont tighten your heads like that, its not good for the health of the rim

[Ezekiel_Gaming]

I have a question does the snare has to be that big? Bc my snare is like 3 inces smaller than that

[PNW_Sportbike_Life]

My first drum teacher and an amazing player always said: “Snare reso should be LUDICROUSLY tight.” Guess what? He was…




RIGHT!

[NERJ]

can we get one for toms my toms sound like shit

[Stormworks-mtps]

My snare sounds like a timpani whenever i put it on the stand it doesnt even sound like the snares are rattling what do i do

[MetalElias]

Do not use a drill to tighten down the head.

[rogerringold]

No video....all audio?! I am a isnt normal

[Damir_]

I liked the video untill i saw the power tool

[frickin]

One reason why it’s hard to get the 3 reasons why your snare drum sounds bad, the annoying music that is overlayed on the video is too loud.

[ghiblinerd]

Reason number four: you overcompensated for reason number one and cranked your super thin snare side head and stretched it out

[mohddalibinzali]

I saw many drums with old batter head even have good sound than yours rob i'm sorry to said🙏🏻. The real reason is not old or new one but how we tune it.