Mike Dawson's Snare Of The Week, Episode 2: WFL 10x14 Parade Drum
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 ต.ค. 2024
- Welcome to part 2 of my new weekly series focusing on my favorite snare drums. This unique drum, a 10x14 WFL 3-ply mahogany/poplar from the 1950s, is a very recent acquisition that made it's recording debut shortly after it arrived to my studio. I decided to feature this snare this week, rather than another wood drum I was planning to demo, because it has one of my favorite sounds of all time. It's super-dark, dry, thuddy, punchy, earthy,, meaty...etc.
I've been recording a lot of singer/songwriter, country, and Americana tracks lately, and this snare has the right vibe for moodier tracks in those genres, when you need something much darker and mysterious-sounding than a typically sized new drum.
I kept on the heads that the drum came with, which are a Remo Coated Pinstripe batter and an Aquarian Classic Clear bottom. The batter head is tuned medium, and the bottom is tuned very high. The song I was recording is in the key of Ab, so I tuned the fundamental pitch of the drum to the fifth the key (Eb). The wires were kept pretty loose to give the backbeats a bit more rattle and reverb-like sustain.
So there you have it: a 10x14 WFL 3-ply marching snare...used on drumset.
Mike and Mike doing snares of the week?? My life has gotten so much better!
Ha! The friendly rivalry is on!
I played a drum like that in Jr. High and High School..... never thought it would be cool :-)
I have a 14x10 Tama snare, really struggling to get this "wet" sound that you got here. Need to spend more time on it and mic it to benchmark... Great demo, great playing
Sounds like a sample.
itchyvinyl that’s kinda the vibe I was going for.
Michael Dawson Yeah! I meant that in a good way.
reminds me of the snare sounds I remember hearing from 'The Cars' albums...
Sean Meister totally.
Love it...sounds like a sample
Baterizmo that’s the goal!
by the way...love the podcast
Thanks for listening!
That’s sounds great, could hear that on a John Mayer track!
You hit it right on the money. Totally Mayer
Great sounding drum
Glad you dig it!
I've coverted 2 toms to snare one is a10x14 Vistalite and a 10x14 Rogers....fun drums!
Can you get a snare stand that could be low enough to accommodate this big piece of snare? Oh, and it sounds awesome.
A few companies make low snare stands. You can also get a Pearl ISS mount to fly the drum off a tom arm.
Very cool look, very unique sound! Would it be loud enough for a live rock gig in a small club?
Really have been enjoying this every week Mike. How did you get your hands on this drum?
Nate Testa I picked it up online.
Awesome drum. Great find! Where do you shop for snare drums?
Gordon Nunn mostly reverb.com these days.
Hey man what hi-hats are those? They sound pretty nice! (the snare is super cool too)
Pello Arriola 16” Legado Heritage series. 🤘
believe it or not I think it sounds very close to the snare sound of Nirvana´s Nevermind...
I can hear that. I love the snare sounds on that album, btw.
Michael Dawson I heard they used a very deep snare for that record. It was kindly nicknamed “The Terminator.”
Sounds really cool almost fake in a way.
what does WFL stand for?
Robin Stone William F Ludwig.
Michael Dawson I am not a smart man.
Robin Stone ha! This was the era when he sold the company then decided he wanted to still make drums.
Ah ok! I have some history to catch up on it seems..
Nice snare. Very dead sounding. Almost mushy.
Frank Spikes thanks!
@@MikeDawsonDrums Hey Mike, thanks for the response. I like my snares tuned on the opposite side of the spectrum. High, tight, and cutting. Almost like gospel chops.
I’m sure you use more muffling tape, than any other demonstrator..🙂
I present them how I use them on records. Producers/mixers don't like all that ring most of the time.
Mike Dawson
It doesn’t demonstrate the true sound of the drum,
Most drums muffled, sound the same pretty much.
Roy Beckerman fair enough. But I’m demo’ing them as I use them.
A better throw off than the original? It would be "better" to have the original throw off.Get that piece of crap off that drum and put the original p83 on it and then go ahead and remove all that tape off the head while you're at it.
No thanks!