Ludwig Raw Brass Snare Drum - 6.5 x 14-inch - Raw Patina Reviews
From yesterday's Black Beauty to today's Black Magic, Ludwig's brass snares have earned a special place in the hearts of drum enthusiasts everywhere. The Ludwig Raw Brass snare is a new step in an old direction. This snare starts with a seamless center-beaded brass shell of the same quality as Ludwig's legendary Black Beauties. Most striking is this drum's unfinished exterior. The total lack of finish yields a truly natural patina and completely unfiltered top end. This makes the Ludwig Raw Brass snare not just a snare you'll be proud to feature in your studio snare case, but one whose crisp response and 1:1 sensitivity will make it the star of many recording projects. Other features Ludwig fanatics will love in the Raw Brass snare include a throwback Keystone badge, Imperial lugs, and a sensitive P88 throw off. Orders yours from Sweetwater today.
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Excelente
Un excelente redoblante con un registro de sonidos graves hacia agudos increible
Getting raw, breakin’ the law
This Ludwig raw brass snare is simply incredible. I've owned it for about six months, and it has more than proven itself in the crucible of gigs/rehearsals/recording. This baby sings. The overtones are very present, but never wonky. It gives you a big canvas to work with. From wide open to full Big Fat muffler, it just works. I did put a Remo Vintage Emperor on the batter, as well as upgraded the snares to Puresound 30's, which helps with the bite/bark and sensitivity. Also not the mention the raw finish! It's gorgeous. 10/10 highly recommend.
Best snare I own
Best snare I own. perfect tone at every tuning range.
Wow!!!
Love the look and sound.
Bare Knuckle Brawler of a Snare
The LRB (this snare) is a different animal.
When compared with the Black Beauty (BB), it is much more raw and untamed. The BB is like a refined well-rounded martial artist, one we all love and admire, and this snare is like their rowdy cousin who tends to default to brawling and beats the bag out of most opponents on sheer strength and horsepower.
It's much more raw. It's much more unrestrained. I own many and have owned many more brass snare drums that each have their qualities. They're all different, some subtle, some not so much, but this one is WILDLY different. It's an outlier. It's definitely a sonic color that I've not had in my arsenal prior.
I did make some mods to my LRB. SHoops, 42 strand wires, different heads, and it roars. It is very sensitive. The 42 strand wires make it even more raw and dirty sounding.
Fellow drummers, this snare is fantastic. Is it a BB? Nope. What it is, is...a very different sonic option in a beautiful brass unique patina package with an outstanding throwoff and hardware. Happy to have this one in my collection.
6.5 x 14 Raw Brass Snare!!!!
This snare is insane! It can be tuned Low-Mid-High.. and it sounds crazy good! Versatile!
Brass snares are my favorite and this is for sure my favorite so far!
BUY NOW!!!
Raw Ludwig Snare
Honestly, this thing does exactly what I was hoping it would do. I had to tune it when I got it. But once I got the sound right it stays in tune perfectly and with the throw off you're able to adjust perfectly the exact pitch from R&B to rock 'n' roll blues and even some jazz style sounds come out of this thing. If you're looking for a do it all hard cracking good pop and great all-around sound this is the snare.
Highly recommended.
The main snare for my church's SJC drum kit.
Picked up this snare for my church's SJC drum kit and I don't see us going back. Sounds great tuned mid, mid-high, and high. (I've heard it sounds great tuned low too, but my tuning abilities aren't good enough to pull it off yet.)
Beautiful crack to it, musical ring. We tune it around mid-high, right around a G note below a high-A, add a Steve's donut with the hole in the middle, and it sounds beefy with a good crack to it!
Amazing!
This is my new favorite snare. From Ludwig, I have a Black Beauty and a Supraphonic. The raw brass snare just sounds even more musical. It's similar to the Black Beauty, but the ring is a couple notes lower. I'm noticing I can let it ring a little more than I like my snares to ring. Not quite as much of a bright crack as a Supra. In a musical context it just sounds so right. Excellent studio and live snare. I can't believe more people aren't talking about this. Now I need the 8" and 5.5".
Ludwig does it again!
Seamless shell, updated (awesome) snare strainer, and legendary Ludwig sound. This is a great snare that has Black Beauty characteristics, but is a little warmer in tone.
A worthy snare, but not my sound
I got this snare a couple weeks back, overall it's a great snare but it wasn't exactly the sound I was hoping for.
For the pros, this tuned up very smoothly (possibly the easiest snare I've ever tuned actually), it cut through the mix very well, very sensitive, and it looks absolutely amazing.
For the cons, I found the tone to be a lot drier than I wanted, hitting the drum I found I heard the snares before hearing the actual tone of the drum, I was hoping for something with more body and openness.
I played this snare at 4 different shows, now I had put new heads on it but I found this snare did not hold its tuning very well. Which is to be expected to an extent but usually after a show or two, other snares I've played hold tuning better with new heads on.
