The $8,000 Snare Drum Alex Van Halen LOVES - The Tama Mastercraft Rosewood Snare

This is one of the wildest drums I've ever played. The tone is unlike anything else around, and it is the ICONIC sound of AVH! With the release of the Tama 50th Anniversary Rosewood Reissue Snare Drum, this drum is only going to continue to go up in value! 🥁

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Alex Van Halen's drum sound is unmistakable, and this snare drum is the reason why. At up to $8,000, these are a pretty penny to purchase, so I'm glad I get to show this one off to y'all now. Here are the specs:

 - 14x6.5" Shell
10 Imperialstar-Style Lugs
 - Diecast Hoops
 - Rosewood Ply Construction
 - Natural Oil Finish

Tama is one of those brands I haven't had a ton of experience with. While my first intermediate drum set was a Tama Rockstar with fusion toms, and my first professional snare drum was a 14x8 Artwood maple model, I really haven't owned too many other drums from the brand! Since, I've had the pleasure of trying out beautiful vintage birch Superstar snares, Japanese Artwood snares, rare Heavy Birch snare drums and more. From this drum that AVH made famous to the 14x8 Superstar snare that Dave Grohl used across Nirvana records and performances, they make some great, great stuff, and I'm so pumped to continue digging into their catalog of products!

I paired this snare drum with a 2018 Ludwig Downbeat Classic Maple kit that has had the bearing edges perfected by MKE Drum Co. in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The kit includes a 20x14" bass drum, 12x8" tom, and a 14x14" floor tom. 

I use all Turkish Cymbals in this video – 15" Millennium Hi Hats, 20" and 22" Meta Brilliant Crashes, and a 24" Prototype Dry Ride. 

Some of the music I played drums to in this video comes from my drumless tracks, available at https://slouxrecordingco.bandcamp.com/ .

Audio was captured with two Universal Audio Apollo x8p interfaces using 1073 preamp modeling. Mics include:

 - SE Electronics V-Kick (Kick In) - Beyer Dynamic Opus 65 (Kick Out)
 - Shure Unidyne III SM57 (Snare Top)
 - Rode NT55 w/ Cardioid Capsule (Snare Top)
 - Audio-Technica ATM650 (Snare Bottom)
 - Sennheiser MD-421 (Each Tom)
 - AKG C414 TLII Pair (Overheads)
 - Apex 210B Ribbon into Soyuz Launcher (Room)
 - Shure 588SB (Vocal)

I use Logic Pro X, Waves Audio plugins, and I enjoy long walks on the beach.

And that cool mic cable? It comes from Sorry Cables in LA. – www.sorrycables.com/

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