Brady Handmade Snare

Brady Handmade Snare £670

Brady's handmade snares are objects of beauty, choose carefully though, they are expensive and some of the wood types might not suit your style

The MusicRadar Team, Tue 23 Oct 2007, 12:12 pm BST

A Brady snare is an object of beauty.

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Manufacturer's description

Nothing sounds like a Brady because nothing is built like a Brady !

Brady is the only company of its kind, able to produce small quantities of their own ply shells in a revolutionary new method pioneered by Chris Brady in 1988. The shells are made in a dry mould system, excluding the introduction of water into the shells, unlike conventional steam-bending techniques. The use of special epoxy resins makes reinforcement hoops and other stability measures unnecessary in a Brady shell, while guaranteeing that they never go out-of-round.

We use individual Select Grade plies of Jarrah and Marri timber. These are unique hardwoods indigenous to Western Australia and are much harder than rock maple with outstanding acoustic properties. The drum is pressed in a straight grain method with all timber grain running in the same horizontal direction around the drum shell (not cross-laminated). This approach enables the timber to resonate freely, resulting in a sound similar to a solid shell, previously unknown in ply construction.

This is a world first and has not been copied by other manufacturers, primarily because mass production is not possible using this technology.

Countless international artists regard Brady Ply Drums as most treasured items, ever since their initial release into the drumming community.