{"id":24874,"date":"2023-10-18T18:51:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-19T01:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ericbeam.com\/?p=24874"},"modified":"2025-03-02T18:53:04","modified_gmt":"2025-03-03T02:53:04","slug":"13-inch-snare-fest-keplinger-ludwig-honest-abe-noble-and-cooley-ahead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ericbeam.com\/?p=24874","title":{"rendered":"13 inch snare &#8216;fest &#8211; Keplinger : ludwig : Honest Abe : Noble and Cooley : Ahead"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@EricBeam1313\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Well, some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/hashtag\/drumgeekery\">#drumgeekery<\/a> was had (spot the stick break?). Like most drummers, I might have a snare obsession. For me, that is 13&#8243; snares in particular. I lined them up in an unscientific test to hear what they do. Many of them are tuned to extremes (Sorry Paul for the floptasticness) and it is what it is, deal with it. Up on the chopping block is a beautifully beastly @keplingerdrums Steel @ludwigdrumshq Maple @honestabeinstrumentcompany Aluminium @nobleandcooley Tulip! @aheaddrumsticks @prodrumhollywood Brass @sugarpercussion Cherry @ludwigdrumshq Black Magic For the drone, a @korgofficial MS-20 is doing its thing with the @midronome clocking the S&amp;H, keeping me in time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EPpzAh5QyI8?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, some #drumgeekery was had (spot the stick break?). Like most drummers, I might have&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/ericbeam.com\/?p=24874\">Read the post<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">13 inch snare &#8216;fest &#8211; Keplinger : ludwig : Honest Abe : Noble and Cooley : Ahead<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24875,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-everything-else","excerpt","zoom","full-without-featured","even","excerpt-0"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/ericbeam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/13-inch-snare-fest-keplinger-lud.jpg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":24541,"url":"https:\/\/ericbeam.com\/?p=24541","url_meta":{"origin":24874,"position":0},"title":"Soloed Snare Shell Mic","author":"Eric","date":"July 29, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Trying out a MD421 on the Snare shell. 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