{"id":24913,"date":"2024-04-28T19:13:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-29T02:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ericbeam.com\/?p=24913"},"modified":"2025-03-02T19:14:28","modified_gmt":"2025-03-03T03:14:28","slug":"side-by-side-honest-abe-aluminum-and-copper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ericbeam.com\/?p=24913","title":{"rendered":"Side by side &#8211; Honest abe aluminum and copper."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I tend to go into &#8220;test mode&#8221; when creative stagnation hits. I&#8217;ve wanted to hear the @honestabeinstrumentcompany aluminum and copper snares side by side for some time now, so I hit record, and this is the result. The copper is tuned higher, but this is the nature of how these snares call out to me. While I was at it, I took the opportunity to give the SQ-64 a go with the 2600m and had @audio.damage AXON and ODC come along for the ride.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@EricBeam1313\"><\/a><\/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\/RuuKVOc-J6U?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>I tend to go into &#8220;test mode&#8221; when creative stagnation hits. I&#8217;ve wanted to hear&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/ericbeam.com\/?p=24913\">Read the post<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Side by side &#8211; Honest abe aluminum and copper.<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24914,"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-24913","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\/side-by-side-honest-abe-aluminum.jpg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":24874,"url":"https:\/\/ericbeam.com\/?p=24874","url_meta":{"origin":24913,"position":0},"title":"13 inch snare &#8216;fest &#8211; Keplinger : ludwig : Honest Abe : Noble and Cooley : Ahead","author":"Eric","date":"October 18, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Well, some #drumgeekery was had (spot the stick break?). 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