Natural Finish Drums With Brass Hardware

When it comes to designing your dream Noble & Cooley kit or snare, you have a lot of options. While most everyone views this as a terrific scenario and we strive to permit you to customize as much as possible, sometimes having so many options tin be daunting and even crusade some decision-making stress. As well, with then many choices bachelor to you lot, it'south possible there are options yous didn't know existed. Nosotros get questions daily nigh whether certain customizing options are possible, and we besides get comments wishing we offered something specific, when in fact we already do.

We want you to know about every option available and then you can brand the most informed conclusion possible and are completely happy with your kit, whichever management your tonal and aesthetic interests have you. As such, we've decided to create this tips folio every bit an advisory guide for anyone looking to customize. The first part of this provides overall guidance and if you curlicue down, the spec options are spelled out for you to consider. Take your fourth dimension and relish the process. We want this to be fun and satisfying for you.

Configurations

Woods Selection

Everything starts here considering the wood you cull has a significant effect on the overall sound of your drums. We have many options here and, ultimately, this comes down to the audio you like and the await you lot prefer. Everything we work with — every wood for every snare and every design approach from solid shell to straight ply to hybrids and every end — is professional grade merely, so don't stress about this. Annihilation you pick is going to sound cute and be finished meticulously. While at that place will be substantial differences, a sound or look that'south right for one actor won't necessarily be for another histrion. But they are all professional, so your only decision hither is which professional sound is right for you. Ane of the greatest values in trying the drums out in person is getting access to the less popular forest and configurations, such every bit ash, beech, Horizon snares, etc. Most drummers haven't played drums made of these woods and can exist much more informative than, say maple or birch. We have them at manufacturing plant and our dealers bear them in their stores.

drum heads

Nosotros supply our kits and snares with your choice of either Evans or Remo heads to best fit your needs. Considering we value a transparent sound and neutral starting point before coloring the drums too much with different head choices, nosotros ship our drums with either Remo Ambassadors (coated and clear for toms) and PS3s (your option of ebony, shine white or Fiberskyn) for the bass, or Evans G1 (coated and clear for toms) and EQ3s for the bass pulsate (your choice of ebony, smoothen white or Calftone). Just choice your brand and reso bass head when you identify your order with the dealer!

Hardware

In general, each of our lines of drums has specific hardware and badges associated with them. The CD Maple lugs and badges are different than the Horizon, Walnut Classic or solid vanquish badges. We'll customize the lugs if requested — simply let united states of america know and we'll make information technology happen. You can run into examples of diverse customizing approaches in our galleries. Only because you see it on one line, doesn't necessarily prohibit its awarding on some other, and then brand sure to expect closely at the images.

Hardware FinisheS

Here too, we have standard approaches. SS Archetype snares take brass hardware, CD Maples have chrome, etc. All the same, nosotros offering black chrome hardware equally a no-cost option and can also practise chrome over brass.

beat sizes

For years, nosotros made our drums in sizes unique to the states, but were limited to specific depth and diameter combinations. In the final few years, nosotros've decided to relax this policy and attempt to accommodate whichever configuration works for you. At some point, the difference between a vi-inch and a 6 ½-inch snare is probably not significant. However, there are two ways to look at this — we can say this is what we make, take it or leave information technology; or we tin say nosotros don't think there'south much sonic difference, but we'll make it for you. We do this because playing isn't just about the tone. If y'all're going to make a meaning purchase and those are the sizes that inspire you, so we'll make it for you.

MIX AND MATCH

An often overlooked surface area of potential customization is to adapt designs and configurations from one product line to another. Whether it is calculation tube lugs from the Walnut Classics to a Horizon kit or building a Horizon kit with a CD Maple kick drum, it is totally fine with united states to blur the lines between the different series of drums. If you lot see something yous like on one drum that you would similar on another, let us know. We would be happy to make it a reality for y'all.

Vanquish Finishes

Terminate options

Oil

Oil finishes are bachelor in natural or any of our stain options and sealed with a hard wax topcoat to add extra protection to your pulsate while withal maintaining the wait and experience of wood.

Gloss

Our gloss drums are painted and treated with a UV cure topcoat to exist a harder finish with more than depth and polish than standard gloss finishes.

Matte

All matte finishes get the same paint treatment the gloss drums receive up until the last coat. The matte drums get finished with a coat of a urethane that has a flattening amanuensis in it to give a nice eggshell finish to your painted drums.

finish manner options

Fade

A fade finish has a colour fade in from one direction of the drum and transition to some other color, or natural finish, for the residuum of the trounce. Available in gloss or matte finish in whatsoever color.

Flare-up

A outburst finish has a colour fade in from both sides of the pulsate that transitions to a dissimilar colour, or natural finish, in the heart. Bachelor in gloss or matte cease in whatever color.

solid color

Any translucent or opaque processed color we offer with no burst or fade option. Available in gloss or matte finish in any color.

Natural

Allows the full dazzler of the wood to polish through! No tinting of any kind. Bachelor in oil, gloss or matte finish in any color.

sparkle

All the sparkles we offer are hand-painted and never wrapped. We can as well combine a sparkle with a outburst or fade for something truly unique at no additional charge! Available in gloss or matte finish in any colour.

Mounting Systems

Our pause system can be practical to your pulsate set in several means, including the manufacture standard of mounting them under the top rim. None of our other structure techniques arm-twist every bit many comments every bit our determination to mount the intermission organisation at the lesser of the lugs on the toms. Some people don't similar the wait of this, which we understand because it places hardware in the eye of the shell and can obscure the badge. Withal, nosotros choose to do this because it has a significant effect on the tone of the drum — information technology opens amend and resonates longer. Information technology's a very clear deviation If yous don't like this expect, nosotros can always mount them in the traditional fashion and your drums will be affected no more than than any other drum made past other manufacturers. Every bit an option, we can besides accommodate the placement of the badges so they tin can exist seen regardless of the rim placement.

Badges

Traditionally, nosotros've used the circular badge for the SS Classics, CD Maples and the Alloy snares. Everything else gets the other badge. We also do woodburning as an option on all our drums. If yous would similar to see a different configuration, let us know and nosotros'll attempt to get in happen. Besides, for those who want the break system on the lower portion of the lugs, we can accommodate the placement of the badges to ensure you can run across them.

hoops

We offering triple flanged, dice-cast and wood hoops. Nosotros routinely go asked why nosotros no longer offering die-cast hoops. The answer is we exercise still offer die-bandage hoops, simply the trend lately in the industry has been to use triple flanged, so by default, about drums go out with those. Call us to hash out the pros and cons of each for your playing situation.In general, for studio musicians and anyone who likes a drier tone, we suggest dice-cast, whereas we recommend triple flanged for players using the kits in a live situation or those looking for a more forgiving option for tuning. Woods hoops add a special look and tone to your kit, but again, you may want to contact u.s.a. to hash out before going this route.

begetting edges

Traditionally, all our begetting edges have been 45 degrees on the snares and toms and thirty degrees on the kick drums. More than recently, we've added a slight roundover to the snare and tom edges. All our begetting edges are then checked, leveled and paw-tuned to assure the all-time tuning and resonance for your musical instrument.