Review Simon Edgoose Mikedolbear.com
Famed for their aluminum sticks, Ahead have ventured into a new area.
On the Ahead stand were some new metal snares. Now, I must admit to not
being tremendously excited by the prospect of another new snare drum,
but at the risk of sounding like an advert… “That was before I heard
it!”. The shells are very thin and are 14” or 13” x 6” in black chrome
over brass.
They have tube lugs,
Fat Cat snares (with the adjustable tension inner wires), S-Hoops
(triple flange hoops with a larger top flange angled over the bearing
edge, which sound more like cast hoops), Tight Screw tension rods (which
have an insert of nylon to guarantee they never de-tune) and a choice of Dunnett or Trick throw offs. Now, on
paper, they should sound good, but I think that Gerry and I decided they
were they best snare we had heard so far at NAMM. When the person who
was showing us them first hit one, a guy who was passing stopped and
came over and asked what the snare was as it sounded ‘incredible!’. It
is stupidly loud (making us blink in a hall with 20m high ceilings) but
also REALLY musical. One to check out.
