Luan Wood Drums

I had my 70s pearl wood fiberglass drums out on a gig last night for the first time 4000 investment by the way and was pleasantly surprised with them.

Luan wood drums. Cc player date snare angel drums meranti stave mysterious drums super thick indonisian dark red meranti stave snare. All tropical plywood may be composed any one or two of hundreds of. I know most of you think of luan as that cheap wood cb kits and such are made of but today i had my perception changed. Luan i also played the pearl wood drums of that era 70s.

This year pearl revived the wood fiberglass series with notable upgrades. A drums hardware plies bearing edges and build quality are important but the choice of wood is crucial to determining a drums sound. There is so much range that some veneer mills will split the two into two groups red meranti and white meranti and they are often specified that way gross added that some of the more recent substitutes for lauan include sumauma and white virola from brazil and fuma an african wood. Drums made of bubinga will feature a much darker sound with a full rich sustain as well as a nice attack.

These are beefy luan shellslike yours. The company also made all fiberglass drums the result was a unique tonal combination that retained the warm thumpy tone of luan coupled with the crisp attack and strong projection associated with fiberglass. Stellardrum luan is not an actual mahogany and holds no where near the tonal or visual qualities of the real thing. Most drum shells are made of one of these woods so we will compare them.

For this reason it is often used in low end budget drums. These drums are actually a very nice choice due to their pleasing sound and it is a wonder why more drums are not made from the wood. The fiberglass were brighter. It can only move the drums closer to what you want to hear.

Because it is relatively unattractive most luan drums will be covered in a. Luan i played the fiberglass 70s drums too. The varying manufacturing costs are also a distinguishing factor in which wood is used for new drums. Bubinga drums are most related to maple drums in tonality.

The wood fiberglass drums were very close to the wood drums. Luan is the softest of these woods and it is also the least attractive which contributes to it being the least expensive of the three. The white meranti is the lighter weight wood. Id go ahead with your project.

I tried a selection of snares today all made of luan. While the wood selection is secondary to pickups and electronics when choosing a guitar the importance of wood in drums is incontestable.