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I am looking in the Interstate Music catalogue for a good mid-priced snare to get for my studio. Also, a set of congas?

I want it for sessions that require subtle snare accompanyment. Brush work and quiet rI'm shot stuff.

Is steel or wood better for the following. And particular wood ie. birch etc.? Snare size - diameter and height? Type of skin? For the following kind of stuff? What type of brushes?

Music is acoustic upright bass, acoustic guitar, piano, mandolin, occasionally a tele through Fender Deluxe reverb. Also other percussion - conga, Cabasa, Guiro, Woodblocks, Tambourine. With vocals.

Production examples: J.J. Cale. Bob Dylan's Love and Theft. Folk - bluegrass tinged country -old country/rockabilly, ala Roy Orbison, Johnny Cash, Hank Williams, etc.

Also, for this type of stuff is the 10 and 11 inch conga best or the 11 and 12 inch?

Thanks,

Woods

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bhuvan Fri, 07/09/2004 - 07:42

the best thing to do is to go around to your music store and try out all these different types..

also listen to recordings of the kinds that you've mentioned and see what is the equipment that those artists use (or used for that session)..

the recording and production part totally changes the equation from there on and i can't say more than this.