Serial Number 040-010

Wenge Snare Drum

Started on April 09, 2025; completed on April 23, 2025

This is a new Wenge snare drum to replace the old one in certain ways. I had some routing mishaps on the previous Wenge snare drum so that’s why I use it as a “demo” drum. Even though they are not visible on the outside face of the drum, I know that they are there.

But despite the fact that there are those issues, I have had good feedback about the Wenge snare drum so it was a matter of time in building another one.

This one actually didn’t get the thickness I was hoping for. It ended up being about 0.350″, I was aiming for 0.400″ but it just didn’t work out to the targeted number in the end.

The Wenge wood can have some nice patterns to the grain if you manage to get pieces that have that. This board was a mix of the grain direction but I find Wenge always good visually in colour and pattern.

SPECS

Body Wenge

Diameter 14″ 

Depth 6″

Hoops WorldMax

Lug Casings Ross Percussion double end drum lugs

Tension Rods AIAS tension rods 2.5″

Snare Strainer AIAS strainer kit

Snare 20 strand snare wire

Batter Head Evans G1 coated

Snare Head Evans snare side head