What is it?
Every instrument has its ‘holy grails’, and as far as snare drums are concerned, there are many. But while so much of our industry looks towards the ’50s, ’60s and ’70s for its definitive sounds, there are, of course, plenty of standout products to emerge since then. Bell Brass snares are one, and the archetype is Tama’s Bell Brass model – first introduced in the ’80s, and finding fame as the provider of huge, heavy backbeats for rock legends including Metallica, Nirvana and Rage Against The Machine to name just a few.
