The Beech Custom Absolute provides a subtle change from the more familiar birch and maple. Beech is as hard a wood as birch, but with its wider grain seems to emphasise the mid and low frequencies with a little more sustain. It’s a powerful, lively sound.
Available in further 28 custom finishes.
Beech Custom Absolute snare drums are available in two sizes: 14”x7” and 14”x5.5”. The shells are 6-ply 7.5mm beech with 45 degree bearing edges and 1.8mm snare beds. The 100% beech wood plies are laminated using our exclusive Air Seal System which ensures that every drum shell is perfectly round and of uniform thickness. The shells are finished on the outside with extremely tough polyurethane in a range of five glorious colours. Alternatively, there are two other special finishes. First is the extraordinary Vintage Natural, a special synthetic resin, applied by hand to produce a golden honey sheen which will mature with age. Then, unique to the Beech Custom, there is the timeless White Marine Pearl wrap.
The Custom Absolute snares are distinguished by their 10 separate, sleek and classically proportioned chrome lugs per head. Each lug is fixed to the drum shell by a single bolt, thus allowing maximum shell vibration. A special nylon insert prevents tension rods from working loose during performance and the springless design means they are noise-free.
The drums are fitted with our standard length 20-strand hi-carbon hardened steel snare. The release side strainer is our H-type, which makes minimum shell contact and has vertical adjustment, key bolt fasteners and shell isolator. The 2.3mm chromed steel DynaHoop rims provide pinpoint, stable tuning with cracking rim-shots.
Nouveau Lugs
Yamaha's revolutionary Nouveau Lugs utilize a flotaing design that eliminates contact between the lug casing and shell so the shell can resonate freely. Their quick release design also provides for very quick head changes and reduces the risk of losing washers since it is no longer necessary to entirely remove the tuning bolt from the lug to remove the rim.
The Snare drum is also available with single lugs as an option.