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The only thing I can think of is that I may need to find the original roller strainer and butt-plate. The shell and edges and hardware are fine. With the Aquarian hi-energy head it sounds pretty good without muffling, but it still takes a lot of tweaking to get the buzz out. Any less muffling and the buzzing and overtones come back. Still has decent resonance, but its a little flat. With the vintage emperor, I can get a good sound out of it with a Remo gel cut in half and stuck at 10 and 2 on the head close to the hoop. The batter heads I switch between are a Remo vintage emperor and an Aquarian hi-energy.
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Depending on the head, the drum can produce some bad overtones and just generally ring more than is necessary for a snare drum. I've counted and sometimes the buzz will last 7-8 (long) seconds. The biggest problem I have with the drum is that it often has a gnarly, extremely long lasting buzz after its struck. Slightly thuddy/muddy without a lot of ringing. What I want from the drum is a fat, quick sound. Sometimes it sounds great, but 80% of the time I'm tweaking on it and just messing around with it. Hello! I've had an 80's Tama Superstar snare (8x14 birch shell) for a while now and it has been an extremely fickle and stubborn snare drum.