Stewart Copeland's Snare Drum * Of Mysterious Provenance & The Tama SC145 Snare Drum

This early/mid 70's chromed brass Pearl 5.5x14 snare drum (I think it was officially Pearl model 6356 and/or 4214) is the exact model drum on which Tama based the "Tama SC145" Stewart Copeland signature snare drum.
In Tama's original literature from when the Copeland Signature snare drum came out-it's got to be at least 10 years ago now I believe- it was described as based on the design of Copeland's favorite snare drum: a 'no name snare drum with mysterious provenance'. Well, here is one for you to see, as Copeland confirmed in one of his earliest Sacred Grove videos.
Really fast, I must now confess that I'm one of those rat bastards that helped accidentally piss off vintage Pearl drum collectors over the years by erroneously referring to this model as a JUPITER (which was I think model 4914DC and offered in both 5.5x14 & 6.5x14).
They're very nice heavy cob shelled drums. And indeed the Copeland signature Tama SC145 is a great drum (that one is in fact 5x14 not 5.5x14. I have owned one at one time. I in fact prefer the sound of the Copeland Tama SC145 to these Pearl models, btw. If you're looking for one: follow my advice contained in this video to spot one!
****And be careful! There are some 3 liners that are older, and then some newer than this exact model that have different '3 lines'. The '3 lines' have to look EXACTLY like the 3 lines depicted on the drum here. Send me pics of the one you're considering buying to my bonzoleum at gmail addy and I'll help you out (I will not buy it out from under you-I'm not a rat!).





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