This snare needed plenty of work to say the least. First thing that I was going to begin with was the hardware on the drum. I started by getting some vintage lugs from a CB-700 drum set. There is something about those wristwatch-styled lugs that I think looks cool. That being said the hoops had to be chrome so I ordered a stick saver 2.3mm snare-side hoop and a 13″ S-hoop for the batter side.
The shell was in good shape except for a few deep dings. After drilling the holes for the new lugs, it was time to correct the factory defect on these snares. Once the center of the snare beds were marked, new holes had to be drilled. The previous holes had to be filled in with wood filler. I like using DAP products but any wood filler should do fine.
Once the wood filler dried, it was time to sand the finish off. I painted the shell red with water based paint. I personally like using polyurethane as a finish so that I can add a red, black, yellow, and copper metal flake. Its important to give another pass without any flake to be able to sand the shell smooth without hitting any of the metal flakes. Otherwise you can end up with silver / chrome in the mix from the filed flakes.
