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When Brian Spaun and Dave Pimentel met a few years ago, no one thought that it would start the Spaun Drums Company. Spaun did drum repairs, refinishing and customizing them, while Pimentel had a machinist background. Eventually, the two dedicated drummers made a conscious effort to build quality drums with unique features, that could be affordable to those who simply wanted to play drums at home. They eventually formed a partnership, made prototype designs, and by 1996, they shipped their first Spaun drums kits.
Spaun Drums in detail
Even if the Spaun drums are basically one line of drums, they have different sizes and colors to choose from. All the shells of the drums are made of the same materials, construction, number of plies and type of bearing edge. The same type of steel hoop is used on their snare drums and toms; however, the bass drum has maple hoops. All drums are satin hand rubbed, which are available in a variety of hues. Experimenting with different configurations, the friends eventually decided that the sound they were looking for was best found by using 8-ply maple shells without the reinforcing rings.
Spaun Drums are what you have been looking for
Some critics claim that the aesthetics of Spaun drums was too pretty to sound good. Well, they are mistaken. They sound good, look good and are of good quality.The first time you use Spaun Drums, the kits immediately give the user the big, ‘ringy’, aggressive sound that they are looking for.
According to Owl’s Dan Dinsmore, the drums have just the right amount of attach and volume and projection. They are easy to work with, and have sweet spots that can usually go anywhere with the tuning and the pitch. These factors, makes it easier for players to get just the right sound they are looking for, when they are practicing, and it makes it faster to master the sound they want to perform.
The Spaun drums come in a variety of kits, each is of quality design, and that makes it an easy choice, compared to the other drum kits sold out there. However, the best way to find out, is to really just play it for yourselves, and find out if you really like it. There can be no denying that not everyone likes a particular drum kit. Listen to the sound reviews online, and hear for yourself what other drummers are raving about Spaun Drums.