Custom drum manufacturer Murray Drums, based in Central Scotland, has unveiled its latest creation: a 13x7 inch snare drum made from African Blackwood and Scottish Burr Elm.
The snare features over 72 different sections of wood, skillfully glued and machined to a 10mm thickness with 1.5mm re-rings.
It is then sanded, shellac-ed, buffed and varnished to an inch of its life before being topped and tailed with Evans G2 and Hazy 300 drumheads.
Here's a short demo of Murray Drums' latest snare drum:
The lucky owner of this percussive work of art is Fraser West, drummer in Skerryvore, the multi-award winning folk-rock band from Scotland. Fraser has also been named as Murray Drums first official endorsing artist.
