Savoie Snare Drums

My drum building journey started with a New Year’s resolution to build a snare drum. I didn’t know anything about building drums. I did not even know where to start. But I knew that my life had changed. Savoie drums was born.

I knew that my first snare drum would be Stave Construction. I wanted to build something similar to the incredible block (Stave) snare drums being built by Brady. I did some research online and bought some tools to help with the job and bought my first stave snare shell.

The first build was a 6×14 Paduak Stave Shell with Purple Heart Diamond Inlays. I used chrome tube lugs, triple flanged rims, a traditional throw off and Puresound wires. The quality, sounds and playability exceeded my expectations and my passion from drum building was formed.

This YouTube Videos demos some snare drums and hi hat combinations.

This video features some demo videos of different Snare Drum and Hi Hat combinations. I built all of the snare drums except for the Sleishman and Yamaha. The background tune is by the Mighty Imperials, “Cold Sweat.”

Echo 6×14 Nickle over Brass Snare Drum with 13″ 1980’s Zildjian New Beat Hi Hats
Savoie 6×14 Paduak w/ PurpleHeart Diamond Stave Snare drum with 13-3/4″ Dream Bliss Hi Hats
Savoie 6×14 Beech with Walnut Strips Stave Snare Drum with 13″ Zildjian Master Sound Top with New Beat Bottom Hi Hats
Savoie 6×14 Cherry Stave Snare Drum with 13″ 1980’s Zildjian K top with K Custom Special Dry Bottom Hi Hats
Savoie 6×14 Mahogany (Keller Shell) Snare Drum with 14″ Amedia Gallata Hi Hats
Savoie 5×14 Maple with Walnut Strips Stave Snare Drum with 14″ 1960’s Zildjian Hi Hats
Savoie 5×14 Purple Heart & Oak Stave Snare Drum with 14″ 1960’s Zildjian Hi Hats
Sleishman 6×14 Maple Free Floating Snare Drum with 13″ Zildjian Top with New Beat Bottom Hi Hats
Savoie 5×14 Thin Maple Stave Snare Drum with 13 Zildjian K top with New Beat Bottom Hi Hats
Yamaha 4×14 Maple Custom Snare Drum with 13″ Zildjian K top with New Beat Bottom Hi Hats

Audio and Video direction off Panasonic Camcorder with no audio effects.