The Granadillo Topo Map Custom Snare Drum

This 7.5x14 custom handcrafted dual-finish snare drum is built from 100% Granadillo wood staves. That lovely color and figuring is not a veneer, it’s through and through Granadillo. Granadillo is a Central America wood that is incredibly hard - about twice as hard as maple, but has a much more complex grain structure and appearance. This hard, thick exotic wood shell translates to extra volume when you really hit this drum.

As for the finish, I have been backpacking in Colorado quite a bit lately and have been looking at a lot of topographical maps. The grain structure and figuring in this wood reminded me of a topo map, so I added 16 coats of hand-rubbed Liberon finishing oil, I let it cure for 3 weeks, and then, just because I love a challenge, I decided to very carefully sand specific parts of the shell so that there would be a dual texture effect, both high gloss and satin, to give the visual effect of ridges and valleys like you’d see on a topo map. This drum has:

• offset 45 degree bearing edges.

• a 0.50” thick stave shell

• handmade brass lugs with a satin lacquer finish and center point brass shavings inlaid in resin

• brass triple flanged hoops and tension rods

• Puresound Custom Pro brass 24 strand snare wires

• Lacquered Brass finish throw off and butt plate

• Matching air vent grommet

• Remo heads.