Ludwig Raw Patina Copperphonic Snare

£967 Ludwig expands its longstanding Supraphonic snare range with this eye-catching raw finished copper model

- Geoff Nicholls

Ludwig’s aluminium Supraphonic is probably the world’s biggest selling professional snare drum. Ludwig has not messed with its winning formula for decades. So here we have the familiar Supra design, the difference being that Ludwig has replaced the standard shell with this funky-looking copper shell. All Ludwig’s USA-made metal shells have the same seamless construction, a unique process that is crucial to the Ludwig sound and longstanding success. Paralleling this, Ludwig points out they’ve also been making copper-bowled timpani for almost 100 years.

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