As 2009 slips away and we jump into 2010, lets go out on one of my favorite snares from this past year.  This is a Sounds Like Art snare, Series I.  The shell started out as a 1″ thick maple stave shell, and was precision carved to what you see below.  The lugs are a custom machined art deco design with solid brass tuning inserts, the hoops are Slingerland Stick-Saver reproductions, and the strainer is the Dunnett R-Class.   My favorite feature of this drum was the paint job.   Created using Dodge Viper Silver Metallic as a base over the wood working, it was then sealed and coated in Toyota Scion XB Black, which was antiqued to get a nice weathered effect, and then clear coated in a high-gloss.  The final drum is an awesome work of art, the photos really don’t do it justice…but here’s a farewell to ’09, and a big Happy New Year to all: