DW are officially launching the Collector’s Series “Timekeeper” Snare Drum. The drum is decorated with “Clock and Gear” wood inlays, three hundred and fifty-one individual pieces, to be exact. Each piece of exotic and dyed laser cut material is hand-inlayed into the 1/36” thick top veneer of a Pure Purpleheart shell.
DW‘s Vice-President, Drum Designer and “woodologist”, John Good, has created the Timekeeper motif as a tribute to the artform. Good explains: “Some of my favorite drummers do just that. They keep time. And they do it in a way that is so admirable. These often-unsung players play for the song. It’s a cliché, but it’s so right on the money. The Timekeeper is in tribute to those players.”
Basic specs:
- Producer: DW
- Model: Collector’s Series “Timekeeper”
- Material: Pure Purpleheart
- Inlays: Santos Rosewood
- Size: 14” x 6.5″
- Finish: limited edition Antique Bronze
- Shell: VLT, 11-ply
- Hoops: custom True-Hoops™ with faux leather inlay
- Snares: True-Tone Snare Wires™
- MAG Throw-Off System with 3P butt plate for quick wire tension adjustment
- Lugs and tuning rods: True-Pitch 50 Tuning™
- Heads: DW by Remo
John Good continues: “Our goal is to not have this drum solely be a memento, it’s designed to be played. I think Purpleheart is an excellent choice for a workhorse snare and we see more and more drummers discovering it and being blown away by what it can do.”
The drum is made at the DW California Custom Shop, and comes with a Deluxe DW carrying case and retails for USD 2307.
