SHAW: The first 150 YEARS....

Shaw Percussion celebrated its 150th continuous year of production in the UK in 2016. To mark this achievement Shaw, who now produce a huge range of drum products and accessories, released a limited range of UK produced vintage style, mixed maple snare drums, themed to the 1960’s Beat Boom era. There are 6 different 1960’s themed designs with each design released in 6 colour choices with colours taken from 1960’s period paint charts. To be really consistent with the theme these are all 6 lug, twin flange hoop drums as was common at this time from makers such as Ludwig, Slingerland, Gretsch etc.

Where our modern methods can improve on this is with the improved design and engineering quality of our hardware and fittings. We have been able to eliminate the tuning problems and ‘boom’ that can occur with less drum tuning points, however we have kept the power, openness and increased volume that comes with less metal hardware on the drum enabling the shell to resonate more freely.