Last night I broke my 12" mesh snare head. T'was the rim shots. The mesh and its glue came out of the rim.
With a gig tomorrow night and only two music shops near here, neither of which sell mesh heads, I had no option by to make my own.
Luckily I had all the bits left over from the last time I did this a few years ago for my sons kit.
First I removed the mesh from the broken head..
And cut a square of fly screen mesh. This is the pet safe one that is tough enough for pets to scratch at and not get through.
Next I needed something in the middle to make some slack in the head. Without this the head could be so tight that you would not be able to get it on.
With a keen eye I cut a medically accurate and perfect circle.
Than I pegged it in 4 places to help hold the mesh in place. The thread I am using is the type they use for peg lines on construction site. Very very tough stuff..
And sewed the mesh on, removing the 4 anchor threads as I went around. Then trimmed the excess mesh...
Here it is complete
Here is it so you can see how much slack there is..
Finally here it is installed.
EDIT: I don't know how it performs. Feels ok to play on but I have not plugged it in to test it. I'll not get a chance to do that before the gig tomorrow night. If it's not good I'll just use one of the tom pads (one great advantage of using edrums eh? )
I'll also color in the pink string to be black. Not that important but important enough. I'll not bother coloring it in if it does not perform as expected.