ZEBRA DRUMS 14 X 6 LONDON PLANE TREE STAVE SHELL SNARE DRUM, SEMI GLOSS OIL FINISH

Zebra Drums are based in the Netherlands. The company is owned and run by Sjoerd van den Beuken, who specialises in the making of handcrafted solid stave free floating drums and snare drums.

We first came across the drums at the London Drum Show in 2017 and we were instantly drawn to the incredible sound coming from his booth. On close inspection it was obvious that Sjoerd has an incredible eye for the details and has designed, built and created some incredible shell and hardware solutions that truly are improving up on other methods in the pursuit of incredible sound.

The drums have a different approach to almost everything that a conventional drum does.

"I build these drums from an engineering point of view together with some plain simple logic. I always imagined building a drum that could offer more to the drummer. More in sound, tuning, tuning range and playability. I found a way by making my own shells, redesigning the free floating concept and creating a revolutionary new suspension."

The Snares

Sjoerd constructs the snare drums using the same stave shell construction as his toms, but shell thickness can vary depending on the drum. Zebra Drums snare drums are purposely made using the conventional tuning system, because of two reasons:

The lower resonant head needs to be tuned really tight, while you can vary tuning with the batter head for optimal use;
The type of snare bed that is being used on all Zebra Drums' snares needs constant high tensioning for it to work to its full potential.

All Zebra snare drums are fitted with tube lugs, a Trick strainer and custom Zebra snare wire straps, for added sensitivity and durability.