As its name suggests, the timber has a high gum content which usually results in low recovery rates for first grade timber. However when gold is struck with the perfect log, the initially dark red outer gum of the tree is removed to reveal a beautiful honey-coloured, yellow to pale heartwood for us to build gorgeous true solid snare drums out of.

Marri is more commonly known as Red Gum due to the rich red blood-like substance that it “bleeds” in response to damage from insects. It is generally a sign that the tree is sick but for our drums, with just the right amount in the right place for stability purposes, it can provide some absolutely gorgeous gum vein features on our shells.

Marri produces a rich, warm, fundamentally lower note with a very pronounced almost “nuked” mid range (richer, more organic midrange is a noticeable feature in all of our True Solid Drums, most notable in Marri*). It’s lower register provides a rich & colourful thud, explosive honey like midrange in medium tuning and a dynamite crack in its upper register with surprising warmth to the note.

TYPE: Hardwood

COLOUR: Honey, Yellow to Pale

GRAIN STRUCTURE: Course even texture with slightly interlocking grain, gum vein features

BARK.Rough, splotchy, and tessellated (characterised by repeated geometric patterns).

DENSITY: Green 1200 kg/m3, Air-dry 850kg/m3, Basic Density 650kg/m3

JANKA SCALE: Green 6.6 KN/Dry - 7.1 KN