Hey drummers,
I have a nice Yamaha steel snare that I've had for a few years. It's a great snare. However, within the last 6 months or so, for some reason, one or more of the lugs work themselves loose (to they point where they're easily finger loose). It's always the lugs surrounding "ground zero" for the side of my stick when it hits the rim for hard rim/snare shots, of which I do a lot of. I've always done a lot of that type of playing, so it's not likely to be a change in technique that's causing this all of a sudden.
I've tried cleaning the lugs and coating in vaseline, with no results. Anyone have any ideas as to what might be causing this, and what I can do to fix it?
Thanks,
SB