NuEdg Bearing Edges

I’ve seen these floating around for a little while now and always wondered about them, so one day as I was perusing ebay I saw some listed for sale. A pair of edges for $22.00. I thought to myself, that’s not a bad price since I charge $20 per edge when I cut bearing edges so I bought some to see how good they really were. 

The edges come in 5 different “cuts”

Traditional 45 – Which is a single 45 degree edge.

Vintage Round – Pretty self explanatory.

Classic 30 – A 30 degree cut with a rounded back cut.

Resonant 60/30 – A 30 degree cut with a 60 degree back cut.

Attack 45 – Standard double 45 degree cut.

Custom – They also do custom bearing edges.

Oops, that’s 6.

The sizes range from 8” to 18” in diameter and they are available for 5, 6, 8, and 10 ply shells. They come in either maple or composite.

It’s a little confusing at first when you’re selecting the right ply because they list a “Ply Series” and and “Application Drum Ply Shell” listed on the sizing page but they are very good about getting  you the right edges for your drums! They emailed me a couple times to insure that I was getting the edges I wanted.

I ordered a pair of 14” 8 ply edges to try out. They actually sent e a variety of edges. I’m not sure if they intended to or not but I received two 14” edges (one maple and one composite) along with a 10” and 12” edge(both composite).

I didn’t actually try one out on a drum because these are designed to place over a bad edge or a non cut edge and I don’t want to ruin a good edge by placing it on the drum and tightening it down.  But I did place it on a raw shell and messed around with it that way!

It appears that even on an unlevel edge, the Nu-Edg will sit relatively true. 

In general, I think that this is a pretty good product. For drummers who have a drum in need of a new bearing edge but don’t have the means to recut them or have them recut or just plain cant afford to have them recut, this is the answer, inexpensive but effective.

I don’t know if it would fall under their custom edge but the only thing I can see that they need to do is offer edges with snare beds. If they do that, they’re golden.

The Ego Thrown Off

Today’s review is on the Ego snare throw off. I’ve had quite a few people ask me about these so here ya go.

I’m going to try and NOT do a Trick/Ego comparison for this review but if I do…well then I guess I do.

The first thing you notice when you look at it is that it kind of resembles Trick’s throw off. It’s basically the same design although there are a few differences. Not a rip off, just similar. The Trick throw off is more squared off where the Ego has a rounded appearance.  The functionalities of the two strainers are pretty different though. I found that the Ego is not as smooth as the Trick, it takes more effort to move the Ego. Not a big deal until you’re trying to adjust it in the middle of a song.  One thing, you won’t have much issue with it accidentally releasing the snares. Once it’s tightened, it doesn’t move but like I said, if you’re the type of drummer who likes to turn the snares off during a song, you’re going to struggle a little. 

As far as a strainer itself goes, the Ego is solid, well built and about the same price as the Trick. One of the advantages of the Ego is that Ego offers free powder coating on the strainer as well as their lugs so it’s nice to be able to match the strainer to the lugs. One noticeable thing about the Ego is that it is heavier than the Trick.

Overall, it’s a good strainer. Is it better than Tricks? I think that can only be determined by the user. I have used both on my drums and have had no complaints about either….damn I compared them!

Til next review!