{"product_id":"shaped-beater-masterclass","title":"Beater Making Masterclass — How I Make a Shaped Drum Beater","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA drum is only half the instrument. The beater is what your hand actually holds — and its weight, its balance and its head decide how the drum answers.\u003c\/strong\u003e This masterclass is the full process of making the one I consider the most demanding of the three I make: the shaped, carved beater.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMy name is Max. I'm from Ukraine, and I've been building shamanic drums and their beaters for over ten years. Every beater I make is made to order, and this is exactly how I make this one — start to finish, nothing left out.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWho it's for\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYou have a drum and want a beater that belongs to it, not a shop-bought stick.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYou already work with wood and want the fur, the finish and the details done properly.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYou want to try making one, and you'd rather see a maker do it than guess.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat you get\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe full process on video — 37 minutes\u003c\/strong\u003e, from a bare pine batten to the finished beater. English subtitles burned into the picture.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWritten guide — PDF, 10 pages.\u003c\/strong\u003e Every measurement and every step in writing, plus a table telling you where each step sits in the video, so you can jump straight back to the part you need.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA note on language.\u003c\/strong\u003e The video is narrated in russian with English subtitles burned in. The guide is fully in English.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe materials\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA pine or alder batten, a piece of fur — I use beaver — paint, and glue. Everything else is ordinary workshop tools: a jigsaw, a sander, sandpaper, scissors. No special equipment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat you'll have at the end\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYour own beater: shaped by your hand, furred, finished, and balanced for your drum. Including the one detail most people never think of — the trick that makes the fur look like it grows out of the wood rather than being glued onto it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMaking the drum itself is a separate craft — that's my full \u003ca href=\"\/uk\/products\/drum-making-masterclass\"\u003eDrum Making Masterclass\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAny questions? Write me — hello@openyourdrum.com\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Open Your Drum","offers":[{"title":"Masterclass","offer_id":52299520835880,"sku":null,"price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0721\/3010\/1544\/files\/cover_portrait.jpg?v=1788039488","url":"https:\/\/openyourdrum.com\/uk\/products\/shaped-beater-masterclass","provider":"Open your drum ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}