Drums & Shells

McNeilly Custom Drumworks offers a wide variety of shell options to our customers. Since we hand-craft our own shells, the possibilities are virtually endless. We can use ANY wood species, foreign or domestic. There are over 700 species of just Eucalyptus alone, so here is a small list of woods we can use:

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Anegre, Applewood, Japanese Ash, Aspen, Silver Aspen, Australian Myrtle, Australian Walnut, Beech, Red Birch, White Birch, German Beech, Bloodwood, Bubinga, Cerejeira, Chen Chen, Cherry, Brazilian Cherry, French Cherry, Cocobola, Cypress, Birdseye Maple, Italian Ebony, Macasssar Ebony, American Elm, Carpathian Elm, Eucalyptus,, Goncalo Alves, Imbuia, Kingswood, Koa, Hawaiian Koa, Lacewood, Leopardwood, Laurel, Lovoa, Lovoa-Tigerwood, Madrone, African Mahogany, Honduras Mahogany, Makore, Maple (spalted, quilted, hard, soft, burl), Australian Maple, Mappa, Red Oak, White Oak, European Oak, English Oak, Okume, Oriental Wood, African Padouk, Paldao, Pimento Wood, Primavera, Redwood, Brazilian Rosewood, Indian Rosewood, San Domingo Rosewood, Santos Rosewood, South American Purpleheart, Sapele, African Satinwood, Sugarberry, Sweetgum, English Sycamore, Tasmanian Eucalyptus, Teak, Walnut, Claro Walnut, Italian Walnut, English Yew, South American Yew, African Zebrawood… Just to name a few… If you don’t see it, just ask! We can get it for you.

At McNeilly Custom Drumworks, we offer:

  • Custom Laminated Shells
  • Custom Stave Shells
  • Custom Segmented Shells
  • Custom Steam bent Shells
  • Custom “Vintage” Style Shells
  • Industry Standard “Keller” Shells
  • Acrylic Shells

Custom Snare Shells from 5-ply to 50-ply, Laminated Tom Shells from 5-ply to 11-ply, Bass shells from 8-ply to 11-ply. You might ask, “Why don’t you make them 10-ply?”… Well, it’s because “Ours go to ELEVEN!”…. LOL  (musician joke ;0)

Snares Available in 10″, 12″, 13″, 14″, and 15″

Toms Available in 6″, 8″, 10″, 12″, 13″, 14″. 15″, 16″, 18″, and 20″

Kicks Available in 18″, 20″, 22″, 24″, 26″, and 28″