This beauty is a 14x7 Mappa Burl outer ply, Maple and Poplar core, and an aromatic Cedar inner ply.
A mixture of these four wood species should make for an incredibly articulate and musical snare drum. Mappa burl, Poplar, and Cedar are all relatively soft wood species which should give this drum incredible low-end, and a ridiculously Fat Sound. However, when tempered with the very hard North American Hard Rock maple, the shell should make for a very musical drum that is articulate, Punchy, and able to handle a wide range of tunings.
Features of this snare include our standard HHG single point "Gear" lugs in Black Nickel, 2.3 mm triple flanged hoops, a vintage style strainer, diecast butt plate, diecast air vent, diecast Antique Silver HHG badging, Evans drum heads, and Puresound Pro snare wires. If you would like to substitute any of that for some specific hardware of your choosing, feel free to shoot us a message, though this may increase the price.
A wide variety of finishes are available as well. We can do a hand-rubbed natural satin oil, a satin lacquer, or a high-gloss lacquer, or anything else you can imagine. We can do literally any color scheme you can dream up. We can also do things like rats, inlays, Sparkle lacquers, custom badges and custom artwork. Literally anything you can dream up.
You can choose the bearing edges as well if you have something specific in mind, otherwise we will cut our standard Edge which consists of a 1/8 inch radius on that outside cut, and a 45 degree inside cut.
We're incredibly excited about this Mappa Burl snare, it's definitely one of the best we've ever built. We hope you decide to scoop it up today and add it to your collection!