I would take The solid shell 14x5.5 Pearl 50th Anniversary maple shell with claw hoops (personally made for Pete Lewis from Sound Attak, UK) that I have on loan at the moment and probably my 14x6.5 Dunnett Carbon Fibre. Either than or something small and cracky - maybe a 12x5 SJC maple?
I would have to go with one of these as my second pick. Just a great sounding snare drum. I have a bunch of other excellent choices as we go third, forth and fifth, lol.
Yeah, my current go-to snares are a 5" Black Beauty and a 6.5" DW Craviatto Solid-Shell Maple.
Both are incredibly versatile, however, and the BB will tune down nicely for a Gadd-ish sound and the Craviatto likes to be tuned up for jazz and big band.
Ultimately, I want versatility from a drum, because I make adjustments on the same gig frequently - adding or subtracting muffling, changing snare tension and even tuning if I have the time, though that's seldom a luxury.
I do have a little collection of snares that are more specific, however.
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