you can only pick two snare drums...

[The Edge]

What do you pick? I'm choosing my 5x14 Gretsch USA Custom. The 2nd one...not sure. What are you choosing?

 

[toddy]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWaqt_wYavw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adN1SlsZoiQ

 

[RickP]

5 x 14 Ludwig Black Beauty doesn't matter which era they are all great.

7 x 14 Noble &Cooley Classic SS - the snare that got everyone interested in steam bent snares again.

Honorable mention would go to :
Ludwig Supraphonic 400 or 402

 

[Drummertist]

LM402 Supra

...Ummm...that's ALL I need. Literally.

 

[Boomka]

A 5" or 5.5" metal drum for crack, clang, ping, pop and ritty-titty.

A 6" or 6.5" wood drum (probably maple) for blam, boooosh, thwap and ratatat-tat.

 

[PQleyR]

I'd have an LM402...and maybe an LM400 as well.

 

[aaajn]

I would go with the 6.5 Black Beauty and the second one would be a 6.5 Black Beauty.

 

[Andy]

My 14" x 5" ebony stave with cast hoops.

My 14" x 6" mahogany stave with segmented wood hoops & symphonic triple throw strainer.

Both by Guru Drumworks, & between them, cover everything from ultimate crack to ultimate woodiness, & everything in between.

 

[burn-4]

A 5" or 5.5" metal drum for crack, clang, ping, pop and ritty-titty.

A 6" or 6.5" wood drum (probably maple) for blam, boooosh, thwap and ratatat-tat.

Couldn't agree with this more! Need to get me a maple snare

 

[tard]

14 x 6 maple 1 3/4" thick Peavey radial pro 1000
14 x 6.5 hammered brass Worldmax black dog

 

[AJ3000]

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?

 

[Big Foot]

I'd take 2 Tama 1980's Bell Brass' - only thing i regret selling...

 

[audiotech]

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.

Dennis

 

[tamadrm]

80's vintage Ludwig Black Beauty bronze shell hammered 6 1/2x 14
40's vintage Slingerland Radio King steam bent maple WMP,7x14

Steve B

 

[Boomka]

Couldn't agree with this more! Need to get me a maple snare

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.

 

[ROCKDRUMMERZERO]

Ludwig LM2000B 14X6.5
Yamaha Paul Leim 14x6.5

 

[barryabko]

Wood: My 6.5" x 14" x 1/2" thick custom bubinga stave shell mounted in a Pearl Free Floating frame.

Metal: My Sonor D508 ferro - 8" x 14".

Barry

 

[MikeM]

I only have two at the moment and am not looking to add anything.

6.5x14 Black Beauty
6.5x14 Supra

Both are smooth shells with Imps, P-86 with PureSound Blasters, and S-Hoops on the batter sides.

 

[Nuka]

Jalapeno Prestige 16x6

And probably either a Jalapeno Elite 8x5.5 or a Pearl JJ-1365 13x6.5

 

[Florian]

my 6.5 x 14 Black Beauty and my 14 x 8 Brady Blackheart.

F