I am interested in purchasing another snare drum for my kit. More specifically, I am interested in a snare drum that is closer in tonality to the snare sounds found in jungle/drum and bass music. I currently play a 14x5.5" snare drum. My understanding is that I will probably be looking for a snare that is 10-12 inches in diameter and perhaps smaller in depth than a traditional snare drum. I am curious as to what models are good for this sort of thing. If anyone here has experience or knowledge in reccommending a quality snare drum for this particular application, I'd be grateful.

Thank you for your reply TereKete.

If I ever meet you, you need to explain that to my wife.   

What he said. 

He's right.  Just ask Todd Sucherman!


I count 40 visible snare drums.  And this is one of two very similar structures stuffed full of snares.  And then there are a few others sitting around the room apparently as decorations, but are very, very special snares which I think he said sound amazing.

So, I'm guessing this man has at least 80-90 snare drums.

If you can afford it, I recently purchased the 14"x5.5" Jeff Ocheltree Heavy Metals Carbon Steel snare.  When tuned up really high..... sigh.. there's nothing like it.  The tuning range on this thing blows my mind.  But more than that, the SOUND of this thing blows my mind.  But, it pales in comparison to most of Todd's snares!  Yikes.