Yamaha 14x5.5 Stage Custom Birch Snare in Honey Amber

The Yamaha Stage Custom Snare makes a great addition to any drum set, and its the most affordable all-birch snare drum Yamaha has ever built. The 100% birch shell and 8-lug design gives the drum a warm, woody tone with punch, and the wide tuning range makes this drum versatile enough for almost any style of music.

In 40 years of product development, Yamaha has found four wood snare drum bearing edge designs that produce unique tonal character and depth. Sharp edges deliver sharper tone with excellent response and rounded angles produce a rounder, thicker tone. Varying the thickness of the radius top allows for further modification. Using different bearing designs on the top and bottom of the snare is also effective in modifying the tone.

The snare bed depth greatly influences snare effectiveness making it the most important factor in creating the snare drum sound. This models snare bed is the standard 1.8mm. The high-tension one-piece lugs can accommodate heads tensioned to the limit.

Yamaha snare plates offer superior snare to head contact due to the slight bend in their design. When the string is drawn tight, the edge of the patented snare plate is pulled upward putting the snare in full contact with the head.

Features:

14”x5.5” 6 ply 6mm thick 100% Birch Shell
45° Batter and Snare Side Bearing Edges
20 Strand Snare Wire
1.6mm 8 Lug Steel Triple-Flanged Hoops
Snare Strings covered with a nylon braid for maximum strength and durability