HHG Drums 14x8 Ziricote Stave Snare, High Gloss With Satin Chrome

This snare is handcrafted with integrity from the finest hand selected hardwoods. All HHG drums are built by a drummer for drummers. Our goal is to provide our customers with the most musical and articulate drums available today. We guarantee you will love your HHG drum and it will hold a special place in anyone's arsenal of instruments, from beginner to professional. After all, we're in the business of making happy drummers!!!

This is a very unique drum with a very unique aesthetic and voice. The foundation of this drum is our handmade, solid wood, Ziricote Stave shell. A quality drum always starts with a quality shell, and there is no more quality shell available than an HHG stave shell. Our shells are meticulously crafted from hand-selected pieces of the highest grade solid lumber. Stave construction offers many tonal and aesthetic advantages over traditional plywood shells, the most notable being their powerful and articulate voice, followed closely by their unique grain patterns.

The finish on this drum is also unique and handcrafted. The drum is finished with an in-house Blended nitrocellulose lacquer, in a classic ultra high gloss to best showcase the amazing grain Ziricote.

Ziricote is an incredibly dense and hard wood species, it makes for an excellent sounding drum. The super fine grain texture and high density make for a slick and smooth bearing edge that allows for excellent head to shell contact. This species yields a note that sings at a higher timbre, with incredible sensitivity and articulation. Also, it has a super prominent and aggressive attack, tons of volume when called for, and subtle, musical overtones. An all around top quality, artisan quality instrument.

This drum also features hand-cut leather washers at every single Hardware attachment point.

Here are some additional specs for this drum:     

Depth: 8"     

Diameter: 14"     

Shell thickness:3/8"     

Wood specie(s):
Ziricote

Finish: ultra high gloss lacquer

Bearing edge: 45 degree INNER CUT, 1/4" ROUNDOVER OUTER, ROUND APEX   

Snare bed: DEEP AND WIDE BABY!!

Hardware: tube lugs, die-cast hoops, custom engraved VK strainer (just let us know what you want on it), 42 strand snare wires, diecast air vent and butt plate, Antique silver HHG badge.