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I've been playing for a while, yet I don't know anything about gear or different drums or any of that crap (I've been living on my same set without any replacements for a good four years), and I was hoping you guys could direct me towards a good, new snare drum.

 

Or even perhaps, a good, used one...

 

First of all, what's a piccolo snare?

 

And I'd like to be searching around the 100 dollar price range, if that helps.;)

 

Thanks.

 

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I'm also looking for something suitable for metal/hard rock.

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It's a shallow depth drum, wood or metal, usually about 3 inches depth. Comes in all flavours such as 14", 13" and 12" diameter. It produces a higher note than deeper snares. A lot of piccolos have a really good, loud crack when rimshotted.

 

If you're looking around $100 you might have to push your price up a bit to get a decent one, or even look at second hand ones.

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Pearl makes a very nice (not top of the line, but nice sounding) steel piccolo that is 3" x 13" in size, comes with Remo Ambassador heads and sells new at a number of on-line music stores in the $89 to $99 range. Check out:

 

www.musiciansfriend.com

 

www.interstatemusic.com

 

www.drumsetc.com

 

www.explorersdrums.com

 

And if you don't like the Pearl piccolo, they have others to choose from. Good luck.

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Piccolo snares CAN be used in metal/hard rock situations, but they are usually used as an accessory snare and rarely as a main snare in ANY kind of music. If what you are looking for is a snare that's going to be used as your primary snare, then I wouldn't look for a piccolo, but rather something in the 5 1/2 x 14 or 6 1/2 x 14 size.

 

If you're looking for a snare in either of these sizes, $100 won't get you much unless you can find a heck of a deal in a used snare. For a new snare in those sizes, you would probably have to spend between $200 and $500, depending on what you get.

 

A good metal/hard rock snare for a fairly reasonable price (I can't remember exactly how much) is Pearl's Chad Smith model. You can find it at any of those sites I listed. But I'd also look at snares offered by Ludwig, Tama, Yamaha, Mapex, Sonor and Gretsch.

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Originally posted by DKBlue

Piccolo snares CAN be used in metal/hard rock situations, but they are usually used as an accessory snare and rarely as a main snare in ANY kind of music. If what you are looking for is a snare that's going to be used as your primary snare, then I wouldn't look for a piccolo,

 

 

I disagree with some of what you say. I use a brass piccolo and it's loud, articulate, powerful and right up there with any deeper sized snares. Dave weckl used to use the same piccolo as his main snare. They are not used rarely in any type of music, many drummers use them as a main snare. The only thing I won't comment on is their use in metal/hard rock, since I don't really follow that genre too much and so I don't know how many of those drummers use piccolos. But I certainly wouldn't rule out piccolo as a main snare, it might be just the sound he's looking for.

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Actually a lot of metal drummers use a piccolo snare. Dream Theater, Slayer, Machine Head, Lamb Of God, Cryptopsy, and almost all the death metal bands. It's a trend in modern metal to have a high pitch snare. I use one too, it's a Pearl and it kicks ass, very loud.

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First, slow down and spell right little bro! :)

 

 

I found a Pearl Maple Series wood 3" x 14" piccolo snare for about $150.00 used; like new. It KILLS the 5 1/2" x 14" snare that came with the kit. I bagged it up and put it away. The piccolo rules for that tight snap, and loud crash with a fast decay that does not get in the way.

 

The Pearl stuff is pretty affordable and really well-made, at least that piece is. I highly reccomend it for the money.

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