After a long 10 day wait, the snare I bought on eBay finally arrived today!

It's a previously-owned Pearl Session Custom snare, 14" x 5.5" with a 6-ply all maple shell and Pearl Superhoops and even came with a simple (single-braced) Pearl snare stand. Nice little package for the princely (bargain) sum of... GBP82.


Tiny snare stand, perfect for my Slingerland.


Up close and personal.

The old (stock!) head was battered beyond recognition, and so [dweeb]'s amazing Dave (and I) fitted a brand new Aquarian Modern Vintage coated snare head. The new head has the perfect thickness, and although very resonant, gives controlled overtones. The coating is beautiful and seems much more durable than the coating on the Aquarian Satin Finish Texture Coated head I use on the Slingerland.

The only negative thing about this whole experience is that I bought wrong size snare drum case (14" x 6.5") and so will have to make a lengthy trip to Dr. Um tomorrow. I may come back with more than just a snare case. Somebody stop me!

A great day in my life of drumming! Cheers for your help Dave, you're a legend!