DW Drum Workshop Collector’s Series Maple Snare – Peacock Oyster (8″ X 14″)

Manufaturer’s Description

The standard from which all other DW snare drums are measured, the Collector’s Series Maple is crafted from only the finest hand-selected North American Maple and customized in any California Custom Shop finish and drum hardware color option. Each 10-ply drum is fitted with a 6-ply reinforcement hoop and our 60-degree bearing edge for optimal resonance and attack. A lacquered interior adds brightness to a snare with a full tonal spectrum and plenty of body. The Collector’s Series Maple is the definitive workhorse wood snare drum to own.

FEATURES

• Collector’s Series
• Maple Shell (10-ply shell with 6-ply reinforcement hoops)
• Chrome Hardware
• True Hoop
• MAG™ throw-off
• 3P Butt Plate
• Peacock Oyster FinishPly
• 8″ x 14″

SHELL

The most popular wood for drum making, maple is a hardwood that produces maximum resonance, projection and attack. Combined with reinforcement hoops, it can produce a more focused sound and is well suited for live and studio applications.

COUNTER HOOP

To make a better instrument, sometimes you have to go back to the basics. DW spent nearly a year-and-a-half designing and perfecting the most consistent counter hoop they’ve ever produced. It’s called the True Hoop™ (U.S. Patents 8,563,841 and 9,390,692) and it’s a major advancement in the relationship between bearing edge, drum head and counter hoop. As drummers, DW knows how critical that relationship is to tuning and tone. The True Hoop™ is just that, round and flat, and without the typical variations you often see around stamped holes. It even has an attractive new touch: a fully-rounded outer edge. They now come factory installed on all Custom Shop Drums and are available in all drum hardware color options.

True Hoops™ are also gauged in graduated thicknesses to factory-match various drum sizes.

Drums 8″ and 10″ in diameter come with 1.6mm True Hoops™, while 12″-18″ come with 2.3mm. All snare drums come with 3.0mm True Hoops™.

THROW OFF SYSTEM

DW offers 2 styles of snare throw-offs; Traditional Delta ball-bearing throw-off and all new MAG™ throw-off. A purposefully simple design, the MAG™ (U.S. Patent No. 7,902,444) is a workhorse drop throw-off with horizontal tension adjustment and smooth, easy-adjust action. It gets its name from a clever magnet that’s integrated into the body of the throw-off. When the handle is in the up position, it won’t release without a slight tug. When it does release it throws the strainer completely off the head to avoid any strainer buzz.

The innovative new 3P, three-position butt plate, allows you to easily and accurately toggle between 3 different levels of strainer tension. The combination of the MAG™ throw-off and the 3P Butt Plate is the most reliable and adjustable strainer system we’ve ever built and comes standard on all Custom Shop DW Snares. Both throw-offs are available in all five Custom Shop drum hardware finishes.