This is a one-off custom snare recently wrapped up for Chris Thompson with the Eli Young Band.  He’s been touring with a Phattie 14″x6.5″ Black Brass snare for the last year, and was ready for something with a little more bite to it.  This drum fit the bill perfectly!  The shell is 14″x5″ and 1/16″ thick with rounded bearing edges.  It’s tricked out with a Dunnett R2 Throw-off that features a quick release feature for quick head changes without having to take off the snare wires.  Ten solid-brass tube lugs and the heavy die-cast hoops give this drum a bite that the deeper and thinner 14″x6.5″ just didn’t have.  Along with the great sound it turned out to be quite the head turner, check it out: