PDP 6.5x14 20-Ply Wood Hoop Maple Snare Drum Quick n' Dirty 

What heads do you use or how do you tune it? I have the same, but it has a lot of overtones (I use the heads that came with it)

@@jersonr8689 I have two Pacific snare drums that I've purchased new over the years and never been overly impressed with the original supplied batter heads. Right now I have a Remo 'UT' batter head (stenciled with 'Ddrum' logo..it came off a Ddrum snare drum which was with a Ddrum kit I bought a while ago) on it, and kept the original DW snare side head on it. I also replaced the original snare wires with 'Puresound' 20-strand snare wires (with copper colored wire holders and heavier gauge snare wires than the original DW snare wires). I also put a couple of small pieces of duct tape on the batter head near the edge. That combination results in the drum having just enough 'crack' and depth and sensitivity without too much 'ring' or excessive snare buzzing. I tune the batter head to approximately an 'E sharp' note value, and the snare side head to about an 'E', and I don't over-tension the snares: just enough to get snare wire response without too much snare wire buzzing. That combination works well for me. My 7 1/2 x 14" 'Limited Edition' Pacific snare drum has a wide tuning range: I can crank up the batter head for a sharper 'crack' if I want but yet the drum still has 'depth'. They are good drums but like any drums sometimes take a bit of finagling to get the sound you want.

@@thomasmoje5926 ohh I have the same as you, the maple/walnut. I already order a new remo drum head. Thanks for the tips man.

@@jersonr8689 OK happy drumming and stay healthy.

Regular steel hoops will withstand rimshots a lot better due to it’s very durable material. Wood Hoops will be ideal for studio recording and regular steel hoops for live performances.

I agree. As a studio engineer, this would be a total "pig-in-a-bag" purchase. No idea how it would actually sound in a mix or a studio enviroment...

Not a sound engineer but I can at least agree intuitively. Definitely not getting a good enough overall picture of the sound. None-the-less glad for the video itself.

@@sugisproductions I had one...the sound you can hear in the video is very true to what you'll get

You can clamp a mic on to anything if you try hard enough

pakito 9 no you don't. Any will do.

Pacific Drums products are manufactured in the DW plant of Oxnard, California

Why the assumption?

I understood PDP was manufactured for DW in Mexico..? Is this an exception, or what is the true story?

Ludwig LAS22SS Atlas Standard Snare Stand works perfect! 🥁

You are right, it's ringing way more than expected...but you can solve this with different head, like Fyberskin, to stay in that modern vintage mode...it's always better to have ringing snare and to dampen it than dead sounding snare cause you can't get any ringing from it if necessary...that's why I avoid some alu snares

I have one, not to worry about tearing up, great great bang for the buck.

I have one, the hoops are thick and haven't dented yet

dXb he was talking about that hoop vs the pdp concept maples with the claw hooks.

not to worry, hi hat will chew up ur sticks just fine.

i also own this snare,great sounding snare,amazing for under 400 bucks glad i bought it.