The Gorgeous Tones of a Hybrid Backbeat

Your backbeat tone just got a whole lot better! Enter the Starclassic walnut/birch snare drum from TAMA: a 6mm, 6-ply snare featuring two plies of birch, three core plies of black walnut, and a single-ply black walnut exterior veneer. This dichotomy produces remarkable sonics, highlighted by the birch’s bright, hard-cutting attack and the richer midrange and low-end punch of black walnut. The Starclassic walnut/birch’s premier tone performs equally well under the studio microscope as it does upon drum risers. This snare comes accompanied by a suite of exceptional hardware, most notably a pair of authoritative and rock-solid die-cast hoops to maximize presence and lock-down intonation. Aided by handsome Starclassic lugs, an ultra-dependable MLS30A strainer, and a 20-strand set of TAMA’s super-sensitive hi-carbon snares, drummers at Sweetwater have found that this fantastic backbeat bites and tenors with true articulate precision in virtually any application. Topped with TAMA by Evans heads, finished to perfection, and treated to chrome hardware, the Starclassic walnut/birch snare makes an all-star match for your Starclassic shell pack or existing shell configuration.