Orange County Drum & Percussion Maple Snare 7 x 13, Natural Ash

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Great snare, until one of the screws snapped. 7x13 Nat. Ash

I originally bought this snare because I moved to Australia to go to school for music, and my 8x14 13ply G-maple Starclassic was too big and heavy. After changing out the heads and replacing the snares with pure sounds, I fell in love with this snare. Nice crack to it, good body tones, and she's beaut. For the price, you can't really beat this snare. The only major problem I had with this at first, is that the snare throw 's screws mount horizontally to each other, rather than vertically. This means that the snare throw will flex down when armed, making me have to constantly adjust the snare tension. I eventually did a little tightening of the screws to make it flex less, which worked for a good 3-4 months. However, just recently while practicing, one of the screws holding the throw snapped, rendering it useless. I am not able to get the other half out of the throw, so there is little to no hope of fixing that. I did send a part replacement form to OCDP. I will update this when I get a response from them. Would I recommend this to someone? Probably. She's pretty, she sounds incredible, she's affordable. BUT! OCDP needs to work on the hardware quality, despite it looking fancy and fine.