10 SNARE SHOOTOUT! N&C/LUDWIG/PREMIER/PEARL

I was sat looking at my big rack of drums and thought it was about time I actually did a video like this.
I recorded each of my snares, in order of how much I paid for them, from lowest to highest. The cheapest cost less than £80 and the most expensive north of £500. I personally think the Premier 1026 at the start sounds as "good" as the Noble and Cooley at the end - it was a fun experiment either way.
Let me know which your favourite is! The 402 will always be the ultimate killer for me.
Drums and details are as follows:
1. Premier 1026 14x6.5 (CS Dot batter and Puresound super 30s)
2. Premier 2000 14x5 (Ambasador + stock wires)
3. Pearl FF brass 14x6.5 (CS Dot + stock wires)
4. Beverley 21 (Ambassador + Puresound blasters)
5. Pearl masters custom 14x5.5 (Ambassador + 40 strand Tama wires)
6. Noonan Purpleheart 12x7 (Ambassador + stock wires)
7. Ludwig 400 Super Sensitive 14x5 (Ambassador + stock wires)
8. Premier Heavy rock 9 14x9 (Power Centre Reverse Dot + stock wires)
9. Ludwig 402 14x6.5 (Ambassador + Pearl 40 strand brass wires)
10. Noble & Cooley SS Cherry 14x7 (Ambassador + stock wires)
Kick is a Sonor SQ2 Medium Beech 22x16.
HH - Avedis New Beats 14"
Crash - Agop Traditional Original Ride 22"
Mics:
Kick: Beta91/Beta92/Homemade Subkick
Snare: Beta57/SM57
OH: WA84
Rooms Cascade Fatheads/Aston Origin

[@bobbywhiles6252]

I should have purchased that Premier Heavy Rock 9 at my local drum shop when they had it. Damn it......swing and a miss!!

[@loskedanne]

The amount of flaking from your drumstick that's hitting the HH is ridiculous. Great snares and good playing!

[@grahamdunne5690]

I bought a Heavy Rock 9 a few weeks ago. What a monster best snare in the world, I'd say. Got a hazy Ambassador on the bottom and a CS clear on the top. I'm trying my other snares with CS clear on now. I never play with brushes so dunno why I never tried clear batters before

[@ivanbajovic3476]

Noble & Cooley

[@alancarver2511]

Thank you for all this work! I liked it because besides the 402, they are all snares that i don't have or ever played. We should all do that with our collection.

[@hydorah]

Your HR9 sounded a bit dark and muted what heads are on that? I'm not a Ludwig fan but the 402 sounded best, all your other Premiers sounded really good. The HR9 just doesn't sound like they usually do!

[@MattScales]

This is a great video for auditioning that perfect snare! For me though the Noble & Cooley has it, although the Premier 2000 is close, as is the Noonan, for a 13" drum? It is has a really great throaty sound. I also quite like the Pearl Masters Custom and Beverley too! Personally I do prefer a wood shell overall, always found metal shells a little lively?!

[@hydorah]

I'd agree with this, metal shells are kind of ringy, but I have found with the right heads and tuning you can get the tone to be really pleasing and harmonised with the snare sound then it comes a real positive 0 I achieved this with my HR9, CS clear and hazy bottom lots of tension on the heads and it sounds amazing. Way better than the one is this vid - although I am a rubbish drummer. Shame on me! I'm gonna try a CS clear on my P1 now. I have many of the classic Premiers!