Periphery drummer Matt Halpern collaborates with Pearl on new Signature Snare

To match his aggressive drumming, Pearl Artist Matt Halpern designed each element of his Signature Snare Drum to complement as well as contrast the complex nature of his playing. Subtle touches, like black powder-coating and three shell vents, help temper the lively nature of its 1.5mm Brass shell.
"We worked really hard to put together the right combination of features to build a top-quality, incredible sounding snare drum," said Matt upon completion of the project. "I'm humbled, honored, and excited at what we were able to achieve!" said Halpren.
MasterCast die-cast hoops boost projection, but Evans Heavyweight Dry heads deliver a yielding attack. Its STL150 ClipLock strainer provides increased sensitivity, while visual touches like black/brass STL Swivel Tube Lugs and striking yellow gaskets serve to inspire the ideal performance. The result is a snare drum with cutting, dry versatility that responds to quick and aggressive hits and fits in various styles and situations with an expanded tuning range.

[@MrBlackmesa17]

It can go right next to my Wraith! Love that snare, I'm sure to love this one too

[@Drewp06]

This will be priced at least 2 or 3 times more than the Mapex.

[@MrBlackmesa17]

@@Drewp06 They actually seem to be priced fairly similarly.

[@1dudecrush]

@@Drewp06 it’s not even quite twice as expensive. He talks about it on the downbeat podcast. He doesn’t want people to think of this as the Pearl wraith, he wanted to fix certain things about what his mapex snare had going on. That meant thickening the shell and adding the best hardware they could possibly afford to throw on there. They even took a profit hit so that they could keep certain features on the drum but make it affordable. He said there is a prototype he has that was thousands of dollars and has a 3mm shell and whatnot but he wanted this to be at least somewhat accessible to the general consumer and still not suck.

[@thepluggy1]

This is one sexy snare 💥

[@mwb78]

MSRP, depth, availability?

[@joshcookdrums]

$699, 14x6, I ordered mine on sweet water