Yamaha Recording Custom Snare 14"x5,5", Steel

Working closely with drumming legend Steve Gadd, Yamaha has resurrected one of the most popular Professional Drum series and presents the New Recording Custom drums, a re-designed drum series that is ideal for professional use at Studio.

Perfect sound - Excellent workmanship.

Together with Steve Gadd, six new metal snares have been developed that ideally complement Yamaha's snare drum line-up. The steel, brass and aluminum shells are crafted with the utmost care and add unprecedented clarity and definition to the sound of the entire kit, perfect for professional studio work. The Recording Custom snares complement the sound range of the kit to perfection, delivering crisp, clear and exceedingly pure sound that live and in Studio simply exquisite signals.

Individual carpet

The three 14" x 5.5" models even come with multiple carpets for the Yamaha snares to ensure the perfect sound in every situation.

For a full, warm Attack the already mounted carpet with 20 spirals is recommended. Another highlight is certainly the 14-spiral carpet, which is also used by Steve Gadd. In the middle, four spirals were removed, resulting in a crisp sound with natural "cut-off". A high-quality exact 45° shell burr guarantees long-lasting tuning and ideal head contact.

After quite a few improvements and changes by Steve Gadd, Yamaha's new Recording Custom snares are indeed of groundbreaking quality. The sound is much more open and impresses with outstandingly articulated performance. First-class hardware, such as the Q-Type lift-off and the Dyna Hoops offer solid and above all robust handling at the highest level.

For the past 3 years I've been meeting with the Research and Development guys at Yamaha with the aim of bringing the Recording Custom Series to date. I told Yamaha what I thought throughout the process, the result is that everything is a step up. They still feel like the Recording Custom, when you take them out or the box they don't feel new, they feel comfortable and I think that's good. My goal was to have a simple snare Drum design that could respond to a wide range or tuning. I think we did a great job, the new Recording Customs sound great and I think you'll like them'.

~ Steve Gadd