Sonor 12" x 5" Gavin Harrison Protean Premium Edition Snare Drum

The smaller 12" x 5" version of Gavin Harrison's 'Protean' Snare Drum is poppier and brighter than the larger, more standard size - making it really effective as an effect drum or a secondary snare drum.

This drum is made for versatility, particularly in this premium edition package. It's made from a 6-ply birch shell, made particularly thin (6mm) through a hand-selection process.

Premium Edition Only - this drum comes with an eye-catching purple Protean hard case fitted with nice foam padding, as well as two different snare wire sets - the 'EQ' and 'Spacer' models - in their own special protective wooden case. The snare wire case fits neatly into the molded foam of the drum case.

The shell has distinct top and bottom bearing edges - a vintage round edge on the batter side to give the drum a warm, woody tone, and a 45-degree bottom to help the resonant head vibrate as much as possible. Its got two hoops as well, with an S-hoop up top and a special, open triple-flanged hoop on the bottom.

The snares are special too! The Dual-Slide strainer allows the snare wires to pop off the drum in a second, making it a lot easier to tune the bottom head. They pop back on just as easily. In fact, you can pick choose between snare wires in between songs!

Three dampening rings are included that fit very specifically under the S-hoop, drying up the ring of the drum to make everything nice and crispy. You can easily change how your drum sounds between tunes with these rings.

You'll also get two 'Protean' drum keys, fitted with orange rubber nubs, that let you go finger-tight without greasing your fingers up on the tension rods!