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Handmade snare drum featuring a natural wood grain shell with polished gold hoops, tube lugs, and a throw-off strainer.

The Bubinga Art #4 Custom Snare Drum

$995.00

This 7x14” custom handcrafted snare drum is built from 0.6 inch thick Bubinga wood, a very hard African exotic wood. I topped it off with 6 coats of durable and beautiful hand-rubbed oil in a semi-gloss finish. This custom snare drum has a huge tuning range and is a beautiful example of figured exotic wood.

  • triple flanged gold hoops

  • gold modern lugs

  • brass tension rods

  • brass Puresound 24 strand snare wires

  • a gold DW Mag throw off and 5-position butt plate

  • Remo heads

***This drum has been sold to a customer, but I can create another one just like it or customize it to your liking. Turnaround time is usually 4 to 6 weeks

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Customer reviews

Craftsmanship and sound, in customers' words

This thing oozes quality. Marc knows his craft. Sounds amazing.

Rich BoshartMighty Red Oak 7x14 Custom Snare Drum

This craftsmanship is one of the very best in North America. Do what you can to obtain one of Marc’s drums.

Mike Van Slingerland8x14 Jatoba Custom Snare Drum
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