Gretsch Drums 14"x6.5" Full Range Hybrid SD

The Gretsch Drums 14"x6.5" Full Range Hybrid snare drum is built on a sixteen-ply maple and mahogany shell, with a delieberately rounded 30° bearing edge for a more gentle attack. All of the metal fittings sit on synthetic isolators to keep the shell's resonance free and open, while ten double-ended lugs with brass inserts, paired with 2.5mm triple-flanged manganese steel hoops, ensure stable tuning. The 20-strand snare wire (also manganese steel) runs on the newly designed Full Range throw-off, which offers smooth, precise adjustment. Factory-fitted Remo heads provide a solid starting point for a range of tunings.

The Gretsch company was founded in 1883 by Friedrich Gretsch, a German-born immigrant, in Brooklyn/USA and has been owned by Drum Workshop since 2015. In the first decades of its existence, the company specialised in the production of tambourines, drums, and banjos, but from around 1930 it started building guitars. By this time, Gretsch had established itself as a serious manufacturer of drum sets, and in the decades that followed, Gretsch drums were extremely popular, especially among Jazz drummers. Today, Gretsch offers a range of drum sets in all price ranges, starting with the affordable Catalina series and extending to the exclusive American Custom drums - and every series includes traditional features, a characteristic trait of Gretsch Drums.