Keiron Bartlett - April 27, 2021
The Pearl Free Floating System snare is one I am proud to have included in my collection. I have been using this snare for about five years for shows and recording purposes and I have found it to be very versatile, responsive and easy to maintain.
I have found that playing this snare gives a very bright but not harsh sound to it with a receptive and sensitive effect. It comes with die-cast hoops which sound great for nice and powerful rim shots, the chrome hoops are a pleasant contrast for copper shells.
The idea behind these types of snare drums is that the shell is the main part of the drum responsible for the sound, the shell is "floating freely" inside the mechanics of the drum itself. There are no other parts in contact with the shell other than the hoops giving the snare drum a higher and clearer vibration and tone than that of a normal snare drum. The shell can be easily removed and changed with different shells like maple or steel with personal preferences.
Free Floating snares have been around since the 80s to early 90s and became very popular amongst drummers. As a user of Pearl drums I wanted a decent snare that looked and sounded great. This one fits the bill for me with the copper shell. However Pearl unfortunately stopped manufacturing these a few years ago but they still make many other styles of these drums. DW drums do similar "free floating" system called the Edge snare which look and sound great. I highly recommend these "free floating system snares and will be using this one of mine for the foreseeable future.
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