Doc Sweeney 6x14 Focus Series in Natural Maple

New 2024 Doc Sweeney Focus Series Snare Drum From Doc Sweeney -  BRING EVERY NUANCE OF YOUR PLAYING INTO FOCUS We’re always looking for ways to create instruments with truly distinct sound characteristics. With our HolloCore snare firmly planted on the fat / punchy side of the sound spectrum, we directed our efforts to creating a snare for the other end: Sensitive and Articulate The Focus Series (FS) design is based, in part, on Slingerland’s Tone Flange snare of the 1930s. Whereas the Tone Flange uses a detachable metal flange to reduce the internal diameter of the shell (a holdover for their days as a banjo maker), we have created a one- piece Maple shell that reduces the internal diameter just below the batter head to 11”. In doing so we direct energy to the center of the snare side head, creating a sensitive and highly articulate snare. The extra mass on the batter side gives the snare plenty of crack. The FS 14 x 6 stave Maple shell starts out 1.5” thick, which is then mil