Deluxe Snare Drum by GRIFFIN | 14" x 5.5" Poplar Wood Shell with Zebra PVC Glossy Finish | Percussion Musical Instrument with Drummers Key for Students & Professionals | 8 Tuning Lugs & Snare Strainer

Many inexpensive Chinese instruments ( brass in particular) doom beginners to frustration and failure because of the poor quality.(Please do NOT buy your kid that $100 trombone or trumpet!)BUT ---- this drum, at $38 is quite well made. My grandson was delighted. His parents not so much! :DI played it some, and it sounded fine with good response. The wood was nicely finished. The lugs look a little cheap but hey... $38.The throw-off ( snare control) is fine for a student drum, and it has a muffler adjustment. It came with a lug wrench.This is definitely not a toy drum - it's a good value student snare.

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I used 3 of these drums to build my own custom billiards table lighting as I couldn't find anything that I liked on the market already made.I'm a long time drummer and own many different pro level drums currently and in the past. So I'm going to give my most honest review of these drums from what I saw as I completely disassembled each one for my project.First of all, the heads alone are almost worth the cost here so all of the stuff following that I have to say is just for people to understand what they're buying, not to say the item isn't worth the price.All 3 of the drums I received were the same wrap finish. The wrap was in good condition with no issues. The lugs and other hardware is cheap (what do you expect on a $40 drum?) but finished well with no cosmetic issues. Perfect for my use in this project. The drums are made of relatively soft wood and they were all slightly out of round with slight bearing edge imperfections. This would make tuning these drums pretty difficult.I would say these drums could be used for beginners with no issues. If you are unsure if your child will stick with drumming or like me you would like to use nice looking, matching, drums for projects; I think these drums would be perfect. If you're looking for a good snare drum for live use, or anything more than the beginner player, I suggest you look at other options and raise your budget!I would absolutely buy these again and think they were the perfect solution for my needs. The seller shipped them quickly and even included a nice bottle opener!

Decent

It works. Came adjusted to work fine.

Purchased for my grandson for his birthday which is a month away. However the drum seems to be of good quality!

se lo compre a mi hijo a el, le encanta, muy lindo, liviano para cargarlo para la banda. suena muy bien excepto cuando yo lo toco. haha! ademas a un excelente precio!

For beginners, I couldn’t get the sound I wanted or as in the videos?