A Hybrid Backbeat Only Found at Sweetwater Your backbeat tone just got a whole lot better! Enter the Starclassic walnut/birch snare drum from TAMA: a 6mm, 6-ply snare featuring four external plies of birch and two core plies of black walnut. This dichotomy produces remarkable sonics, highlighted by the birch's bright, hard-cutting attack and the richer midrange and low-end punch of black walnut. The Starclassic walnut/birch's premier tone performs equally well under the studio microscope as it does upon drum risers. This snare comes accompanied by a suite of exceptional hardware, most notably a pair of authoritative and rock-solid die-cast hoops to maximize presence and lock-down intonation. Aided by handsome Starclassic lugs, a speedy and low-profile MLS30A strainer, and a 20-strand set of TAMA's super-sensitive hi-carbon snares, this dependable backbeat bites and tenors with true articulate precision in virtually any application. Topped with TAMA-by Evans heads and finished in a