What pitch do you prefer for your snare drum? - [DFO] Drum Forum
I also believe that getting a new snare drum will not solve anything. If you feel that 14x6,5 Ludwig Legacy (that is supposed to be quite warm sounding drum) is sounding too loud, bright and thin, then the problem lies on tuning or on the way you hit the drum aka touch. 5" deep aluminum drum will only sound thinner and brighter than your current Ludwig, especially if it has die-cast hoops like ...
However, my preference, if not aiming for a specific snare drum sound, is a 14x5 over a 14x6.5. The shallower depth provides more positioning flexibility with different snare drum stands and allows me to get the drum more easily into the playing position I like. That's my two bits.
I have an early-70's Yamaha kit in the same Red Pearl finish in 20/12/12/16 and the 5 x 14 steel snare drum. They sound great, and the build quality is excellent.
There were a lot of guys using 12" Brady snares as their main kit snare, and I've used the 12" Yamaha Musashi as my primary drum in certain rigs. The Blackhawk probably wouldn't be able to do that.
In the early 1990s I bought a smooth-shelled 3x13 Ludwig piccolo and used it as an auxiliary snare for contrast with my main snare at that time, a 7x14 Valley Drum Shop custom. It mostly wore a Fiberskyn 3 FD head and I loved the sound with that head — very warm, with controlled ring and very smooth tone.
The snare drum (or side drum) is a percussion instrument that produces a sharp staccato sound when the head is struck with a drum stick, due to the use of a series of stiff wires held under tension against the lower skin. Snare drums are often used in orchestras, concert bands, marching bands, parades, drumlines, drum corps, and more. It is one of the central pieces in a drum set, a collection ...