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Pearl Fat & Skinny 2 x 14-inch Auxiliary Snare Drum - Sweetwater Exclusive

2" x 14" Wood Snare Drum with Triple-flanged Hoop and Integrated 3/8" Mounting Clamp
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Shallow 14" Snare with Integrated Mount

"Pancake snares" are known for their dryness, speed, and sensitivity. And in this way, the 2" x 14" Fat & Skinny Snare Drum from Pearl makes a great option for players who are looking for an alternate-sound auxiliary snare, an upright concert snare, or even just a highly recordable kit snare at a great price. The single-hoop design makes it quick and easy to tune up and swap heads. And a fully adjustable 20-strand snare rake gives the Fat & Skinny a great slap for brushwork and sticks — tune up for a busking-type Nashville sound, or downtune for sample-like fatness. Even better, an integrated 3/8" mounting bracket gives the Pearl Fat & Skinny Snare Drum the versatility to work anywhere around your kit — mount it off a cymbal stand, tom mount, or even a traditional snare stand for convenient access to an alternate snare sound anytime your music demands. Broaden your drummer's palette and explore your creativity with the Pearl Fat & Skinny 2" x 14" snare drum from Sweetwater.

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Pearl Fat & Skinny 14" Snare Drum Features:

  • An affordable "pancake snare" from Pearl
  • Size: 2" deep x 14" diameter
  • Deep, fast, and sensitive
  • Works great as a concert snare, kit snare, or aux snare
  • Mounts to a traditional snare stand or 3/8" L-rod (not included)
  • Wood shell
  • Single triple-flanged hoop
  • 20-strand snare rake
Sweetwater tip: mount the Pearl Fat & Skinny off a hi-hat stand or cymbal stand using a 3/8" L-rod clamp (not included) and integrated mounting bracket.

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Tech Specs

  • Type: Snare
  • Drum Depth: 2"
  • Drum Diameter: 14"
  • Shell Material: Wood
  • Hoops: Triple-flanged
  • Lugs: 6 x Direct Hoop-to-Hoop Connection
  • Color: Black
  • Finish: Matte
  • Heads: Pearl
  • Manufacturer Part Number: S1402FS

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Great addition to compact traveler kit

I use this as a floor too (accessory mounted to a cymbal stand) with my Pearl compact traveler set up. I use the 10" snare that comes with the compact traveler kit as the top tom (mounted to the bass drum as usual just angled differently). And a piccolo snare on a snare stand as the main snare. With the left side ride and high hat this feels as close to a regular acoustic kit that I can get without losing a real snare sound and that fits in my compact car with ALL of my belongings (I'm a travel nurse).
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Great alternative snare

I've had the same Ludwig Super Classic set of drums since 1967, but I recently started playing coffee shops and other very small venues with a 3 piece acoustic group and needed something much smaller with less volume. I found an old Samsonite suitcase in a pawn shop and rigged up a suitcase kit and this snare fit the bill perfectly - fat snare sound with much less volume. This was my first purchase from Sweetwater and I was very highly impressed with their customer service. Kevin the Sales Engineer couldn't have been more friendly and helpful in his follow-up call to my on-line order.
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Great sounding snare

Perfect addition to my kit. Great customer service
by Sweetwater Customer from MD on

Great quality at a great price

Huh? Why would anyone want a one-sided 14x2 snare drum? Certainly it's not going to replace a Black Beauty or nice maple snare. Don't be so quick to judge. If you're in a space-constrained situation, such as a small club, or a street venue, having a snare that can slip into a cymbal bag is a real asset. It can be used as a primary snare, or as a stand-mounted hanging tom if need be. Being 14" means that you have plenty of real estate for brushes, and you don't have to work quite so hard for a good cross-stick sound. Combined with a pancake-type bass drum, like a Pearl Compact Traveler, DW Pancake bass, or Farmer Stomp drum, and you've got a nice little setup that can fit into a soft or hard cymbal case.

Construction-wise, I've never seen anything like the Fat and Skinny. It is actually a _dual-shell_ drum: there's an inner wooden shell, which is what the drumhead rests on, but it is completely surrounded by a metal shell, which is surprisingly heavy, and probably contributes to the drum's heft. The 3/8" rod mount is welded to the metal shell, as are six tabs which the tension rods screw into. The inner wood shell is attached to the outer metal shell with six machine screws/washers--similar to regular lugs on a normal snare. In this sense, the outer metal shell acts as a single-piece, six-holed lug. Very, very cool. It's heavy for sure: most of my regular two-headed snares, even steel ones, weigh less.

The snare mechanism of the Fat and Skinny is the same sort of thing you find on the Compact Traveler snare: it's a leaf spring with a half snare screwed to it, and a thumbscrew at the bottom of the leaf to adjust tension. Same type of thing you see on many single-headed snares, or with internal mufflers. Only difference is the screw location. Of course, this isn't an 8" or 10" snare, so the wires can only be so long before they'd begin to droop. For all of that, though, it's a good-sounding compromise. If you were so inclined, you could go out and purchase a snare with stiffer wires, chop it in half, and get a little bit better head coverage.

If you're in need of a full-size snare with a very small footprint, I can thoroughly recommend the Fat and Skinny. Likewise, if you'd like a rod-mountable hanging tom, it's a solid choice. If you like creative drum engineering, ditto. It is never going to replace a regular two-headed snare, but I guarantee you there's nothing else like it.
by John from Kansas City on

Pleasantly Suprised!

I wanted a snare that could fit in a bag with a kick or tom for a small portable kit. Given that the snare is one of the most important drums in the kit I was on the fence as to whether buying a snare like this to cut down on the overall kit size was the best option. I'm actually quite happy with it. It has a surprising amount of resonance and tone. When I opened it up, the head was tuned down, the snares were off, and it got a nice full low tom sound. As a snare it also has a surprising amount of body as well. I thought it would do the job, but expected it to be kind of thin sounding, but again, it's quite full. Sonically, it sounds a heck of a lot better than some of the cheap snares I had as a kid. No, you're not going to mistake it for 6.5" or deeper snare, but I sure as heck wouldn't be able to tell how thin it is or that it doesn't have a bottom head just from listening. It sounds like a legit snare. The downside is that the snare tension is a little tougher to dial in and the sweet spot of a the right tension is a little smaller than on a two headed drum. Because of this, I wasn't sure if I liked if for the first couple days, but like most things I quicky got accustomed to it and now it's easy to get the sound I want. The lack of a snare throw-off means I probably wouldn't want to use it if I were in a situation where I needed to turn my snares off a lot, but for my purposes it's great. I would not hesitate to gig with this as either a snare or tom. What you give up is so very slight for getting to carry one less bag. I gave it four stars just because of the lack of a throw-off, but really for what it is (a sub $ single-headed snare) it probably deserves 5 stars (at least 4.5). It's a solid piece of gear and Pearl did a really nice job with it.
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Music background: Mult instrumentalist and former drumset performance major
See also: Snares, Pearl, Pearl Snare Drums
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