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Yamaha Tour Custom Snare Drum - 5.5 x 14-inch - Caramel Satin

5.5" x 14" Maple Snare Drum with 2.3mm Hoops - Caramel Stain
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Yamaha Tour Custom Snare Drum - 5.5 x 14-inch - Caramel Satin
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Do-it-all Snare for Today's Gigging Drummers

The Yamaha Tour Custom Maple promises pro drummers a single kit for touring and recording. At just 5.6mm thin, the Tour Custom Maple's 6-ply maple shells with 45° bearing edges speak with authority. The toms boast a wide tuning range and excellent intervallic relationships, while the bass drum packs a modern attack and timeless warmth to connect with audiences onstage and on tape. The Tour Custom Maple builds on Yamaha's 50 years in the drum industry, borrowing features — single-post lugs and YESS tom mounts — from its award-winning Absolute series. Stick-saving rounded Dyna-Hoops and an eye-catching satin finish give the Tour Custom Maple great stage appeal.

Thin maple shells promise life and longevity

Yamaha returns to its all-maple shells, inspired by its Maple Custom Absolute line, for the latest Tour Custom Maple. Shells are kept thin for great attack and projection and strengthened by Yamaha's propriety staggered diagonal seam construction. This combination is responsible for the kit's studio-ready tone and tour-grade durability. Each Yamaha Tour Custom Maple snare is finished in a modern satin stain that's guaranteed to stand the test of time.

Rounded hoops on 45° edges

Yamaha's rounded Dyna-Hoops don't just give the Tour Custom Maple its throwback appeal. They also focus its sound and stabilize its tuning for recording-grade tones that work for a wide range of music and stand up to the scrutiny of the studio. Yamaha's 45° bearing edges minimize head-to-shell contact for a sweet, singing sustain that Sweetwater knows Yamaha fans will take to instantly.

Yamaha Tour Custom Maple 14" x 5.5" Snare Drum Features:

  • An all-purpose snare for professional drummers
  • Crafted for the stage and studio
  • Imitable Yamaha tone
  • Show-grade looks and durability
  • Thin (5.6mm) 6-ply maple shell sounds warm and lively
  • Staggered diagonal seam construction keeps shells round for longer
  • Rounded retro 2.3mm Dyna-Hoops focus tone and stabilize tuning
  • Single-post lugs maximize sustain
  • P-type strainer is simple, reliable, and provides fine-tuning
  • Ships with Remo UT heads for a great tone out of the box

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Tech Specs

  • Type: Tour Custom Snare
  • Drum Depth: 5.5"
  • Drum Diameter: 14"
  • Shell Material: Maple
  • Shell Construction: 6-ply, 5.6mm
  • Hoops: 2.3mm DynaHoop
  • Lugs: 10 x Absolute Lugs/Die-cast Claws
  • Color: Caramel Satin
  • Finish: Chrome-plated Hardware
  • Heads: Remo USA
  • Additional Features: 20-strand Hi-carbon Steel
  • Manufacturer Part Number: TMS-1455CRS

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Reviews

You can't beat a Yamaha drum
I bought this after returning an absolutely atrociously made Gretsch Brooklyn snare drum to my local dealer...

Everything about this drum blows all my Gretsch snares and even Mapex Black Widow snares (which all cost 1.5-2x more) out of the water.

It SOUNDS great. Everything on it is smooth and manufactured with the precision you'd expect from Yamaha. I was able to get this guy tuned up in 5 minutes out of the box.

I was worried about the throw-off, as I'd never been able to test it and it looked a little flimsy... But my fears were unfounded – it's smooth, stays in place, and is well built.

I genuinely cannot find a single flaw on or in this drum. It's exquisite... And I've had a LOT of issues with my Gretsch and Mapex drums over the years. Not this one.

If I only needed one snare to cover all my jazz, pop, and funk gigs, I'd use this one.
Music background: Former professional (now hobbyist) musician with a degree in jazz studies