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Wow sound from a budget snare
This piccolo snare is incredible value for money.
I was surprised at the quality of the fittings and even the skins when I took it out of the box.
It feels robust and has a reassuring weight (unless you like your snare as light as a feather, then you won't be quite as happy).
The online sound is very good and reflects the actual acoustic sound of this drum. Well Done Thomann!
The snare tightens/slackens to a very satisfactory level for me delivering either a "sloppy slap" of a snare sound, or a "tight crack" cutting through everything else on stage. This is my first piccolo snare and I was a little anxious as to whether I would really like it, but when comparing it to my 5" depth snare, it is not hugely different in overall pitch/tone - I guess it comes down to the general tuning to some extent.
I will change the top skin for an Evans to gain some tone but for an out-of-the-box batter head I was fairly pleased.
I am genuinely happy with this snare and happily recommend to anyone considering adding a piccolo to their set-up.
I was surprised at the quality of the fittings and even the skins when I took it out of the box.
It feels robust and has a reassuring weight (unless you like your snare as light as a feather, then you won't be quite as happy).
The online sound is very good and reflects the actual acoustic sound of this drum. Well Done Thomann!
The snare tightens/slackens to a very satisfactory level for me delivering either a "sloppy slap" of a snare sound, or a "tight crack" cutting through everything else on stage. This is my first piccolo snare and I was a little anxious as to whether I would really like it, but when comparing it to my 5" depth snare, it is not hugely different in overall pitch/tone - I guess it comes down to the general tuning to some extent.
I will change the top skin for an Evans to gain some tone but for an out-of-the-box batter head I was fairly pleased.
I am genuinely happy with this snare and happily recommend to anyone considering adding a piccolo to their set-up.
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Great drum for a great price!
I replaced the stock snare on my Mapex Tornado with this. This is an AMAZING snare drum for 55 euro! It is very nice and crisp. It would have sounded good with a big of moongel on the stock head. However, I replaced the stock head with an Evans Black Hydraulic head and put on a Gibralter 42 strand snare wire. It has a super crisp cracking sound with no snare buzz. For a more jazzy tone the stock snare wire would suit just fine. I have played alot of picollo snares and this is as good as any of them. I had a Tama picollo snare that wasn't half as good as this. The only picollo I played that sounded better than this was a pearl picollo with a floating head. That drum cost 8 x the price as this little beauty!
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Surprising producy by Millenium
In the meanwhile I tested some product of the company Millenium. To tell the truth: I do not really like this brand at all. I tested a lot of drum cymbal stands that were not really stable and other things I did not really like. But the Millenium 14" x 3,5" Piccolo Steel Snare was really surprising me. For such a low price you get a quite proper sounding snare drum. Of course it is not a great masterpiece but in relation to its price this snare drum is really good. With different pressures etc. you can create different sounds. So if you need a low priced snare drum: I recommend this one.
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Small drum, big sound!
I wanted to have a picolo type side snare. Because of the good price and good reviews I just went for it.
Just with a little bit of tunning the sound was amazing right out of the box.
In no time this snare became my main snare while I put my ludwig supralite ( also an amazing snare ) to the side.
Versatile sound. Amazing for rock music. Good for jazz, hip-hop, r&b, funk. Can be loud as hell with little effort ;) Great ghost note sound with high tunning.
only one minus: the trow-off sometimes doesn't work all the way, so I have to use my hands to get the snares off. But this is barely a problem for such a great sound and price!
Highly recommend this one!!!
Just with a little bit of tunning the sound was amazing right out of the box.
In no time this snare became my main snare while I put my ludwig supralite ( also an amazing snare ) to the side.
Versatile sound. Amazing for rock music. Good for jazz, hip-hop, r&b, funk. Can be loud as hell with little effort ;) Great ghost note sound with high tunning.
only one minus: the trow-off sometimes doesn't work all the way, so I have to use my hands to get the snares off. But this is barely a problem for such a great sound and price!
Highly recommend this one!!!
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Damn this thing is dope
This sounds crazy good...i have not heard much snare drums in real life... but for sure this is niceee coming from 6years exp.
anyway great quality,,nice heads,, although some screws were loose so be careful taking it from the box as it might fall..
had to tight 3screw lugs i guess u call it...lol anyway awesome price for this picollo
Also its Super loud and sharp and has this very jazz blues funk thing going on which is Crazy good!! if u hit the hoops and head sideways kinda. Thats ALL!!
anyway great quality,,nice heads,, although some screws were loose so be careful taking it from the box as it might fall..
had to tight 3screw lugs i guess u call it...lol anyway awesome price for this picollo
Also its Super loud and sharp and has this very jazz blues funk thing going on which is Crazy good!! if u hit the hoops and head sideways kinda. Thats ALL!!
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HM
What a beautiful sounding snare
I've fallen in love with this snare. It's amazing that for this price you get such an amazing sound. When low-tuned, the snare sounds punchy and powerful. When high-tuned, it cuts through the mix and rings just right. I haven't changed the original heads and yet it sounds awesome. I can't imagine how great it will sound when I replace the heads for my all-time favorite Remo Ambassador heads.
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Very fair
Basic bargain snare - the cheapest thing going but strikes a point between quality and affordability.
The stock skin is pretty lackluster, change it up and it's a decent sounding snare.
There's really not that much to it, it's a Piccolo snare so pretty brisk in timbre. What you'd expect.
The stock skin is pretty lackluster, change it up and it's a decent sounding snare.
There's really not that much to it, it's a Piccolo snare so pretty brisk in timbre. What you'd expect.
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Millenium Piccolo steel snare.
This is a good quality drum at a bargain price! It adds contrast to my set-up, my other snare is a 6.5 inch Black Beauty and this snare does not sound out of place!!! I recommend it to all my students and to you.
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Millennium piccolo snare drum review
I purchased this item, as a side snare to add to my kit. After ordering I received it very quickly (as usual from Thomann) and I was amazed at the sound quality of this low priced snare drum. It sounded great pretty much straight out of the box, which helped a lot as I had a performance the night I received it and wasn't able to tune before. it is a very well made, snare drum a a shiny steel shell. It sounds great for such a low price, and it also lasts as I have had it and played it for a good two years and it still looks and sounds pretty much brand new. A great value, high quality snare drum that is a great add on to any kit.
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Great sound
I wanted a piccolo snare but was not willing to pay out a fortune for a top named brand, so I bought this one and with a bit of tuning and skin change it sounds incredible!! Up there with the best and I saved a good amount , if you want a piccolo as an extra like me I would highly recommend this one
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