Mapex launched four new snare drums in the new Black Panther Design Lab. Based on the new Concept Hybrid design, these drums snares are engineered on sound design, shell composition and drum construction. The Design Lab snares all have unique characteristics that are explained below. There are four new snare drums: The Equinox, the Heartbreaker and the 14" and 13" Cherry Bomb snares. Drum legend Russ Miller explains in detail what the Design Lab exactly are, and demos them. In the second video he plays the four snare drums in a musical setting.
Mapex designs the Concept Hybrid drums based on many factors that influence the sound of drums. Factors like different tone woods, bearing edge profiles, counterhoop styles, lug casings, snare wires, drumheads and shell finishes are all relevant to how a drum sounds. Working with these variables, the drum company can manufacture many sound concepts snare drums - and complete drum sets - that are all unique and can match any musical or recording setting that you may encounter.
Specifications of the four Black Panther Design Lab Snares
The Equinox 14" snare drum Concept Hybrid: Classic, Bright, articulate
A very clean and articulate drum with an open sound
North American Maple shell
Reinforcement rings
Classic styling of single-flanged hoops (musical traditions in a modern execution)
Bright and open presence at full volume.
Mapex 10-lug hoops
Puresound premium snare wires
Cylinder-Drive Strainer
SONIClear Bearing edges
The Cherry Bomb 14" and 13" snares Concept Hybrid: Vintage, controlled, precise
A re-imagined and optimized version of the original Cherry Bomb snare
Medium-thick Cherrywood shell
The soft density of Cherry absorbs higher overtones
