Flint Percussion 20th Anniversary Piccolo Snare – Reviewed
Here’s the latest video from the Drummer’s Review Live Room featuring a limited edition 20th Anniversary Piccolo snare drum from Flint Percussion
Featuring…
- 14 x 3” one-piece Titanium suspended shell,
- 12 tuning bolts,
- Flint’s Rotary snare wires,
- Remo Black Suede Ambassador batter head,
- Evans Snare Side 500,
- Black Twinkle Powder Coating finish.
Filmed February 2025 at Paul Caboche Studios, Cornwall, UK. (scroll down for recording & equipment details).
Flint Percussion Says…“Flint® Percussion is an eco-friendly family business based in the North-West of England, established in 2005. Our company began as a result of our young daughter wishing to play the marching drum in a local pipe band, but at only 10 years of age it was immediately apparent that the standard marching drum would be too heavy for her to carry and play. Coming from an engineering background, we began to look for ways to redesign these drums to reduce weight without impacting sound and material quality.
After several years of research and development, we invented the Suspended ShellTM system, where only the drum skins are in contact with the shell and tension is achieved on both skins through the shell itself via a surrounding cage. This resulted in the lightest high-tension marching snare drum ever made. We then went on to produce other drums using the same Suspended ShellTM system, offering a full range of ultra-lightweight marching drums.
Today, we supply these lightweight drums to clients around the world, including countries in North America, Oceania, Europe and the Middle East. We are experts in instrument manufacture and delivery, and apply this experience to ensure all musical instruments we produce are of the highest quality upon arrival with our clients.“
Flint Percussion 20th Anniversary Piccolo Snare: UK RRP: £500 (approx.)
Pro’s:
- Excellent looks
- Great build quality
- Much fuller sound than we were expecting from a piccolo snare
Con’s:
- Only six drums planned to be produced (at time of filming)
For more details on the Flint Percussion 20th Anniversary Piccolo Snare, head to: https://www.flintpercussion.co.uk/
Drummer’s Review, based in North Devon, England would like to thank the www.theseagate.co.uk for the use of their hotel for this photo shoot in their stunning bar & garden. Photography by Guy Harrop on location at The Seagate Hotel, Appledore, Devon.
Recording Details:
Filmed at Paul Caboche Studios (Cornwall UK).
Microphone List:
Kick Rear: Audix D6
Kick Front: Electrovoice RE27ND
Snare Top: Electrovoice PL80
Snare Bottom: Electrovoice PL80
Hi Hat: Oktava MK-012-01 Cardio
Over Head wide: AKG C414B (pair)
Centre Over Heads: AEA R88 MK2 Stereo Ribbon Mic
Front Centre Room : AEA R88 MK2 Stereo Ribbon Mic
Wide Room Mic’s: sE2200T Tube Mic’s (pair)
Recording Process:
Microphone Pre amps: 16x Rupert Neve Designs 5052
Pre amp outs to Avid HD analog to digital converters connected to Avid HDX card
Recorded into Pro Tools Ultimate latest version running HDX cards mounted in an Apple Mac Pro 2019 16core.
Audio Template Details:
Basic EQ:
Basic EQ setting using the EQ section of the Neve 5052 mic Pre-Amps. No post recoded EQ or processing applied.
A Note From Paul…
“The microphones were set up with the overheads and room mic’s measured to the centre of the snare drum to keep the phase of any stereo pair in phase. The AEA R88 MK2 mic’s being stereo mic’s had no issue with phase but the front centre room mic and centre overhead where aligned with each other to keep the same stereo image. The phase reverse switch on the front kick mic was used to correct the phase between the two bass drum mic’s. The phase reverse switch was engaged on the bottom snare mic to correct the phase between the two snare mic’s. Hi pass filters only used on the hi hat mic, Ride mic and overheads. The live room of the studio has been treated to provide a neutral sound close to the drums & cymbals with the room mic’s then giving a true representation of what the instruments sound like in the room. Using 16 identical Mic Pre amps also helps with electrical phase so there is no difference between tone and phase of the Mic Pre amps. The brief for the recoding was to give as true a representation as possible of what the instruments actually sound like.”
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