Snareweight M100 Leather Patent Model - Chrome

Rrrrrocking good to all!!
A quick note: the leather has a waterproof outer layer - it can look a bit like plastic but it is super strong. It's a Patent leather 1.3mm thick. After a couple years of testing, Snareweight is stoked to have wrapped up Snareweight's M100 Leather model. It is weighted with a 3.5 ounce (100 gram) chrome body, a magnet, felt, and leather. It can also be easily detached via the magnet to clip for tuning or for a song that doesn't need dampening.

Snareweight thinks it dampens in a new way, kind of in between their M1b and their Brass #5 model, and are loving the fact they took their M1 footprint and added the right amount of weight to get a dampened, full of tone, drum sound. Also the chrome color matches most hardware and seems to belong, out of the way, and right along the rim of the hoop.

"Does the M100 100gram get an amount of dampening somewhere between M1b and M80? Or does it get more than the M80?" It's about the same as the M1 BUT does sound different. Because of the weight and the fact it sits out and away from the rim of the drum, it keeps the ring of the shell and adds a bit of crisp clarity and compression. It also shortens the lower frequency humm like Snareweight's brass #5 model which tightens up the drum.

An M80 fully open definitely has the most dampening but less drum shell openness. Snareweight loves the M100 at the shop but note it is made to shorten the sustain but keep the good ring. It won't dampen all the ring from your snare but tighten it up and give it more punch keeping the shell open around the rim of the drum.

Features

• 4 different levels of dampening in one
• Take it off your drum via the central magnet
• Will never rip, crimp, or stick to your drum head
• Weighted and perfectly balanced to make the right contact to your drum head
• Gated effect, expressive dampening giving the drummer natural dynamics, tone and decay