Upclose & Personal: Mapex Armory The Dillinger 14" x 5.5" 8-Ply Maple Snare

The Dillinger is the next Mapex Armory Series of snare I will review. This is another bad boy of Armory Series of Snares that will rattle your drumming ears! 

We had seen last: Daisy Cutter, The Peacemaker, and The Tomahawk. 

The Dillinger, an 8-Ply Maple Armory Snare, let's lock and load!

Mapex Armory The Dillinger 14" x 5.5" 8-Ply Maple Snare

 The name of this snare drums is pretty interesting as compared to the other snare drums as reviewed earlier. This is not based on the "war-time arsenals", this is based on one of the baddest boy and notorious bandit back in the Great Depression Period in the 1930's . John Dillinger is the name (a notorious gangster and bank robber).

Now back to the Snare Drum, The Dillinger, it's a powerful snare built with 8-ply maple, SONIClear™ bearing edges, the newest technology of building the drum shell, which you can read more in this link: http://mapexdrums.com/us/soniclear/es.

Built with 2.3mm Power Hoops

With the power hoops that gives you excitement when you do your regular cross stick action!
The Dillinger is a 14" x 5.5" 6.85mm 8-ply maple shell that can handle all musical assaults but will deliver just as much in return.

Piston Strainer with Vertical Throw-off

The throw-off is smooth as glass to operate, and uses Mapex's Vertical proven design with the Piston Strainer.

For most drummers, a 14" x 5.5" snare drum will be their "go to" drum that could be appropriate for most genre of music. And you would expect, this drum delivers the "crack" of maple that all drummers love. Unlike Mr. Dillinger, this drum is quite handsome. The outer layer maple ply is a highly-figured maple and has a walnut stain finish. - A great looking drum!

Built with  Remo® USA Coated Ambassador® Batter drumhead

The drum comes standard with Remo® USA Coated Ambassador® Batter drumhead,which is yet another bonus you wouldn't expect on a snare of this price range.

The tone is bright, as you would expect from maple, but balanced. The SONIClear™ bearing edges technology really shines in this drum, allowing a strong fundamental pitch that is as lethal as one of Dillinger's Tommy Guns.

6.85mm 8ply Maple shell

 The snare wires are premium stainless steel with brass end-plates.

The Dillinger - The Musical Assault

The tube lugs add some classic simplicity to the drum's overall appeal and this drum comes with a highly polished chrome finish on the hardware. Slick and ready to shoot!

Visit Drumstore Malaysia at Paradigm Mall, Kelana Jaya Malaysia today to hear it out today!