When I track I usually bring a Dunnett 6.5x14 Stainless Steel, a Pearl brass 5.5x13, a Mapex Deep Forest cherry wood 6.5x14, and a series of Ludwig Supraphonic and or Pearl FF piccolo wood and brass. It just depends on what music but yeah I find that my Mapex tracks really well as my main wood snare and my Dunnett sounds good when I need a fat, metal shell sound. The BB you have is probably a sweet drum. I am in Florida too, in Jacksonville. I would like to hear you play some time.

I always try to do my homework when approaching a session usually when I get a call the first thing I start thinking about is "What drums and cymbals will work for this session and serve the artist well?" And then more importantly the next thought "Which will get me called the next time?" That being said I have about 20 snares that I have on deck and I find the drums that seem to see the majority of the action in the studio are my Supraphonic 401, Acrolite, and my DW Cast Bronze 5x13 with diecast hoops these are the metal shell drums. As for wood my Tama G-Maple works for everything that drum's a workhorse for modern music, if I need a more of a vintage sound my trans badge. Ludwig Pioneer with NOB hardware is always a good bet. Sometimes when appropriate I have a great solid stave bubinga shell 14x4 in a pearl free floating hardware set-up that sounds awesome, no vent holes, super tight responsive sound. I recommend that everyone go buy a pearl free floating snare drum trash the shell it comes with and visit Joshua Tree Percussion JTPCO.com for some of the best sounding exotic stave shells available!

Agreed. My question was if anyone has an "all around workhorse" of a snare. I certainly don't feel I was being presumptuous by stating that in my particular experiences I utilize the Black Beauty more than others. At the end of the day, it's what best suits the song, artist and producer. Trust me, I haul more snares than I need. Let me see your road case full of snares...:)

Cool. I'm in Mandarin. I occasionally moonlight w/ some friends on stage locally.

The drum I was speaking about.

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Not presumptuous of you ... presumptuous of ME. You already stated that you bring more than one. I was analyzing my own bits. If I (me) assumed one snare would work, that bias would taint the session and my performance. I have to remain open and receptive. That's all I was speaking to.

The written word ... ya gotta love it.

No worries good sir.

Please excuse me for being off the topic...

I see in your signature that you are a proud owner of a Slingerland Blue Agate? I myself have one. Beautiful drums. For a quick (and dumb) moment, I actually thought of selling the drums, then I glanced at them and came back to reality.

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I had the same passing thought. Then, thought better of it.

Man, you've got a great looking kit. ... nice SNARE (I slipped that in so that we appear to be on topic).