On both inquiries.
No snare. Thus, the reason the shop gave it to me at cost. Owner of said shop sold it to one of his celeb drummer friends. I will probably get the TAMA Warlord Bubinga (Masai) as I think they look killer plus it is bubinga too. The Aronoff Brass snare is a bit too much for this kit.
Also, no sound files yet on the kit. I did video myself, but the sound sucks on the video. Thus, I am in the middle of mic'ing it up, and just ported the bd head. This kit will probably stay home unless I am playing in a very controlled environment which is an oxymoron as you all know. For gigs, I use a TAMA SuperStar 7 piece of similar setup.
Have to say one becomes very spoiled with the sound, as it truly is amazing. I just finished playing it and the SuperStar (which is birch) and it is night/day. While the SS is a great kit for the money, the bubinga contains the full spectrum of sound. Very fat/full with lots of attack too.
I plan to use it whenever one of my bands gets serious enough to use a real studio. When that occurs, I will post here.
Thanks for the props.
This is the snare I am hoping Santa brings me...
