Entry 4: Xymox Reserve Snare Pads

Are you more of an advanced drummer? Do you prefer playing traditional or drum line type material? Do you prefer getting quality hardware over cheap hardware? If you are thinking yes to any of these questions I think you should keep on keep ‘in on with your reading of this blog! Today I will be discussing the Xymox Reserve Snare Pads from Xymox Percussion.

When I first saw this practice pad was when I was teaching one day, it was as if the room was a whole new color. When I turned to look it was solid glossy, fiber-glass material in the center where you strike it which I thought was odd at first. The rim and the body of this particular Xymox pad where a nicely matching neon yellow and white with black bolts, which was something I had never seen before. I questioned the student who owned it and he told me about it and I was astonished to hear it was custom pad that he had chosen all the colors for including the sponge on the bottom. It looked similar to the one below but with the Kevlar head.

After teaching that day I went home and did some research on this amazing practice pad and was blown away at the color options for each particular part on the pad. The options to make it a Kevlar or carbon fiber head, the night sky finish on the base, or the option to make the rim mango colored are all so new to the whole experience of buying a snare pad. There are also snare beads that you can get with your pad to make it sound even more like an actual snare pad and this is what made me fall in love. It seems anything you want they can make some variation of that will shock people when they see. The possibilities for creativity just expanded through the player and to the actual snare pad.

There is a cheaper version licensed by Xymox but it is made by Ahead. It has some of the same features included it is just obviously a cheaper product because the metal rim and the single option of white and black. They look very similar but the Ahead version has a rim that absolutely destroys sticks and the snare beads are not as loud throughout the entire surface of the pad according to multiple YouTube review channels. 

Other YouTube channels showcase the Xymox snare pads exclusively while showing off their chops. 

Videos like this make me want to stop all my school work, forget about every assignment, and practice. Kids that can shred like this make me so jealous with the amazing Xymox drum pads and insane amounts of stick tricks that never cease to amaze. Not only is the player in the video a great drummer (Garret Kimmel), but the snare pad itself shines so bright in this video because of the amazing combination of hardware. One can find a bunch of videos like this if you search Xymox Reserve snare pad. If you are a tenor player they have something fro you too so check it out.
These new practice pads are fresh and sound great to play on. If you are looking to spend a little money, now would be a great time to check these bad boys out.