By leveraging specific woods, shell thicknesses and bearing edges exactly where they are most sonically beneficial within a drum set, Pearl's Reference Series, which includes this Pearl Reference One snare drum, originated the modern hybrid drum concept. Building upon this recipe and adding revolutionary enhancements in mounting and shell hardware, Pearl takes the hybrid drum concept to new, unprecedented heights. Delivering the best elements from Pearl's historic Reference and Reference Pure Series drums, its reduced-thickness EvenPly shell is fitted with MasterCast die-cast hoops, for a radical combination sustain and attack.