I had a set of these lying around my shop for a couple years and finally decided to put them on a 12” snare I had just built for fun.
Fat Cat Snare wires have a unique from other snare wires because they have a dual adjustability. First you can adjust them regularly with the tightening and loosening the strainer, but they also have a screw adjustment on the snare itself that can adjust the inner wires independently. This allows for some serious sensitivity!
After I put them on the drum I messed with the tension, I tightened the strainer and loosened the adjustment screw and got some cool sounds, loosened the tension and tightened the screw and got more sounds. There’s a lot you can do with these wires, it’s nice to have more sounds. The only drawback is that the adjustment screw causes the snare wires to extend past the hoop so when you set the drum down you get the wobble…other than that, these are pretty good and unique snare wires!
Until next time!
