This is a really good, solid sounding snare that will do quite a lot. I have mine tuned quite high for a crack kind of sound that fits in with my style of music and it does this excellently. The only downside I've found is that the stock skin wasn't very durable, and broke quite quickly. Thankfully I ordered a new skin as a replacement so I'd urge anyone who buys this to also buy a heavier duty skin to go with it