Steve's Donut 14"

Fantastic! Takes sharp, thin, dry snares and makes them Lucious, fat, wet and musical. Perfect. I also love their quesadilla!

I have been a musician for 50+ years, but I am completely new to drums. My Yamaha snare had a very annoying ringing overtone. A drummer friend suggested using a dampener, and after reading a ton of reviews I chose this one. What a difference! Now I get that sharp "crack" when I hit my snare, and there is NO ringing overtone. Easy to install...takes about 2 seconds to lay it on the drum head and you're done. Practicing is much more pleasant now that I'm getting the right sound on my snare...

I have a Ludwig Breakbeats kit that I’ll use to gig in smaller venues. I love the kit very much except for the snare. Just have a hard time tuning it and getting it the way I like. I decided to use this on that kit and I really like it. It will lower the pitch of your drum and take out the majority of the overtones. It also depends on the sound like you like. I usually tune my snare first and then put this on. I even went and bought a 13 inch and 10 inch BFSD for some other snares I have.

I like it, usually use a studio ring or gels, but this gives better character. Takes out some volume though I would say

So I took a chance on this thing. 20 something bucks to make it sound like an 80's snare? I knew it wasn't going to work. Well, man was I wrong. I really need to tune my snare, but just slapping this thing on it muffled all the echo and ring it had and it sounded 100% better. Can't wait to find time to tune the snare and then play some rock with this on it. Great product. seems well built. You're not paying $24 for a "piece of plastic." You're paying $24 for the incredible sound that comes from your snare with this thing on it.

Very good. Better than noon gels. A nice fat snare sound

Steve’s Donut from BFSD is a great pairing with my 14x6.5 Ludwig Supraphonic. Though this snare is already incredible and easily tunable on its own, the dampening this product provides is perfect for it. I tune this snare to have plenty of body and attack. The donut eliminated unwanted resonant frequencies and made room for the most pleasing ones. There are a lot of products out there that do not come close. I’d recommend this to all my fellow players.

Using the BFSD is like having two different drums. Placing it on the batter head lowered the pitch of my Gene Krupa about a step, scooped the mids and tightened the (Sound Pure - recommended) snare sound. I am a recording engineer and I see the BFSD as a valuable recording tool. It makes the drum sound gated. There is a slight reduction in volume, and the BFSD invites you to hit a bit harder. I like the focus it gives to Hot Rods as well. A different sound palette from the same drum for $20. Tune your snare well first. Definitely worth a try!