I would rock that for sure. I have been using the Ludwig LM402 (Aluminum 14x6.5" snare) with Remo control sound (reverse dot) head. It sounds sweet and cuts though hundreds of pounds of thousands of watts of guitar and bass amplification just fine.
The only think that I would possible change, is the fact that for some of our longer songs, a few of the lugs will back off and loosen beyond finger tight. Granted, I am playing with long heavy sticks, (Vic Firth Metal) so this is fairly common. IF... If I were to try to replace it, I might be interested in a DW Collector Series 14x8" brass snare. I quite like all the big "Camco" style hardware. And the snare throw is well engineered. From the sound clips that I have heard, it sound pretty sweet. I would be happy with their 14x6" offering, but I like the one-direction-lugs, having lugs at the top AND bottom of the snare.
There are other fairly expensive snares out there, (Tama and other Bell Brass offerings) but those are too rich for my blood. Even if I COULD afford it, I would be nervous as hell that some blowtard would try to walk off with it. But I tell ya, its a great time to be a drummer. There are literally TONS of sweet ass drums and cymbals out there. Given proper head selection, snare wire selection, and tuning, you can make a rather modest snare ROCK! I was checking out http://memphisdrumshop.com/snare-drums/ ... -layered=1 last night. I was checking out the DW snare that I had mentioned. They do an awesome job of demoing the snares. The play them at many different tuning to give you a better idea of what they sound like. I was impressed with a simple Tama 14x8 snare. It was cracking! It was also the least expensive snare of the bunch. So there ya go...
I have a couple of other snares that are pretty cool too. One is a sweet 1990s era Tama Artwood 14x8" birch snare. I love it and it is awesome! It was not played for years because I broke a super hard to find lug. After years of searching, I walked into a drum shop and someone was like, "Hey wait a minute. Weren't you looking for a rectangular Tama snare lug" Me, "Yeah". So he produces a beautifully looking perfect replacement and gives it to me for free!!! Awesome. It is part of my practice kit now. I don't dare drag it around to shows for fear of fucking something else up. LOL.
