It looks identical to a Cannon 10-lug snare-

If it looks like a duck, and sounds like a duck, it probably is Ernie the cheap generic Asian metal snare drum no matter what label was slapped on it. Some "Ernies" sound pretty decent with the right heads, snares, and tensioning.

Is $60 w/ shipping if it's in good condition with a new lookin head is that a good deal?

To me NO is was not a good deal...Mikey

That kind of snare generally runs between $20-$40. I would certainly not spend more than that and then ONLY if I needed a snare to throw in with a shell pack or something along those lines. For similar dollars or a few more you could pick up an Acrolite, Blackrolite, or other "student" model snare that would be FAR better. For example, I picked up a 6 lug early 60's Slingerland snare that is really pretty nice for $60. Snare drums like the one you are looking at are about as cheaply made as possible. You can find them much cheaper than $60 but there is probably no reason to purchase this.

It looks pretty the same as my pearl snare.

As to your question concerning a quality comparison to a 50's 60's snare,you would have to me more specific.But comparing an apple to an orange,that drum in no way compares in quality and sound to say the big 4 American drums makers of the time.Not even in the same ballpark.

The reason it looks like a Pearl,is because of the use of generic Pearl like parts,and again,there is no comparison in quality.

As far as worth,those drums were sold all over the world,as a cheap beginers snare drum,in a firewood kit..A complete 5 piece kit brand new,with hardware and cymbals was under 300,retail.Think "first act" brand Walmart quality stuff.

For 60-100,or sometimes less,you can pick up a Ludwig Acrolite,or sometimes a real Pearl sensitone,which are FAR better drums,in every respect.So 60 bucks was at least 20 to 40 too much.

Steve B

I worked in a mom and pop music store for 13 years through the 90's and we'd get these generic snares brand new all the time with names like Adam, Sunlite, CB etc. They usually went for around $80.00 and I couldn't believe how many of them I had to repair right out of the box. The biggest issue was the lousy chrome job on the tension rods. The chrome from the rods would flake off and bind up inside the lug inserts while tuning and the rod would seize up leaving me no other option than to break the rod with a high torque, crank style drum key and replace all necessary parts. It happened so much that I began disliking putting drums together. Of course the store never carried drums worthy of assembly. I do see people on CL trying to sell these for 60 to 100 dollars but imo and experience they aren't worth 20 bucks. Get an Acrolite if you need something inexpensive. You can't go wrong with that. Just watch out for people asking too much for their Acros.

I returned the snare drum, got my $ back.

Get yourself one of these...............

[IMG]http://inlinethumb23.webshots.com/46806/2631495820028342110S600x600Q85.jpg[/IMG]