Dixon has teamed up with famed Australian builder Chris Brady to unveil the new Artisan series snare drums. The Brady designed Artisan snares feature 5.4mm thick, nine-ply rose gum shells with 45-degree bearing edges. Rose gum, the most dominant tree family found in Australia, is an extremely resilient hardwood - even more so than birch, maple, walnut, cherry, and oak. Other notable Artisan features include a Dunnett throw-off and butt plate, classic tube lugs, die-cast hoops and Evans heads.