Overview
Technically this is a Precious Metal series snare rather than badged Black Panther. But that series was rebranded as Black Panther Precious Metal a couple of years after this was shown in the 2002 catalogue, so we're giving it the benefit of the doubt.
If it looks like a Black Panther and roars like a Black Panther...
This and its 13" sibling are the only two models to use the double-ended oval piccolo lugs on a standard depth, albeit only 5" deep, shell. As can be seen from the date sticker inside the shell of Hugh Jeffries' example, this model and its two siblings were made sometime in 1998. All three were dropped from the range sometime between August and December 2002.
Main photo and similar courtesy of Hugh Jeffries - thanks a million Hugh!
Other photos taken from the excellent video by SoundVector, who did an amazing job capturing a full 360° video of this snare...still not sure how he did that but 👏👏👏🤘🤘🤘
