OCDP John Otto snare | 50 made, $799

John Otto has a signature snare. Limp Bizkit’s drummer is back with Orange County Drum & Percussion, and his drum is now on sale.

It’s a 14x6 vented maple snare in a graffiti wrap. There are only 50 of them and Guitar Center is the only place selling it.

So is it a proper drum or just a loud paint job? Let’s find out.

What is in it?

The spec, according to Guitar Center’s listing:

• 14x6 maple shell, 12 plies.
• Seven ¼” vents around the shell.
• 45-degree bearing edges.
• Die-cast hoops.
• Sharktooth lugs, the pointed OCDP design you’ll know from the late ’90s.
• OCDP’s own throw-off and chrome hardware.
• An OCDP-branded batter head. Our photos show a Remo Ambassador Snare on the bottom.
• The graffiti wrap, designed with Otto.

Each drum has a numbered sticker inside the shell and comes with a signed certificate. The price is $799.99, and it’s made in the USA.

What will it sound like?

Probably loud, dry and punchy, which is exactly what you’d want from a nu metal drummer’s snare.

A 6” deep maple shell gives you a fat, warm note with plenty of body. Twelve plies makes it a fairly thick shell, so you get more attack and less of the soft, breathy tone a thin maple snare has.

The vents are the interesting part. Holes in the shell let air escape when you hit the head, which makes the drum feel quicker and cuts down the boxy “honk” some deep snares have. Vented shells were an OCDP trademark, and OCDP is still known for them. Travis Barker’s famous OCDP snare was a vented maple drum too.

The die-cast hoops add to that. They hold the head firmly, tighten up the overtones and make your rimshots crack. This is a drum built for a loud band with microphones in front of it.

We haven’t heard one yet. The listing has no sound sample and no reviews so far, so treat all of that as an educated guess.

Why OCDP, and why now?

OCDP started in Orange County in 1991. By the late ’90s it was the kit of the moment for punk and nu metal, played by drummers in Blink-182, No Doubt, Slipknot, Deftones and Limp Bizkit.

Guitar Center bought the brand in 2009. It then went quiet, until GC relaunched it on 3 April 2026 for its 35th anniversary, with co-founder Daniel Jensen helping as an advisor. That launch included two shell packs and seven snares, with snares starting at $199.99.

The deal was always that the original artists would get signature drums. Adrian Young of No Doubt was first, with a 50-piece Tangerine Sparkle snare in July. Otto was named on the roster at the relaunch, and this is his.

Who is John Otto?

He’s Limp Bizkit’s drummer and one of its founder members. He joined in 1994, soon after Fred Durst and Sam Rivers formed the band in Jacksonville, Florida.

Here’s the bit people forget. Otto trained as a jazz drummer at Douglas Anderson School of the Arts in Jacksonville. That’s where the ghost notes and swing in Limp Bizkit’s grooves come from. Listen to “Nookie” or “Re-Arranged” again and notice how much is going on between the backbeats.

He was one of OCDP’s original artists, from the era of Significant Other and Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water. So this isn’t a random name on a drum. It’s a reunion.

Where can I buy one?

Only from Guitar Center. It’s a GC exclusive, so you won’t find it at Gear4music or Thomann.

See the John Otto signature snare at Guitar Center ($799.99).

Outside the US, it’s worth checking whether GC will ship to you. Or keep an eye on Reverb, because with only 50 made, that’s where they’ll turn up next.

Final thoughts

$799.99 isn’t cheap, but you’re getting a USA-made, vented, 12-ply maple snare with die-cast hoops and a numbered certificate. That’s a properly specified drum, not a standard shell with a sticker on it.

The only downside is the wrap. You’ll either love the graffiti or you won’t, and there’s no other finish. With only 50 made, though, that’s sort of the point.

If you’d rather pick a snare on sound alone, our snare drum buying guide explains how shell depth, wood and hoops change things. For another signature drum built for hitting hard, see the 66Samus Drum-Tec snare.