My nice shiney new sonor 2007 (so proud)

[RUSTE]

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Here is my all new sonor 2007. What do ya reckon? amazing drums!!! cost just over £800 without hihat stand seat pedals cymbals etc.... (just tom mounts & 2x 400 series booms) Sorry about the poor phone camera quality it doesn't do them any justice.

[bonzo49]

Very nice, the hardware all looks very sturdy. What wood is it, the finish looks great.

[gusty]

they look great, how do they sound?
and the 2007 are still birch arnt they?

[RUSTE]

Very nice, the hardware all looks very sturdy. What wood is it, the finish looks great.

Its an 9ply all birch kit. For a little more money you can get the 3007's that are canadian maple

The hardware in the bassdrum & tom mounting are the sonor 400 series & the rest is iron cobra pedals hihat & pearl cymbal stands.

The finnish is amazing. You can still see the grain of the wood. As i said these pictures let it down a bit though

[d.c.drummer]

Looks very nice, i would be proud also. Specs on cymbals?

PS. Thats a really good camera phone

[Big_Philly]

Looks like you've got a good reason to be proud. Great looking kit! can I get some more specs (sizes, cymbals...)
I know how it feels to be let down by a cell phone camera. Yours seems to be better than mine though...

[RUSTE]

they look great, how do they sound?
and the 2007 are still birch arnt they?

They sound great even with stock tom heads that i thought would be crap! Im waiting on some aquarian clear super 2's :o) I still need the put some holz of mine in the bassdrum heads as well. I cant get over the quality of these kits for the price! in this price range sonor is king! Its nice to be different as well as i live in south england & don't know anybody with a sonor & never played one at a gig. People buying pearl exports etc.. have no idea

[RUSTE]

Looks like you've got a good reason to be proud. Great looking kit! can I get some more specs (sizes, cymbals...)
I know how it feels to be let down by a cell phone camera. Yours seems to be better than mine though...

Sizes of drums

2x 22x17.5 Bassdrums
10x8 12x9 High toms
14x14 16x16 floor toms
14x6.5 pearl free floating brass snare (also have steel ian paice sigature)

Cymbals are
sabian 18 & 19 aaxplosions, 18 aax china, 14 aax stage hats, aa metal x ride,
12" aa metal x splash (not shown) Wuhan 12" china splash.

Thanks for the interest

[bonzo49]

They sound great even with stock tom heads that i thought would be crap! Im waiting on some aquarian clear super 2's :o) I still need the put some holz of mine in the bassdrum heads as well. I cant get over the quality of these kits for the price! in this price range sonor is king! Its nice to be different as well as i live in south england & don't know anybody with a sonor & never played one at a gig. People buying pearl exports etc.. have no idea

What is it about Britain and exports, a lot of less in the know drummers think exports are THE ultimate kit. But I really like the look of a higher end mapex as my next kit, or maybe even a sonor,

[maddrummr]

Sweet kit.
I love that finish. And your snare is a beauty

[RUSTE]

Sweet kit.
I love that finish. And your snare is a beauty

Thanks mate. Its an old pearl free floater the snare. I bought it of a guy on ebay for £130 2 years ago. He said he bought it in new york in 1981 (the year i was born) while working on a cruize ship so it been going a while. I love the fact its got history. also they have hardly changed in 25 years.

[Wegadrummer]

wow, back to the 80s.. Nice finish, and a awsome snare!

[lpdh]

very nice！　ｉ　ｌｉｋｅ　ｔｈｉｓ　ｋｉｔｓ　ｖｅｒｙ　ｍｕｃｈ　！

[boomboomda]

And you should be proud. Nice set.

[Con]

Sweet kit man!!!!!! i love that finish and i have a sonoe as well all though i have just started but they are kick ass drums for the prices. i totally love it. keep rocking

[Drummer Karl]

Wow, I think you`re the first one presents his new Force line here.
How is the sound? Is it worth the money, better than the 2005?

have fun with it...Sonor makes great drums!!

Karl

[gretsch223]

Beautiful! I'm definetly gettin a sonor for my next kit!

[drumbandit]

I love in south england, I have never seen anyone with a Sonor kit. Where did you get it, if you don't mind me asking? It looks quality by the way.

Tom

[RUSTE]

I love in south england, I have never seen anyone with a Sonor kit. Where did you get it, if you don't mind me asking? It looks quality by the way.

Tom

I got it through http://www.ecymbals.co.uk (or adc drums in liverpool) If you email julain you can get any spec you want (within the main sonor 2007/3007 sizes). There one of the main suppliers of sonor in the uk.

I emailed on the of chance he could help me build the kit of my dreams. i emialed at around 5.30pm & he replyed in half hour telling me i could put together what i wanted from the avalible kits & he would build the kit up for me ( in my case i wanted upgraded hardware but no snare stand/hihat stand or bassdrum pedals or snare drum & i wanted 2x 22x17.5 bassdrums 10x8 12x9 14x14 16x16 toms). 3 weeks later my kit arrived from germany!

These drums are the best you can buy for your money. If you like maple rather than birch you pay a bit more. I like the focused sound of birch.

I skinned the toms thinking the heads supplied would be rubbish (remo ux) but got a fantastic tone from them. Ive ordered some clear aquarian super 2's so i cant imagen what there sound like with them on!

ive already got superkicks on bassdrums. They sound great. Should sound even better when i cut holes in the frontheads.
Still need to put holes in bassdrum skins (or just put band logo skins on)

[Stevesmithfan]

Very nice set up, I'm a Sonor drummer as well. You've got a lifetime investment.
Congrats!

[RUSTE]

Very nice set up, I'm a Sonor drummer as well. You've got a lifetime investment.
Congrats!

What sonor do you own?

[MetalHeadSDMF]

Beautiful! I am lovin it. The hardware makes it stand out so much more. Congrats

[mind_drummer]

Look very good, nice hardware. Everything's perfect, you're right about being proud ;-)

[harryconway]

People buying pearl exports ... have no idea

I'll go along with that. Great lookin' kit in the very traditional hard rock/heavy metal 222 configuration. And I like the way you've set your hi-hat up leggless with a clamp. Classic.

[radeq]

wow buddy, they look awesome, I love this sonor design, esspecialy these xy07

[Darmikalus]

absolutely gorgeous finish!

im looking to get a new kit soon, and this pic just put the 2007 waay up

[the.tree]

All I can say is awesome set awesome gear have fun playin it.

[Exportdrummer]

dude i would be proud too that looks so awesome. I love it

[Stevesmithfan]

What sonor do you own?

I've got the SQ 2. If you go to the next page more or less. You can see some pics of it.
I think I started the post with "New Sonor SQ is here".
Congrats again on your Sonor purchase!

[Ironcobra]

thats pretty sweet, i like the fact that you took the time to match your iron cobra pedals with the iron cobra hi hat stand, thats what im hoping to do in the future. how do the aquarian heads sound on the bass?, i will probably buy them for mine tommorrow

[RUSTE]

thats pretty sweet, i like the fact that you took the time to match your iron cobra pedals with the iron cobra hi hat stand, thats what im hoping to do in the future. how do the aquarian heads sound on the bass?, i will probably buy them for mine tommorrow

Thanks alot. They sound good although ive still gotta put holes in the front heads to get the attack i want & so i can record them. They are like emads that ive owned before. People say they have a rounder tone in comparison & emads have a more slappy sound. Let us know what you think of yuors if you get them?

[eddrummer05]

beautiful!!! love it man i have a 2001 series....

[lagwagon99]

sweet kit! your setup looks so comfortable, i just wanna sit down behind it and go to town.

[LiveGoat]

Holy Cow! Those are gorgeous! I have to say, of all the "modern" looking kits (meaning not vintage) out there , Sonor, in my opinion makes the most attractive kits. I think it has to do with combination of finish and imaginative but sturdy hardware. It's almost like sculpture, it's so unique compared to other drums. Like classic cars from the 30's. All that chrome and paint. Sonors are like Deusenbergs (sp?).


--LG

[CWelsh]

Absolutely beautiful! I love the color. I have a set of natural finish 2005s and think they are great.

Congratulations.

[T.Underhill]

What an absolute beauty!!

[latzanimal]

Very nice! Not such a common finish which is even better!

[fijjibo]

WOW!!!!!!!

Seriously, that is a beast, and a beauty, all in one!!!!

Two bass drums with two toms on top just screams class!!!

Well done, man!!!

[Vintagedrummer]

What all the other folks said!!! WOW!! That is some sweet kit you have, man!!

Peace & Keep Drummin'!

[trysthedrummer]

God those are nice! Bet your pleased :D Can't wait any longer for mine :(

Yeah I've orderded some stuff from adc drums before. Infact, waiting for some stuff to come, gold eliminator hihat stand and eliminator double pedal, prices are excellent, cheapest I could find.

[RUSTE]

Thanks for all the great comments on my kit. I really dig this forum, your all great & understand what my fellow guitarists & my girlfriend doesn't :o)

Im soooo in love with this kit im buying gloves to set it up etc... lol...

Nobody is aloud to touch it incase they leave paw prints...

Its the 3rd kit & the best ive ever had.. (pearl export & ddrum diablo before)
Its really a unique looking kit & nobody i know or ever played a gig with ever had a sonor...

Everything on this kit it in my opinion totaly professonal..... If i ever had the choice to get an upgrade id think well why... this does the job nicley!!!

I like to be different.

i get told of lots for spending time on this forum...

Russ

[Mr. Brownstone]

Very nice kit. I really like this and the amber fade in the 2007 line, also like the fact they offer the 2007 laquered. She's a beauty dude!!

[gmrakich]

Sonor makes great stuff..congrats.
Do you know there are 3 types of wall paper in that room?????????

[Class A Drummer]

Thats a really clean setup. Like everything looks perfectly positioned.

[CraigG]

now that my friend is the best blue color I have ever seen on a kit. Very nice set-up.

[Timekeep69]

Very nice! Congrats on your new addition.

[punkdrummer1]

They look nice. I still think pearl vision owns in the birch category. Mapex m birch too, but still, nice looking kit.

[PureRockFury]

They look nice. I still think pearl vision owns in the birch category. Mapex m birch too, but still, nice looking kit.

LMFAO Hardly! Both the Pearl Vision and M Birch don't hold a candle to what Sonor is doing.

[RUSTE]

LMFAO Hardly! Both the Pearl Vision and M Birch don't hold a candle to what Sonor is doing.

Well said... I agree. But hey thats why i bought it lol

[punkdrummer1]

cmon guys. Let's not get into a fight over this. I was just saying the 2007's don't have as much featres as the visions or the mapex m birch. Mind you they do make nice kits, but sonor do have great deals. Why not 3007?? Not a fan of maple??

[PureRockFury]

cmon guys. Let's not get into a fight over this. I was just saying the 2007's don't have as much featres as the visions or the mapex m birch. Mind you they do make nice kits, but sonor do have great deals. Why not 3007?? Not a fan of maple??

They all have identical features. There is nothing different except with Pearl using obnoxiously thick shells on the Vision, which equal BOING and not warmth. All projection and attack and no tone.

8 ply 10mm thick shells is just ridiculous. They are trying to market the greatness of a Reference kit in an entry-level to intermediate level kit to attract young buyers. Sonor has a bit more class than that. In fact, they really don't target anyone, they let the drums do the talking.

Mapex M Birch are the exact same thing as the Force except for different suspension mounts. Sonor's hardware is much better in all aspects than Mapex.

Mapex Pro M and M Birch might be made at the same factory as the Sonor Force kits but they are both two different assembly lines. The Sonor side uses the exact same tooling as the German factory, in fact they shipped equipment from the Sonor German factory to the China factory. Everything about the Force kits is German Engineered but simply manufactured in a factory in China that is a replica of the German factory. That's the difference between Mapex Pro M/M Birch and the Sonor Force kits.

[punkdrummer1]

They all have identical features. There is nothing different except with Pearl using obnoxiously thick shells on the Vision, which equal BOING and not warmth. All projection and attack and no tone.

8 ply 10mm thick shells is just ridiculous. They are trying to market the greatness of a Reference kit in an entry-level to intermediate level kit to attract young buyers. Sonor has a bit more class than that. In fact, they really don't target anyone, they let the drums do the talking.

Mapex M Birch are the exact same thing as the Force except for different suspension mounts. Sonor's hardware is much better in all aspects than Mapex.

Mapex Pro M and M Birch might be made at the same factory as the Sonor Force kits but they are both two different assembly lines. The Sonor side uses the exact same tooling as the German factory, in fact they shipped equipment from the Sonor German factory to the China factory. Everything about the Force kits is German Engineered but simply manufactured in a factory in China that is a replica of the German factory. That's the difference between Mapex Pro M/M Birch and the Sonor Force kits.

Ha ha. Thanks man. I think you're right. I've never "hated"on the sonor kits, it's just that I find the m birch beat 2007's. Don't get me wrong, I like the 2007's, but I just find mapex m birch sound better. Now in my hardware case, Sonor woops mapex. But I don't need hardware.

[Johnny from the block]

Very nice finish!
ps: WHAT is that snare? love it already;)

[RUSTE]

Very nice finish!
ps: WHAT is that snare? love it already;)

Thanks its a pearl brass free floater 14 x 6.5. I got it on ebay a few years ago for £130ish from some guy who used it on cruize ships. He bought it in new york in 1981 so its as old as me :) Ive just started using my pearl ian paice sigature steel snare again & thats rules also! Getting a very bohnam type sound out of it.

[Johnny from the block]

Thanks its a pearl brass free floater 14 x 6.5. I got it on ebay a few years ago for £130ish from some guy who used it on cruize ships. He bought it in new york in 1981 so its as old as me :) Ive just started using my pearl ian paice sigature steel snare again & thats rules also! Getting a very bohnam type sound out of it.

hehe, funny that the paice snare sounds like bonham. Btw 130 seems a reasonable price for what seems to be a very nice snare? any recordings of it? as I'm looking for a new snare myself.. thanks

[RUSTE]

hehe, funny that the paice snare sounds like bonham. Btw 130 seems a reasonable price for what seems to be a very nice snare? any recordings of it? as I'm looking for a new snare myself.. thanks

Lol maybe a cross between paice & bohnam then.

Checkout www.myspace.com/atenattack All recorded on a mixer & mixed on my p.c.none with this sonor though. all with my old pearl export or ddrum but all with my brass free floater

[Stevesmithfan]

I've had my Sonor SQ 2's for 2 months now and I can't believe the superb sound quality and construction that Sonor puts out. Truly amazing!
Congrats on your Sonor 2007, it's beauty.

[mainedrummer]

Beautiful kit RUSTE - I'd put something like that in my living room also . . .

[max77]

Orgasmic finish.

I'm cumming with twenty more characters.

[tooldrums1000]

Orgasmic finish.

I'm cumming with twenty more characters.

dont get too happy. 20 characters

[jamsjr44]

Very nice! I love the color.

[RUSTE]

Thanks again for all your lovely comments. I will stick some more photo's up soon as im going im the studio sunday to put down some drum tracks. Its just to a few bands projects i will mix at home but will be first time ive had somebody recording my drums. I normaly do it myself up my dads (detached house) But the use of the engineer & his placements & tons of really really nice mic's in a acoustic treated room it should be fat... My kits all nicely tuned with new heads & ready to rock n roll!!

[RUSTE]

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I always stay true to my word. Here is some picture's of my 4 hour studio session at soundlocker studio's that cost me £100. I did 2 tracks against pre recorded rough guitar tracks with a click track. all in all it was a great experiance (first time recording drums in studio) we used 17 mic's!!! Yes 17 mic's.

4x overheads inc hihat
2x on bassdrums
2x snare
8x top & bottom of 4 toms!
1 room mic

All aqurian
sk2' & regulaters on bassdrums
super 2 clears on tom's with classic clear (black!) reso's
evan genara hd dry & on snare with small bit of moon gel.
No dampening on the rest on the kit apart from the bassdrums own muffled heads.

I took the session home on dvd in wav's & mixed it on flstudio which ive been using for years although im dabbling with cubase sx as well now.

Kit was my sonor 2007 2x22 10 12 14 16... iron cobra pedals
4 x 6.5 pearl brass free floater snare
18 & 19 aaxplosion crash's
18" aax china
14" aax stage hats
20" aa metal x ride
12 wuhan china splash

Please checkout the recording's on my new myspace. Although im not a real recording studio but i thought rather than have a personal myspace id create one for all the music i record & mix on my pc for the bands & projects im lucky enough to have been involved in. I think you will agree ive got a pretty good sound from my new kit using 17 mic's & my own mixing skills...... Thanks for looking

www.myspace.com/rusterecordings (please excuse me if i have no friends but my girlfriend. I have got friends honest..... Just set it up & working it)

[dry_water]

i'm loving the finish...

[alebelco]

Thats a very beatiful finish, im thinking to get that one.

may i ask you something, do you know what are the specific differences between the two sonor's models, apart of the wood, because i know the 2007 it's made of birch and the 3007 it's full maple. and the hardware they bring it's also different.
but in the sonor page it says that the 3007 comes with rubber on the bass drum claws, to protect the wood hoop. and other thing i have noticed recenltly, is that the 3007 comes with some kind of rubber between the lugs and the shell. About the last thing it doesn't says anything on the page.

Thanks, and sorry for my little english.

and keep drumming on that beauty.

[slingerland755]

You lucky dog! How are they holding up?

[Jay.B.]

Man that's a gorgeous kit you got there, I think most people on this forum, including myself would also be very proud if it were theirs, good choice of weapon sir, use it well.

[mddrummer]

omg that is a beautiful kit.

[Tomage]

I have the exact same kit! =D just one kick, snare and 3 toms and a floor tom though. That finish is half the reason I bought it. lol

[matei_the_drummer]

absolutley beautiful!!!! i am also a sonor owner they make great drums dont they!!! we should make a sonor drummers club lol. matt :)

[prempex]

very nice man.

is that judge judy on the tv in the background?

[prempex]

corect me if im wrong, but isnt that "judge judy" playing on your tv?

[prempex]

oops, posted the same thing twice

sorry!!

[Drumsword]

I love the look of that set, very nice..and I've always been a fan of double bass kits (Being a child of the 80's rock bands)..lol.

I almost got the 6 pc sonor 3005 series in black sparkle, but decided after much debate on the gretsch.

[max77]

Orgasmic finish.

I'm cumming with twenty more characters.

I calm myself now because I have the same set. Only one bass drums. Haha