Sonor Phil Rudd Signature 4-Piece Drum Shell Kit

[Jules]

Overview
With over 30 years of deep relationship, SONOR and Phil Rudd teamed up to create a Special Edition Drum Kit, to be released in autumn 2009.

Phil's history with AC/DC is as long as his history with SONOR Drums, starting in the early 1970's. The 5-piece Rock and Roll combo is without no doubt one of the most important and influential Rock bands and at the same time one of the most successful Rock bands of all time. Phil, a born Australian is no less one of the most important persons in the drum world, having influenced thousands of drummers all over the globe. His playing style is truly unique and a trademark of its own and the AC/DC sound.

Includes

• 22x18 inch Bass Drum (without Tom Mount)

• 13x13 inch Tom Tom

• 16x18 inch Floor Tom

• 18x18 inch Floor Tom

• Sonor 200 Series Double Braced Hardware

• Sonor Tuning Lugs with Fine Tooth Threads

• TuneSafe for Fast and Stable Tuning

• Vibration Free T.A.R. (Total Acoustic Resonance) Tom Mounting System

• Bass Drums Spurs with Memory Locks

• Black Wrap Finish on Shells and Chrome Hardware

• Phil Rudd's Signature on the Included Kick Drum Head

Already in 2008 Phil and SONOR started putting ideas together to create a Phil Rudd Special Edition Drum Kit. A year later, SONOR is proud to announce that the kit will be launched with the introduction of Phil's new Signature Model Snare Drum. The kit purely is all about Phil's setup he uses since the "Stiff upper Lip" and the most recent "Black Ice" World Tour. A 22 x 18-inch Bass Drum (without Tom Mount), 13 x 13-inch Tom Tom, along with a 16 x 18-inch and 18 x 18-inch Floor Tom produce a fat, intimidating sound that cuts through easily. Pure high voltage rock'n roll.

The Phil Rudd special edition kit badges and most of all, Phil's signature printed on the front bass drum head give the kit its final personal touch.

The shell hardware comes in chrome whereas all drums are covered with a Classic Black wrap. Again, SONOR's TuneSafe feature is used that offers easy and fast tuning and maximizes tuning stability. With every drum kit comes a 6-piece 200 Series hardware set including Single Tom Stand, 2x Mini Boom Stands, Hi Hat Stand, Snare Drum Stand and a Single Bass Drum Pedal.

Specifications
Model: Phil Rudd

Series: Signature Series

Shells:

• Material: Basswood
• Construction: Cross laminated Tension Free

Bass Drum Size: 22 inches

Number of Pieces: 4

Finish Type: Black Wrap

Includes: Sonor 200 Series Double Braced Hardware

[Jules]

As I slowly, but surely prep for the International series video, this Phil Rudd shell set is another Sonor offering that I think is misunderstood. I actually never owned one, but being intimately familiar with the Sonor lines even on the low end, I wouldn't have had the crushing disaapointment or criticism that seemed to resonate over the Sonor related pages of the web.

The Phil Rudd snare was quire revered while people really looked down their noses at the shell set. Interesting sidetone; I ordered one on Reverb at a really good deal, but it hadn't been taken care of and needed some work, which is what I wanted it for. I had buyers remorse just after the seller and his wife went through great pains get it packed up. I asked for a refund of all but $200 since they were so nice and worked so hard, but they countered with simply letting me off the hook and leaving it packed for the next buyer. Ultimately, the refund left them $50 to have dinner on me.

I wish I had ordered one when they were new, just to say I had one and to have fun with the sizes.

[DaveInNZ]

Yeah widely regarded as absolute junk. I nearly bought one a few times here, just because the seller also had the snare which I really wanted. I ended up getting the snare elsewhere so thankfully never had to house a kit I didn't actually want.

The snare isn't all that either. Others do it better.