DRUMANDSTAGE FORUM

For myself, if there was a piece of Sonor gear I wish I had kept from the beginning it would be the D-500 Reissue I bought new in 1993. It was a magical snare drum, coupled with the fact that it was first piece of Sonor gear I ever owned. I originally sold it to the drummer in a local band and neither he, nor the crew knew a single thing about care and maintenance of drum gear. I ended up getting it back, but certainly not in pristine condition.

I would up selling it to someone in Belgium on eBay. There have been a few times that I have sold something, regretted it and got it back, just to resell it again. I'm just not one to get attached to things, I guess.

I hated selling my first 'real' snare drum I ever got. It was a D505 purchased back in 1983 and I sold it a decade later down in New Orleans. I wish I hadn't but that was a looong time ago. When I first got the drum I engraved initials and the year 1983 on the inside of the shell.
I've always wondered where it ended up in this world.

I regretted selling a D-506 five years ago, so when I saw one with Hellas on eBay a couple of years ago, I got it. I have no regrets about selling my Bubinga Sigs or Rosewood Lites as I wasn't playing them much and wanted to pass them along to someone who would. After I sold each of them, I was down to 3 Sonor kits and told myself that was enough until I bought a Rosewood Vintage Series a couple of months ago...