DRUMANDSTAGE FORUM

Today is the day, I picked up my first ever Sonor Drumkit from my favorite drumstore (Drumladen in St. Leon Rot). I fell in love with a satine pure white SQ1 in 20“, 12“, 14“ and 16“, which I got for a killer deal. 8“ and 10“ toms will be added in the future.

I put Remo Ambassador Clear heads on all of the batter heads on the toms and gave it a quick tune up. Now I know what everybody means when they say Sonors sound different. In comparison to my Tama Starclassic Maple, this is a whole different sound.

I got to say the hardware on my Tama is more robust and heavyweight though, the screws on the toms feel a bit cheap in my opinion, aswell as the floor tom legs.

In the last few weeks I thought about getting a SQ2 Heavy Birch, but my configuration would have been similiar to the standard SQ1 sizes, so I switched to that to safe a few bucks.

I really really love the sound of my new drums, they really sing and the floor toms / bassdrum sound like thunder.

Now I got to adjust my playing and get used to a double pedal again though haha.

For anyone interested my other kits sizes are:
20“x16“ x2
8“x6“
10“x7“
12“x8“
14“x14“
16“x16“

Nice rig!

Today I had some time to build around the new set up, since my set up before was way bigger. Did quiet some downsizing in cymbals.

I have gotten a complaint about images posting sideways and I don't have an answer yet. They open to the proper orientation if you click on them. Love the snare!!!

Noticed that haha.

The snare is a beast! Had to put a clear Ambassador on it, so I can admire the shell while playing. I love the thickness

I‘m really curious how the 18“ Floor Tom would sound. Originally I wanted to get the 8“ and 10“ Tom as a Add-on, but now I‘m thinking 10“ and 13“…

Got rid of my rack today, since I don‘t need it for the SQ1 for now. Way smaller footprint and fun to play with the different placements.

The 18" Floor tom is a CANNON. Bad phone placement, and phone microphone do these drums no justice. Turns out me snare reso head needed tweaking so ignore all of that, too.

That sounds massive! Maybe I‘ll consider the 18“…

Finally I found a tuning where the drums sing. It‘s insane tbh how the drums sound now that I found the tuning I like. Looking forward to the 8“ and 10“ tom, this is going to be insane.

Had some concerns about the decision of buying a SQ1 since I just could not tune the 12“ the way I wanted. But now it feels like the perfect decision and I have no regrets selling my Tama kit.

I'm curious Joe, what you perceive the magic tuning is?

I had a similar experience on my Vintage Series running coated Emperors over coated Ambassadors, tuned them the same way I did my Pearl kit, with the reso head up a bit and was underwhelmed. Pitched both heads the same tension on the Tunebot and they became the best sounding drums I've personally ever heard.