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Awesome drums
By: Groovemeister
Submitted: 12/27/2018
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It is compact. It sounds good and I can travel with this gear easily. The specs are perfect to play in small gigs and it is worth it.
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Perfect for the college student!
By: Jaylen Walker
Submitted: 10/4/2018
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This Drumkit is my first and let me tell you, it is easily one of the most comfortable and beautiful sounding things I’ve played.
And as a college student at the University of North Texas this drumkit more than meets the expectation as a jazz kit and is perfect for practing and gigging as it is very light weight
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SONOR, GREAT QUALITY CONTROL!
By: K
Submitted: 9/25/2018
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I don’t know why this has 4 stars but it definitely is a 5 star item. The description says it all, It’s a shell kit so you are forewarned. This shell kit is probably one of the best you will find for the money and made by one of the top notch drum makers. SONOR has two places where they make their drums, Germany and China. This set comes from the China plant but i tell you this the quality control is impecable. The sound is awesome and bigger than what it looks. Easy setup and compact. I have gotten many positive feedbacks and the size is perfect. Of you want the Mercedes of drums but don’t want to break the bank definitely these are the best bet. AMS was great working with me and express delivery was supper fast. Must warn you of you want these, act fast because this are an older model and on this size for this price you wont find them anymore this is discontinued and replaced with the smaller safari and martini sets. Jump on this deal quick. As for hardware buy used. Thanks AMS!
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Pretty good.
By: Martin from Wilkesboro, NC - USA
Submitted: 1/9/2013
I think that the product is fairly well made. The bearing edges are not the best in the world (sort of rough to the touch). Granted, I ordered my kit as a "dent and scratch," so it is what it is. While I'm not sure that it would hold up to the rigors of being on the road, I think that it will do just fine as a practice set and something to learn on. At this price point, a person doesn't have to be terribly careful about hauling them to some local gigs. It should make load in and load out a breeze as compared with larger kits.
Not a ton of features on a shell pack. The hardware seems like it will be ok. However, I must say that when I ordered my kit, it came WITHOUT kick drum spurs, which was very disheartening. This was intended as a Christmas gift, and I finally received the missing parts in the mail on Jan. 7th. The rest of the kit had already arrived the day before Christmas and the day after Christmas. I'm still not sure why it was shipped at two different times. In essence, I had this shell pack stacked up in the corner of my basement for almost 3 weeks while waiting for the bass drum spurs. I was happy when they finally arrived.
I may be sort of biased b/c my other kit is a top-of-the-line Pork Pie kit which costs literally 10x what this shell pack costs. With that said, this kit doesn't sound too bad. I can't wait to get some remo ambassador coated heads on these to see how they sound. The factory batter-side heads are the exact same as the reso side - clear, single-ply cheap heads. I'm sure these will sound good as resonant heads, but they sound pretty bad as batters. I'll be changing these out sooner than later. The snare is ok. It comes with a coated head on the top, but the snare side head isn't that great. It just feels cheap. I had to take the heads off to re-seat them. I'll be a getting a coated remo ambassador for the batter and a something better for the snare side. Time will tell how they sound. The kick is nice. I think that there's a lot of potential there; however, right out of the box, I'm not exactly blown away. This is my practice set, and I'm basically using them as targets.
Your general opinion of this product.
I think for the price, it's a good value; however, for those that are new to playing drums, keep in mind that you still have to buy hardware, cymbals, and a throne. I really wanted a small bop drumset, and I already had some cymbals and hardware, so it worked out. However, if I was just looking for a drumset and I wasn't as particular about sizes, I'd be referring to craigslist first before buying new. These drums work for me, but I don't know if they work for everyone.
I think that it's a pretty good value. Time will tell though. If you spend $399 on a shell pack, then spend another $300-$400 on hardware (don't forget the kick-drum pedal, hi-hat stand, and throne, which are minimums), then another $300-$400 on decent cymbals, the final number would buy a great set of drums used. However, going with a shell pack worked for me.
The pictures do not do the silver sparkle wrap on this kit justice. It's not quite as vibrant as a broken glass finish, but it's much flashier than the traditional sparkle wrap.
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Amazing Sound, Sonor delivers another great product!
By: from
Submitted: 7/12/2011
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good
By: lionel crenshaw from
Submitted: 5/4/2011