Sonor Drums: A Drumeo Documentary 

Man. If you aren’t a Sonor fan, you probably just don’t like drums. Lol. This was so sick. Well done guys!

As a german, carpenter and passionate drummer you inspired me to apply for a job at Sonor Drums one day. :D

I love how Karl Menzel shuts down the "entry level" talk on 16:30. It´s like "we are not here to be popular, we are here to deliver".

It's a dream of mine to own a SONOR kit. The craftmanship and soul put into the manufacture of these masterpieces is simply outlandish.

Always admired the way that Germans obsess over quality. The ways the can unite the high tech with old world craftsmanship is stunning. Sonor drums are the epitome of "you get what you pay for". They're not drums you need, they're drums you covet. Thank you for the glimpse into that special company.

I can't thumbs up this enough. SONOR drums are magic. Those who have played them know. One day I'll custom order a discontinued DESIGNER kit no matter what the cost is. Those kits are just simply the most over-engineered masterpieces ever made.

I owned a set back in the 80s. One of the best constructed kits ever!

I’ve been playing the Sonor SQ2 for 12 years and I can’t imagine playing anything else! Great video👍

I love this video concept. Would love to see similar videos for the other big companies. Ludwig, Gretsch, DW, Tama, Pearl, Mapex... Same with cymbals and sticks and heads. Thank you for the awesome content!

In Germany we don't say 'amount of glue' we say 'Leimauftragsmenge' and I think it's beautiful.

I've never thought that I would ever hear Jared say "Moin" to someone. My life is complete! Ganz viel Liebe an Drumeo aus Deutschland!

I still love watching this video. Brings back many great memories of the time I spent at the factory. A magical place to say the least.

Great film, but it would have been nice to finish it off with an unboxing of the snare back in Canada :)

Man, Jared. You might not be "famous" or a rockstar, but you're living the dream! Kudos to you and Drumeo!!!

I still remember playing a Sonor jazz-fusion-sized kit at a jazz band concert and it completely blew my mind and made me play one of the best shows of my life

Jared: this is a wonderful movie!!! Congratulations...and i like Schnitzel too..

Started playing 60's Premier jazz kits when a kid listening to Mitch in the 80's,and did so for years, then bought a 3001 80's Sonor kit in Maple years later, its still the go to kit✌️

My Sonor Delites never let me down. I appreciate the care and craftsmanship that goes into these drums. Awesome video!

I’ve seen several Sonor factory tours. This is the best one. Brilliant content, brilliant drums.

This video is the exact reason Sonor drums are amazing, Karl never change your methodology.True German quality, true German Volk, Jared Thanks for sharing your journey. I was in Germany in 86, 87 bought a Black lacquer Sonor light everything from the Factory I'm glad I made the Rock choice over the Bobinga sIgnature even thought it was a super hard choice. I love the Birch sound then, and I still love it now. It plays exactly as the first day I bought it. I love my kit, Danke, Danke schon Karl and to all at Sonor Drums, wonderful people!!! Jared I envy your trip what an experience you had and mine in 87 such a memory I will never forget.

I'm ready! Looking forward to this new documentary. Love drumeo and Sonor drums!

I have a Sonor Signature drum set -- the best drum set I ever played. Incredible!!!

I have a Sonor drum kit , and I have to say that the sound is just amazing. Thanks for this lovely documentary. God bless

i really love how you took the opportunity to show and demonstrate your core strength of being a top class instructor by playing all kinds of different genres and styles of drumming through out the film, and what a better platform can you have when your using top class drums like Sonor. AMAZING!

I've been playing the same Sonor drum set for 23 years, fantastic look in to how they were, and are built . Thanks for sharing, and that pork Schnitzel with the fried egg looked amazing .

Well done. What Karl said about entry level drums was spot on. I really enjoyed it.

Fantastic Documentary-Well Done!! Thanks Drumeo!

I ordered my SQ2 and I can't wait to get them!

There's something so special about a drum set in the middle of a field

What an amazing documentary! Great work Drumeo!

Oh man. Literally binging on these drum manufacturer docs right now. Paiste, Tama, and now this one. Congrats to all involved. Well, well done guys.

This was SUPER well done. LOVE this. Hope you do more things like this for Drumeo. Keep the great content coming :)

That’s a seriously awesome production. Really enjoyed this! Looking forward to the future videos. Thanks🙏🏻

Well done folks! Keep up to great work with more of these documentaries! Awesome!

Excellent production, really nice documentary, thanks Drumeo !

This is legit, y'all are pushing the drum industry to new levels!

Wow! Sonor really is the real deal. What a great documentary! Thanks, Drumeo and Jared for the amazing inside look at my favourite Drum brand.

Excellent video! I watched one of your competitor’s tours of the Sonor factory and this film blows it out of the water. Well done. Glad to be a new Drumeo lifetime member!

Excellent video Jared. Thank you so much for making it!!

Drumeo's sound engineer/mixer is amazing! Listening to those drums in the out doors no less, is quite frankly astonishing! Drumeo always has the best recordings I've ever heard. Ps: Jared's drumming is better than ever too!

Thanks drumeo for such a great documentary. Sonor are simply the best drums out there. Keep drumming

The quality of this documentary is top notch!!!

You are famous Jared! To me and countless drummers and musicians worldwide. You've made yourself a very important figure in the drumming world, and one day I'm sure you'll be seen as one of the legends, right next to those incredible drummers we consider to be legends today.

These are my favourite drums - and this vid was uploaded on my birthday. Thanks guys!

I think he was describing my kit at 32:19, White exteriors, gold hardware, tiger maple interior!!!

Really enjoyed that. Thanks Jared & Drumeo!

So much personality in this video! Jared really brings a sense of childish joy to the whole video! Very awesome tour, thanks!

You are so lucky Jared. Getting to travel the world and get drum workshop tours!?! You the man! Keep up the great work.

One of the best videos from drumeo! SQ2 one of these days. Maybe a retirement gift.

My god the people of sonor are beautiful souls man, why can't the whole world be full of them

I remember as a kid being in the sonor showroom next to their factory, its what inspired me to start drumming , My grandparents live in that village! Plus that schnitzel house is top notch !

This is the best factory tour I've seen. Well done!!! I used to have a Sonor kit and loved it!

thanks so much!!!!! I've been craving something like this!!!

It doesn't get better than Sonor... Jesus Christ... look at the way these guys are building drums. This is not some huge plant in South East Asia filled with robots that just spit out millions of shells a day.. they have guys called Horst, real craftsmen, building these masterpieces from scratch. Wow. Just wow.

Ive owned a SQ2 kit for apx 10 years now. Everyone compliments the sound and they do indeed sound awesome. Only kit Ive tried that even comes close is the good old Sonor Hilite series.

Love this documentary. Thank you for doing this. I truly appreciate it.

Thank you for making all the content you guys (and gals) do. You've helped me grow tremendously as a drummer and I love this documentary material, amazing insights many of us never get to see, thanks for taking us there!

This is amazing work! Bravo, Drumeo!

Magnificent i fell in love with Sonor in 1976 when i was 10yrs old but couldn't afford them until 1989 when i bought my1st kit a 2nd hand signature series 5 pce still have them today paired with paiste cymbals which will be next on the doco series how cool thnx cheers Drumeo

This was sooo worth the wait.

I still have my Sonor Force 3000 Scandinavian Birch kit 1996

What a Masterpiece video... Absolutelly gorgeous!!! The factory, the people, the landscape, the beer and ths Schnitzel... Bravo Sonor, and Bravo Drumeo!

Nice Job Jared, I used to own a set and I wished I still had them. Great Drum Company. Thanks Jared and SONOR.

The gold hardwared black kit, shown in this beautiful docu, was the first kit I played when i started to learn drums in the late 80's. Very very emotioning, thanks for post it!

This is great, really looking forward to the documentary...

The craftsmanship of Sonor drums is amazing

So well shot and such great content! Love it!!

What an incredible documentary. Love Sonor drums!

So awesome that you got to do this!

Hell yeah dude. Great to see it finally come to fruition 🤘👍🥁🎵

World class content and awesome videography. Good Job!

Great video, Jared. I always enjoy watching you. And I believe that Sonor makes the best drums in the world. I own a ProLite maple snare, as I cannot afford an entire set yet, but maybe someday I will upgrade the rest of my kit to Sonor.

I own a Sonor Vintage Series, was great to see my snare being made. Thank you, from your friend in Australia

Awesome!! Following Jared and Drumeo...love your approach to the world of drums.

I bought my pro force 3005 after I hit the bass drum once. Huge booming sound that I fell in love with instantly. I've had them for 14 years now and still live them

Getting stocked up ready,looking forward to this.

I own a set of Signuature Series from the mid nineties and yeah, they are still amazing. Sonor is a world class instrument maker. You get what you pay for. Nice vid. Well done

Beautifully done!!! Bravo Drumeo!🤘🙏

WOW Jarod thanks for taking us inside the sonor factory !!!

I watched this video during my covid quarantine days for about 10 times, it help me get through it😊

they're all so proud and nice people, someday I´ll get my dream SQ2.

Loved this video. what a magical place.

Great video! Thanks for producing such good informative and entertaining content!

I love Sonor kits, just so EXPENSIVE! Gavin Harrison is one of my favourite drummers and his SQ2 is my dream drum sound

Thank you for the beautiful factory tour 😊😊 hungry for some more in the coming future

That black outdoor kit looks and sounds amazing! Great show!

This was the Bomb, with so many choices, I will now look at Sonor differently.....very kool Vid, keep them coming, your tutorials are fun and instructional.....Thank you sir.

look at that gorgeous country. there's so much natural beauty in that part of the world, i think something about it must inspire a passion for craftsmanship.

I still have my Sonor Force 2000 kit from 1992. Absolute great kit.

What an amazing doc.Ive been playing drums for 40 years this year,I started when I was 14, ,I'm 54 this year, Ive ALWAYS wanted Sonor set,Ive had Yamaha,(1st set) and a Tama big set in the 90's,( I started in the early 80's) I next went to a DW set, classic, with 24k hardware, amazing sounding kit, But I have ALWAYS wanted a Sonor set, Steve Smith (Journey) STILL to me had the BEST deep power tom drum sound, that to me still hold up today, Tommy Lee played Sonor's on the early early stuff..I guess you can tell Im a rock drummer,. But like DW, Sonor has a HUGE presence in the Jazz fusion scene, This just proves how versatile a drum company/sound the are capable of achieving, But ALWAYS no matter what drum set I've owned, ANY of those years/decades, if you had of asked me "who makes the highest quality drums in the world?" My quick answer would of been "SONOR" No matter who had this or that, Tama was always good and innovation, especially hardware..I still have alot of respect for their hardware, which that have actually had to dumb down a bit to lower prices, who remembers "Stilt" stands? That was an awesome idea.. They had many many little innovative tricks like that! Ive always said, "Noone in the top of the field makes a bad drum!" really noonre did, It was to our benefit, We as drummers had soooo many amazing sounds to choose from, Now theres so many more its dizzying, Like Canopus, an AMAZING sounding drum from Japan, who like the Germans, (whom the worship engineering wise) are making an incredible sounding drum, But once again, ask me who makes such a fuss over their drum sound,I;ll quickly tell you, "SONOR" amd just watching this video, SHOWS you just how much they pay such incredible attention to detail, with decades of experience, from each person, I mean, wow, just wow! We as drummers/percussionist, are the most gifted people of our craft, we should be so very thankful, that there ARE companies like SONOR who care so much about a product, that they actually build a set of drums , that, if you can afford them, they ARE out there!!! A amazing group of people, who are so incredibly dedicated to their craft have built a set of drums, JUST FOR YOU! Maybe one day, before I get to very old,I can finally afford top get me that set of drums, Fortunately,I dont do big dbl. bass kits anymore,I DO however still like the 3 rack tom setup, and would LOVE to have 2 floor toms, But 1 still allows me to be musician behind a set.. I d use the toms as notes 8n a song.. I HIGHLY suggest, even if its JUST to say you've played AND most of all HEARD a set of SONOR's right in front of your face, please,do yourself a favor, Go and olay a set.. Put that sound and feeling in your head, I promise you, you'll never forget it! Some of us can afford them,those guys re so extremely lucky, Some of usjust have to dream, or save.. Used is always a good option.. Sonor does have some mid priced drums now.. That are STILL amazing pieces of mechanical, art! Everyone has a dream set, SONOR has always been mine, I do believe, due to my health issues,i may of reached the end of my high dollar drum purchases.. But you young skin slammers out there! Tommy Lee played them for a reason, And Jazz legends like Jack De Johnette played SONORS for other reasons! Just check them out! I promise you, thst you WILL be amazed! there are PLENTY of amazing well recorded vids on youtube to check out, Thanks for reading all of this f you did,i dont know why I typed all this, but I did, Thanks, and Happy Drumming1 sincerely, Anthony Wade Bradley

Thanks for the fantastic video, I love my sonor kit !!

Can't believe I just came across this video. Well done! Still to this day...nothing sounds like a Sonor.

Jared, what a fun look at Sonor! It made me miss Germany...and the Schnitzel!!! Keep the videos coming and enjoy that snare!!!

Great doco, look forward to the next one!

Great documentary, still have my 1998 Sonor S Class Pro kit, the quality is so good and sound rich and full

My favorite drums in the world. That I will never have a chance to play or own. Quality like nothing else. They have the best way to make shells. undersize them for better tonal range. Outstanding

what a great video!!! Love Jared and Love Sonor!!!

Wow!, esto realmente es un documental, una de las marcas que mas me gusta, alemana tenía que ser, felicitaciones, saludos desde Chile

Eine sehr coole Dokumentation, SONOR ist legendär!

I love your information on drums and your great videos!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! God bless you!!!!!!!!!