Sonor SQ1 Shell Pack & Matching Snare Drum - Drummer's Review 

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jon reintjens Can you compare them specifically to some other sets you have owned?

@@219Dave the sonor sound is very different than any other kit i have played/owned. Especialy with the sq1 you get the quality of a sq2 but pre-confirgured. The kit has a lot of punch/tone. In my opinion sonor makes the best birch kits in the drumming industry. These drums are truly one of a kind🙏 definitely recomend them!

Which size shells do you have?

Derek Frampton DOT com I agree on the Pearl. However, at that price point of the Pearl Decade there are some serious options that offer good value for money: Gretsch Catalina or the Yamaha Stage Custom, which is my favorite of them. The Sonor though is a different league. The hardware, the quality of the shells themselves... so I agree with Nolly that the price here is reasonable.

Derek Frampton DOT com Well, let’s agree to disagree. Quality matters. Not with all brands, but for most of them. Of course you pay for the brand itself. But the Sonor SQ1 is made in Germany, so you pay the higher German salaries in comparison to Chinese build drums. You say there are niche? Well, maybe they don’t want to build drums for 500$ - though they had some cheap lines in the last (Sonor 1000). The perception of quality is always subjective anyways. Just check the review of the Pearl Decade on this channel, Nolly mentioned some slight quality „issues“ on the shells. I am not a big Pearl fan whatsoever, but I agree that the Decade Maple offer a good quality for the money. Cheers 🤟🏻

These do seem warmer than most other birch drums.

Well the Yamaha recording custom is actually more expensive than these so considering that these aren’t too bad. However Canopus has a nice birch kit for about 1,700 that’s high end. Called the Yaiba kit

@Derek Frampton aKa 1PaPaD1 1/3 the quality too.

Graham Scanlon Drums glad we could help.. Best wishes, DR

Sounds very 'airy'.

@@drummerboyharm3078 I am not sure what you mean ... 😃

@@Rocking-on-with-Frits sorry. I mean a lot of tone and air movement. Less attack and depth in the sound. I am Dutch so sometimes difficult to find words to express myself. Tommorow I'm gonne check these drums by a local drumshop.

@@drummerboyharm3078 Lachen man, ik ben ook Nederlands. Wat wilde je zeggen?

@@Rocking-on-with-Frits ja. Bedoel. Ik hoor veel toon en sustain, maar weinig attack en diepte uit de ketel. Maar kan aan de opname liggen. Sonor is wel erg goed in berken drums. Ik was bijvoorbeeld al gecharmeerd van de S Classix destijds. Morgen bij Lars in Venray deze set proberen (20, 12 en 14) lekkere maten!

and so are the toms. wow.

Me too Charlie don't like the toms hanging from cymbal stands also use the flat base hardware fitted a sonor vintage tom mount to the kick

How did you go about a custom config? Just buy components? Special order?

@@ramenthenoodle_ special order ( individual components)

Man, thanks for this info!

Can you put a link for a picture. Sonor is a very meticulous company hard to believe they would put the wrong badge on a bass drum.

@@larrytate1657 Hi Larry, not sure how to link a pic but in the meantime below is the response from the vendor....none of which got fulfilled as of yet, only a replacement badge for me to install on the 24" kick. Also, yesterday I played and identical Sonor 24" kick at Pro Drum in Hollywood. It sounded really good, the 24" kick I got is just a lemon, my bad luck! Bryn, I plan on getting the bass drum replaced and the tension rods on the toms. I also want to be sure that the 10” tom bearing edges are good, if not I want to replace that too. I am going to do what I can to make this right. Hang in there and let me get this going with my Sales Rep & US Product Manager. Thank you, Sam Galizia Sam I Am Studios Sonor Certified Plus Drum Dealer 734 377-1959 sam@samiamstudios.com www.samiamstudios.com stores.ebay.com/samiamstudios?_trksid=p2047675.l2563

I replaced my L-arms with the one's from the vintage series which are long on both ends.

Yamaha definitely

Roy Beckerman Don’t have the chincy hardware and spotty quality control of those drums either.

Roy Beckerman, completely wrong.

Radio King There is no right or wrong, just my personal opinion. Nice drums, though.

45• , 7mm / 7 ply for snare and toms; 10mm / 10 ply for bass drums 2.3mm power hoops

In total this kit costs about 3900 euro. It's usually sold as a 3 piece for around 2750 euro. If you want to add the snare, that costs around 660 euro, and the 10" tom costs 479 euro. I priced it on Thomann, who have all the parts in stock.