Mapex Armory Series Kit

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PRICES
628SF Studioease Shell
Pack in Magma Red with
Black hardware,
including Tomahawk
snare, £849; Tomahawk
snare separately, £239
SHELL MATERIALS
Plywood and steel
PLIES
Bass and toms: 6 ply
7.2mm birch-maple-
birch hybrid; Tomahawk
snare: 1mm polished
steel
BEARING EDGES
SoniClear, rounded over.
Tomahawk snare,
rounded 45°
FINISHES
Magma Red with black
hardware (as pictured),
Transparent Black with
black hardware,
Transparent Walnut
with chrome, Mantis
Green with black,
Photon Blue with
chrome and Cordovan
Red with chrome
hardware
HOOPS
Toms: 1.6mm
triple-fl anged; Snare:
2.3mm power hoops
SHELLS
Studioease (short-stack
shells): 22"x18", 10"x7",
12"x8", 14"x12", 16"x14",
14"x5½"; Studioease:
22"x18", 10"x8", 12"x9",
14"x14", 16"x16",
14"x5½"
SUPPLIED HEADS
Remo Chinese made UT
Coated batters and
Clear resonants
LUGS PER DRUM
Small toms: 12; fl oor
toms: 16; bass drum: 16;
snare: 10 double-ended
bridge lugs
TOM MOUNTS
SONIClear™ Suspension
System
HARDWARE
Chrome, black or
chrome and black
CONTACT
Korg (UK) Ltd
01908 857100
[e-mail]
www.mapex.co.uk
Essential spec
THE TOMS FEEL TIDY, WITH THEIR
SHORT SHELLS, WOODY AND
PLEASINGLY MATURE WHILE THE
BASS DRUM IS ALSO A BEAUT
SHELL PACK
Review kit is a “shorty”:
22"x18" bass, 10"x7", 12"x8"
rack toms, 14"x12" and
16"x14" fl oor toms
FINISH
Magma Red with black
hardware, one of six fi nish
combinations available
STANDS
Stands are not included
but are available in
complementary chrome,
black or chrome and black
mounts are taken from the up-market
Saturn IV range. The design involves a
three-point mount – the two upper points
bracketing off adjacent lugs, while the lower
arm is not fi xed, but freely rubber–buffets
against a small bumper plate on the shell.
The hexagonal ‘L’ arm (which is chrome
not black) clamps to a stand. It’s over-
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