Sonor AQ2 Bop Kit and HS LT 2000 Hardware Set

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design allows you to remove the batter head
without having to upset the bracket, an
essential improvement on earlier RIMS-style
mounts which are/were a real pain when
changing a head.
Supporting the Smart-Mount is the
also-new CTH 4000 combination cymbal
and tom holder. And if you fancy swapping
Essential spec
typically Sonor with the twin-mallet logo. They
are cast and, as with all the hardware,
radiantly chromed and polished.
The next stage of the upgrade involves a
new rack tom suspension system. The
unobtrusive SmartMount steel plate connects
solidly with two upper lug brackets, and is
well isolated by thick rubber gaskets. The
PRICES
AQ2 Bop Kit, £792; HS LT
2000 hardware, £318
PLIES
7 plies: 4 plies Canadian
maple, 3 plies Chinese
maple
SHELL THICKNESS
5.8mm for all snares,
toms, fl oor toms and 14"
and 16" bass drums;
7.2mm for 18", 20" and
22" bass drums
FINISHES
Aqua Silver Burst,
Titanium Quartz, Brown
Fade, Transparent Black
lacquers, plus White
Marine Pearl wrap
SHELL PACKS
Stage: 22"x17½", 14"x6"
wood snare, 10"x7",
12"x8", 16"x15", 4000
double tom holder;
Studio: 20"x16", 14"x6",
10"x7", 12"x8", 14"x13",
4000 double tom holder;
Bop (pictured): 18"x14",
14"x6", 12"x8", 14"x13",
tom and cymbal holder;
Safari: 16"x15", 13"x6",
10"x7", 13"x12", tom and
cymbal holder; Martini:
14"x13", 12"x5" steel
snare, 8"x7", tom and
cymbal holder
DRUMS
Kicks: 14"x13", 16"x15",
18"x14", 20"x16",
22"x17½"; toms: 8"x7",
10"x7", 12"x8"; floor
toms: 13"x12", 14"x13",
16"x15"; snares: 13"x6"
and 14"x6" wood; 12"x5",
13"x6", 14"x5½" steel
SUPPLIED HEADS
Remo UT single-ply
LUGS PER DRUM
18" bass: 16; 12"x8" tom:
12; 14"x13" tom: 16;
14"x6" snare: 10
double-ended
TOM MOUNT
Sonor Smart-Mount
2-point isolation bracket
HARDWARE SET
Hi-hat stand, snare
stand, two mini boom
stands, single kick pedal
CONTACT
Sonor GmbH
[phone]
[e-mail]
www.sonor.com
VERSATILE HARDWARE
The snare and cymbal tripod bases have
the fl exibility to form standard triangles
or squash down to trendy retro fl at bases
kit's T badge
logo please
Sonor Asian wood hoops we’ve encountered
in the past. The claws are probably the only
giveaway to the AQ2’s intermediate status,
being pressed steel rather than cast. Still, they
look decent enough and have the now
obligatory isolating rubber liners.
Each drum has a full complement of lugs
– and these too are newly designed, although
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