Sonor Force 3007 Drum Kit

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espite having been launched at the

winter NAMM, it has taken until

now for the ﬁrst of Sonor’s Force

3007 (an upgrade on the previous 3005

range) kits to make it to the UK. The

Force 3007 range of drums sits under

the umbrella of the Force series, which is

split into four distinct lines - 507, 1007,

2007 and 3007. Though Sonor is a

famously German brand of drums, all of

the Force kits are a product of the

company’s Chinese operations. That’s

not to say that the new Force 3007 is

lacking any of Sonor’s individual touches.

The new kit spec features upgraded

shells and shorter toms along with

hardware improvements.

Shell surprise

While individual Force 3007 drums from

8" through to 24" diameter can be bought

and assembled into a kit, Sonor is

marketing ﬁ ve ‘preconﬁgured’ kits. Four

of these kits are a variation on a ﬁ ve-

drum set-up. The review kit, known as

Stage One, consists of a 22"x17½" bass

drum, 14"x5½" snare drum, 12"x9" and

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Force 3007 Drum Kit

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INTERCONTINENTAL SHELL

The shells are made from Canadian

and Chinese maple, giving the Force

3007 drums an international ﬂ avour.

ESSENTIALS

PRICES

Sonor Force 3007

drum kit £899

CONTACT

Sutherland

Trading Co Ltd

Bedwas House

Industrial Estate

Bedwas

Caerphilly

Wales

CF83 8XQ

Telephone

02920 887333

Websites

www.sonor.com

www.sutherland

trading.co.uk

13”x10” toms and a 16”x16” ﬂ oor tom.

Stage Two and Stage Three kits feature

different groupings of toms and ﬂ oor tom

with the same bass drum and snare. The

next kit – Studio One – is again a ﬁ ve-

piece set up, but the 22” bass drum is

swapped for a 20"x17½" model. The ﬁ fth

preconﬁgured kit option is a Jungle

version. Sonor’s shrunken Jungle kit

concept for dance/jazz/experimental

applications has been so successful that

it should be familiar to most readers. If

not, a glance at the dimensions should

put you in the picture – 16"x16" bass

drum and 10"x8" and 14"x12" toms.

Unlike the four Stage/Studio kits, the

Jungle kit is not supplied with a snare or

hardware pack and, as such, is priced a

good deal lower.

The previous 3-series kit (3005) made

the jump to all-maple shells. The 3007

drums take things a step further by

actually specifying the source of the

maple. The old drums were made entirely

from Chinese maple. The new models are

a sandwich of Chinese and Canadian

maple, with the Canadian maple clearly

perceived as being a superior wood. The

shells are formed from a central three

plies of Chinese maple with either two or

three plies of Canadian maple above and

below, where they will have maximum

effect on the sound. Bass drums are

7. 2mm thick and are made up of a total of

nine plies (three Canadian, three Chinese,

three Canadian). Snare drums and toms,

meanwhile, are all 5.8mm thick as a result

of having two less plies (two Canadian,

three Chinese, two Canadian). (Please

note that this information comes from

Sonor’s head ofﬁce and, at the time of

writing, contradicts the shell descriptions

on the company’s website – d’oh!)

The fact that Sonor have managed to

source a more expensive raw material

and transport it further to the factory, yet

still produce a kit only £50 more

expensive than the one it replaces is a

vivid example of just how competitive

things are out there.

True blue

The revised shells are available in a choice

of nine different lacquered ﬁ nishes.

Among the options is a pair of new

sparkles. The Blue Sparkle which adorns

the review kit is exceptionally light-

catching. The shade of blue – more a

lighter, Royal blue than say, Navy, allows

the metallic ﬁlling to shimmer away.

Other sparkle options are Red (again,

new) and White. There is one other

Blue Sparkle

ﬁnish is new for

the 3007 kit.

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Summary of content (3 pages)

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GEARREVIEWS Sonor Force 3007 Drum Kit From £899 | Sonor’s new Force 3007 kit features maple from two continents. An intrigued Adam Jones investigates… ESSENTIALS PRICES Sonor Force 3007 drum kit £899 CONTACT Sutherland Trading Co Ltd Bedwas House Industrial Estate Bedwas Caerphilly Wales CF83 8XQ Telephone 02920 887333 Websites www.sonor.com www.sutherland trading.co.
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GEARREVIEWS The toms are all standard lengths, while the bass drum is an unusual 17½" deep. The 400 Series stands and pedals supplied with the kit are robust and elegant. TYPICALLY SONOR DESIGN The kit boasts plenty of examples of the German company’s special design ﬂourishes. HOOPS N’ HEADS The bass drum comes equipped with matching wood hoops and is ﬁtted with Remo heads, as is the rest of the kit.
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GEARREVIEWS new ﬁnish for this year – Midnight Fade, which is a blue to black fade. The drums are dressed in characteristically Sonor shell hardware, with the lugs taking the form of beaters, and Sonor’s logo (a pair of beaters) also stamped on each one. There is a maximum distribution of lugs per drum, with the snare and bass drum both sporting 10 per head (the 10 snare lugs are double-ended). Sonor’s TuneSafe tension rods are ﬁtted to all the drums.