When Is A Bop Kit Not A Bop Kit? Some Sonor Fun Here For You!!

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  • čas přidán 8. 02. 2021
  • We hope you enjoy this video where we show the tuning range of these small Sonor kits. Make sure to listen to all three, and check out our web listings, yes!! all three of these are for sale:
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Komentáře • 52

  • @Cameron5540
    @Cameron5540 Před 3 lety +14

    Modern sonor kits are probably some of the nicest kits being made today

  • @kellyrogers7066
    @kellyrogers7066 Před 3 lety +4

    My Favorite Sound is Steve Junior's Kit.. Killer Job Guys!!!!

  • @frankschweigert5596
    @frankschweigert5596 Před 2 lety +3

    The Red Kit sounds amazing in this low Tuning.

  • @dtonesmith766
    @dtonesmith766 Před 3 lety +4

    The three amigos!

  • @richardtemple9292
    @richardtemple9292 Před 3 lety +6

    This was actually enjoyable to watch

  • @JakeStaffin
    @JakeStaffin Před 3 lety +5

    I like the mid tuning on Steve Jr's kit the best, but wow, these drums sound fantastic at all tunings!! This kit can work for jazz, rock and everything in between!!

  • @matthewjames7411
    @matthewjames7411 Před 2 lety +2

    Steve and Son! Lovely!

  • @davidreidy5750
    @davidreidy5750 Před rokem +2

    Good Lord I love drum offs!!🤖🛸

  • @patrickbrennan2864
    @patrickbrennan2864 Před 3 lety +3

    Rick Dior (outstanding player and teacher) was giving advice a few days ago on his CZcams channel about a Marvin Smitty snare with calf heads; a fan of his channel bought one. Rick recommended tuning the top head to A, and the bottom head to F#......so Steve, claiming that drums can’t be tuned to specific notes is to claim they don’t make sound. They vibrate air, and that pitch can be measured.
    It’s said that Bonham tuned his drums to the song’s key, in the studio (he must have used old school methods in the Pre-TuneBot days; what he chose live on stage I don’t know).
    The TuneBot is a great teaching aid also. It doesn’t replace ear development, it evaluates that development. (I couldn’t have learned to measure blood pressure by feeling someone’s pulse, without a blood pressure cuff....woodworkers can’t develop their eye for length, angle and curve without rulers and goniometers and...)
    “In imaginative hands, modern measurement tools help old school techniques survive.” (Tage Frid)
    All the best
    Patrick

  • @coolernie65
    @coolernie65 Před rokem +1

    That's it, I'm going to get me a Sonor bop kits. Man, those drums sing.

  • @IAmMattLewis
    @IAmMattLewis Před 3 lety +2

    man, that red sparkle is killer all around

  • @Fury5.010r
    @Fury5.010r Před 3 lety +3

    Still love my Horst Link era drums! I do really like the sq2 also.

  • @danielsweeneyjr.3117
    @danielsweeneyjr.3117 Před 10 měsíci +1

    They sound amazing, thank you. I prefer the high tuning, however, it all about the options. Thank you Guy's.

  • @tmaddrummer
    @tmaddrummer Před 3 lety +3

    Steve Jr's is my favorite, but they are all great Sonor kits! I love my Sonor Sunset Beech Bop kit! Thanks and Blessings!

  • @dadams1947
    @dadams1947 Před 3 lety +2

    You guys have been practicing haven't YOU! That was big fun.

  • @thesneakygamer4343
    @thesneakygamer4343 Před 3 lety +1

    Steve Jr’s was my favorite, all were amazing.

  • @mrski4945
    @mrski4945 Před 2 lety

    Steves' Bop tuning of that green'ish bass drum is... wow, that's how a Jazz bass drum should sound. Fell in love at the first strike of that beater against the head.

  • @norbertrenner9364
    @norbertrenner9364 Před 7 měsíci +1

    Cool......thanks !

  • @Killenmachine05
    @Killenmachine05 Před 3 lety +2

    I would say a bop kit is all in tuning, a 20 or 18 kick with a 12 and 14 toms can be great rock set ups if you tune them medium to low

  • @davidcudlip6587
    @davidcudlip6587 Před rokem +1

    Great video. I keep my bopper tuned fairly low. But it still works for jazz along with rock or modern country, (Which is Rock).

  • @brandonford3401
    @brandonford3401 Před 6 měsíci

    very helpful vid ty!

  • @bryanherward4679
    @bryanherward4679 Před 3 lety +1

    My main kit is an AQ2 Safari/Bop combo...just picked up a Stage custom Bebop for a car kit...after 3 years playing various kits in a pop bands... I've come to the conclusion that a good quality 16 or 18 can do just about anything you need.

  • @Tyl-Fiedler
    @Tyl-Fiedler Před 3 lety

    Great Video Thanks !! Had so much fun With it !!!!!

  • @jerrygamez5723
    @jerrygamez5723 Před 3 lety

    Awesome video. All tunings sound great

  • @archisalcedo7045
    @archisalcedo7045 Před 3 lety

    Beautiful!
    I want the red one!

  • @donaldfabiano7775
    @donaldfabiano7775 Před 3 lety +3

    wow! very inspiring to watch...love the trade-off's...the kits are exactly as you described them-incredibly versatile from high be-bop to mid-range big band to deep studio rock...these kits seem to possess it all and the playing was also very demonstrative of these said styles...i was never a big fan of 18" bass drums {looks wise or sound wise} the smallest i'd go would be 20" but, 24 or 26" is more in my preferential range but you convinced me there's more to be had with an 18" if the proper head selection and tuning is applied...and... they're a hell of a lot easier to carry around from gig to gig...thanks man...

  • @martinleicht5911
    @martinleicht5911 Před 3 lety

    Good job !! 💥

  • @gordonhelm5480
    @gordonhelm5480 Před 3 lety

    These kits are amazing! I got one recently and I can't believe how good they are for the money.

  • @billytrance6893
    @billytrance6893 Před rokem +3

    That RED sparkle kit sounds like a 22", 13, and 16" he's playing! GREAT sounding and has "beef" and depth the others don't...the others sound very thin and "cheap". Is it the maple shells that are making the difference on that one?

  • @thomasmoje5926
    @thomasmoje5926 Před 2 lety +1

    I need to get new batter heads for the rack tom and floor tom for my Sonor 'Bop' kit..not the SQ2 model but the regular 'Bop' kit. After listening to this I'll probably get Evans '56 Calftone batter heads I have them on several other drums I really like them..nice warm full tone. They kinda struck the mid-ground between the coated heads on Steve's kit (which I assume were equivalent of Remo Ambassadors) and Noah's kit with the clear Pinstripes (a bit too dry and 'dead' for me). Nice playing guys.

  • @DR.Detroit11
    @DR.Detroit11 Před 3 lety

    for some reason the sea foam kit sounds the best ;) nice kits.

  • @carlupthegrove262
    @carlupthegrove262 Před 3 lety

    Great demonstration. I've been using a 12/14/18 kit for quite some time now and it is very versatile. Pop/Rock/Jazz/R&B... Thanks

  • @bcancun123
    @bcancun123 Před 3 lety

    Love all 3

  • @luisrene2633
    @luisrene2633 Před 3 lety

    Sonor SQ2 great sound in all tuning range.. And some....

  • @goseeaboutagirl
    @goseeaboutagirl Před 3 lety +1

    Was thinking of upgrading from my silver sparkle Sonor Bop kit 18x16, 12, 14 but these all sound great at all tuning ranges! Hopefully my poplar/basswood shells can come close 😂

  • @oskarfield8696
    @oskarfield8696 Před 3 lety

    I like the green one.:.

  • @RolandDuke
    @RolandDuke Před 3 lety +15

    When it won’t fit in a nyc cab.

  • @gretschludwigdrummer209
    @gretschludwigdrummer209 Před 3 lety +1

    Steve snr for chops and Steve jr for the best sound

  • @MALJR247
    @MALJR247 Před 3 lety +1

    That was cool ! They all sounded great. I loved that high tuning though , how did you tune high like that ?

    • @the6ig6adwolf
      @the6ig6adwolf Před 3 lety +4

      Just keep tightening the tension rods until the tuning is high.

  • @davidedwards7448
    @davidedwards7448 Před 3 lety

    Great kits Steve & Company!! I wanted to ask about the shel layup for Steve Jr's kit as I did not see the listing on Reverb? The Pastel kit has two links listed. Thanks Steve!!

    • @memopadilla5931
      @memopadilla5931 Před 3 lety +1

      That is a Medium shell.......... What do you think of this THIN shell option?? czcams.com/video/UYsDFbxBXaU/video.html

    • @davidedwards7448
      @davidedwards7448 Před 3 lety

      @@memopadilla5931 I think the Medium shell sounds the best memo. I had Sonor Prolites(Vintage Shell) about 3yrs ago and I didn't like them. They sounded too dry for my taste.

    • @memopadilla5931
      @memopadilla5931 Před 3 lety

      @@davidedwards7448 Yeah I usually like the thicker Sonor shells.. but this vid I posted above is the regular 5mm thin.. NOT the Prolite 4mm/rings... But listen to it.. I think it sounds the best of Maxwells vids..

  • @polarnatten
    @polarnatten Před 3 lety +2

    Sonor toms with Pinstripes sound dead to me.

  • @johndef5075
    @johndef5075 Před 3 lety

    Sea foam sounded best. I think because you were playing them.

  • @gibsondrummer
    @gibsondrummer Před 3 lety +1

    When your not playing modern jazz with a quick tempo and saying like at the start of every phrase
    “Like , that cat is square man , he is not hip “
    “ dig it”
    “Like , drummer , your bass drum is exceedingly large for this groove , it is not hip ! “
    “ you must get hip and reduce your real estate thusly “
    “I concur”
    Vouty o’ roonio
    “Alas oh purveyor of drums please make me a 20” bass drum and a 14”x14” floor tom and i will be hip again and drop bombs “

  • @eddydoyle9971
    @eddydoyle9971 Před 3 lety

    Sound good, but not close to Gretsch

  • @tomkelsey2303
    @tomkelsey2303 Před 10 měsíci +1

    Pinstripes? Big NO!

  • @boristomakic5995
    @boristomakic5995 Před rokem

    The lowest tuning is bad