Sonor Momentum: Celebrating 150 Years of Drumming Excellence
Modern sound and beautiful finishes!
Sonor, maker of some of the most revered drums in prog, jazz, and pretty much all of music is still in full swing of its 150th anniversary celebrations. While the company released special anniversary editions of some of its most popular drums, today the German drum maker introduces the Sonor Momentum series. It’s available in three different wood configurations and a variety of kit setups. Let’s take a look!
Sonor Momentum: Maple, Birch, or Beech
With the Sonor Momentum series, the German drum manufacturer offers a modern take on drum kits. The new series comes in a variety of kit setups and three wood types: maple, birch, and beech. It does not stop there.
For each of the three wood types, there are also four different colors: Red Pearl (wrap), Satin Pure White (matte lacquer), GT Black (matte lacquer), and California Burl (semi-gloss veneer). Each shell features the popular 9-ply (6 mm) medium shell construction, recognizable to Sonor fans from the company’s most luxurious series, the SQ2 drum system.
In terms of sonic character, Sonor describes the three styles as follows: the beech shells offer the most balanced sound with “warm tone with evenly balanced lows, mids and highs”. Compared that, the birch shells have more of a “smiley curve” type of sound with pronounced highs and lows. The maple drums are full on bass monsters, offering “a mellow, warm and balanced full tone, [with] strong low frequencies.” If you’re a fan of mixing things up, you can even combine drum shells of all three wood types for an even more unique sound.
Drum Shells
As is tradition with Sonor, the Sonor momentum also comes in a variety of shell sizes not seen with with other manufacturers:
Toms
- 08″ × 07″
- 10″ × 7.75″
- 12″ × 8.5″
- 13″ × 9.25″
Floor toms:
- 14″ × 13.75″
- 16″ × 15.25″
- 18″ × 16.75″
Bass drums (all without a rosette):
- 18″ × 14.25″
- 20″ × 15.75″
- 22″ × 17.25″
- 24″ × 15.25″
Snare drums:
- 14″ × 5.75″
- 14″ × 6.5″
Each drum shell comes with features and hardware setups known from other popular Sonor Series. For instance, Sonor Momentum bass drums feature recessed tension rods and tension brackets with TuneSafe. Furthermore, the toms are equipped with the T.A.R. tom mount from the Prolite series, while the Sound Sustainer mount from the SQ1 series can be found on the floor toms.
Prices and Kits
The Sonor Momentum series is available to order now at Thomann*. Shipping availability is estimated for mid-November. There are four different kit configurations you can choose from (if you don’t want to combine shells individually) in four different colors:
- 18″, 12″, 14″
- 20″, 12″, 14″
- 22″, 12″, 16″
- 24″, 13″, 16″
Here are the Maple kits:
Next, the Beech kits:
And finally, we have the Birch kits:
More on the new Series from Sonor
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