Uploaded January 2024 | Updated September 2026, 33 minutes ago
The drum is based around a German-made 14x6 12-ply, 8mm heavy beech, slightly undersized, shell that is made using Sonor’s proprietary Cross Laminated Tension Free process (CLTF) and has 45’ edges. It’s finished in natural beech in a semi-gloss. It also features TuneSafe lugs and Remo USA heads.
The drum was easy to tune and I found the sound to be very pleasing at all the tensionings I tried it at. It had a lovely open sound and feel to it which a joy to play. For the video, I couldn’t get it to go overly low without it sounding like a tom - not that I disliked the resulting sound - so I put it about as low as I could get it without that ring. For me though, the drum sat best around the middle tensioning.
Full written review over on mikedolbear.com
The drum is based around a German-made 14x6 12-ply, 8mm heavy beech, slightly undersized, shell that is made using Sonor’s proprietary Cross Laminated Tension Free process (CLTF) and has 45’ edges. It’s finished in natural beech in a semi-gloss. It also features TuneSafe lugs and Remo USA heads.
The drum was easy to tune and I found the sound to be very pleasing at all the tensionings I tried it at. It had a lovely open sound and feel to it which a joy to play. For the video, I couldn’t get it to go overly low without it sounding like a tom - not that I disliked the resulting sound - so I put it about as low as I could get it without that ring. For me though, the drum sat best around the middle tensioning.
Full written review over on mikedolbear.com
