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phatsolid
PostPosted: Wed Apr 09, 2014 1:19 pm 
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... as a decade when instrument manufacturers were starting to go cheap (especially guitars), moving production to Asia, using inferior woods, electronics, etc. And then I see this and I think... Wow... Sonor was not going that route at all and was creating some of the greatest (and most beautiful) drums and hardware ever! I only wish ISO mounts had been available back then.

http://www.drumarchive.com/sonor/Sonor1982.pdf

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PostPosted: Wed Apr 09, 2014 3:38 pm 
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The 80's was the era of turning businesses into money pumps. Sonor got the memo rather more recently.

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cliff
PostPosted: Wed Apr 09, 2014 8:49 pm 
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phatsolid wrote:
... as a decade when instrument manufacturers were starting to go cheap (especially guitars), moving production to Asia, using inferior woods, electronics, etc. And then I see this and I think... Wow... Sonor was not going that route at all and was creating some of the greatest (and most beautiful) drums and hardware ever! I only wish ISO mounts had been available back then.

http://www.drumarchive.com/sonor/Sonor1982.pdf

Great catalog.

I was lucky enough to have one given to me by Lane (sonordrug)when I bought Signatures from him.

Gotta agree with you that it would sure be nice to have these drums with some less dampening mounts.

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Gregory
PostPosted: Wed Apr 09, 2014 10:22 pm 
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cliff wrote:
I was lucky enough to have one given to me by Lane (sonordrug)when I bought Signatures from him.

Gotta agree with you that it would sure be nice to have these drums with some less dampening mounts.[/color]


I still have mine from '84, when I bought Phonics and then Signatures two years later. The catalogue is starting to fall apart, because I still rifle through it for informational purposes. Unlike you guys, I never had the mounts.

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cliff
PostPosted: Thu Apr 10, 2014 3:36 am 
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I still have mine from '84, when I bought Phonics and then Signatures two years later. The catalogue is starting to fall apart, because I still rifle through it for informational purposes. Unlike you guys, I never had the mounts.

...but you didn't have a rack tom.

You had a small bubinga silo. :? :lol:

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Gregory
PostPosted: Thu Apr 10, 2014 2:51 pm 
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cliff wrote:
...but you didn't have a rack tom.

You had a small bubinga silo. :? :lol:


:? What are trying to insinuate?




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cliff
PostPosted: Thu Apr 10, 2014 8:00 pm 
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Exactly what you are illustrating...

...with radio antennae. :lol:

Got your 20" kick, eh?

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Gregory
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cliff wrote:


Got your 20" kick, eh?


Did I use larger kicks in a previous life?

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cliff
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Gregory wrote:
cliff wrote:


Got your 20" kick, eh?


Did I use larger kicks in a previous life?

Yes.

Forgot how, eh? :? :lol:

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cliff wrote:
Gregory wrote:
cliff wrote:


Got your 20" kick, eh?


Did I use larger kicks in a previous life?

Yes.

Forgot how, eh? :? :lol:


It's all coming back now… I see slaves carrying my litter.

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