Sonor Force 507 Stage1 Standard 5-Piece Drum Kit
9-layer basswood shell. Does not include cymbals.
Overall User Ratings (based on 10 ratings)
Submitted June 9, 2007 by a customer from hotmail.co.uk
"A must for the drummers tired of starter kits"
I would never rate this as a beginners kit. Its just on a higher level than that. I'd recommend this drum kit to anyone who is serious about drumming, hasn't got alot of cash, but wants something that sounds good. This kit will sound can sound really quite good as long as your willing to tune it and buy a new snare.
Sound
Lets see, the bass drum and toms both really surprised me. I payed around $400 for this and expected the kind of crap my friends had got from their first kit. However once tuned up properly they sound dam good for the price (there almost as good as my Pearl Export). The bass is perfect for Metal and cuts through the rest of the kit well and the toms are deep in tonality (something that kits of this range never have). The snare is what lets this kit down. Its only half a notch up from the crappy snares you get from the "begginer" kits so that takes it down to 7 here.
Features
Your Standard drum kit. Hardware is pretty decent. Hi hats stand is cheap though.
Ease of Use
As easy as you make it. I can position everything where I want it (bar the legs of the hi hats stand which don't move so isn't a friend of my double kick pedal)
Quality
I bought this as a cheap practice kit as my live kit is never in my house and I'm quite pleased with it. Everything is sturdy and it takes the beatings I throw at it. Seems like it will last.
Value
This seems to be the best "beginners" drum kit out there. Everything bar the snare sounds like it costs at least half as much more. My old college had a force 2005 or 3005 (cant remember which one) and this beats every piece bar the snare hands down (however I'm sure my the colleges kit didnt have the time spent tunning to perfection).
Musical Background:
Active Musician
Musical Style:
All types of metal and a bita hard rock
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Submitted August 2, 2013 by Alan D
"sonor force 507"
Bought this kit for £60-around $100 ( honest) from a friend who had bought it for his son to learn on-but who then lost interest (hence the sale.) I have 6 kits, including a top of the range Mapex orion, and I can honestly say that this kit is equally fun to play, and with careful tuning and the right mics, it can sound ALMOST as good. I turned up for a gig with it, and the guys in the band were less than complimentary-until they heard it! I was one of those guys who thought you had to spend big bucks to achieve a decent sound from a drum kit, but having owned this little beauty for 6 months I have been forced to alter my opinion entirely. Great kit, the 20 inch bass drum rocks, and the toms short toms are equally good, and allow the low set up which I prefer. The snare aint too hot, but hey, what do you expect for this money! Highly recommend this for practice or live work, it won't let you down.
Musical Background:
10 YRS
Musical Style:
Rock/Blues
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Submitted March 7, 2009
"Sonor Drum Kit"
Brill, definately a Good buy and worth the money. Umm...well thats about it!
Sound
Amazing sound quality, the Tom Toms and Bass drum nead a little tuning but when thats done it hardly ever goes out of tune. The Volume is Immense, and was so loud that i had to buy some mutes so that my neighbours wouldn't complain.
Features
Didn't include any accesories really, but I bought it off a personal trader and he gave me a drum thone, Sticks and tuned it for me for free. He also assembled it.
Ease of Use
Very easy to use and move about, aint very compact but it doesn't need to be really.
Quality
Very good quality for the price, it has lasted my friend a good few years.
Value
Good but doen't really come with anything you need e.g. Sticks, Stool. If you want to buy this product, get a deal with it.
Musical Background:
Drummer in Band
Musical Style:
Rock
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Submitted June 25, 2007
"this is a good kit for a begginer in drums looking for somthing above the line of crap.and has barley any money."
Sound
The sound of this kit cam be amazing with the right tuning the snare doesnt sound that bad but its a 700$ kit dont expect chad smith's snare with a cheap kit but its worth the money.
Features
the features in the force 507 are the mounting system on the rack toms is amazing you can almost get everyangle you can think of and everything is very sturdy holds in place real well.
Ease of Use
the force 507 has the mounting on the rack toms which makes it easyy to get the perfered tom angles of your choice. the cymbal stand is really easy to 1raise and put different angles on it
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