SONOR 90' Force Maple 8 10 12 14 22K & D-454 Snare Drum - Soundcheck by Bryan Macaranas Force Maple

Yet another iconic (and very rare in Australia) line from Sonor; the Force Maple drums. The Force 3000 (the Birch counterpart) has a special place in my heart, it was the kit that I learnt drums on when I was going for lessons back in the day. I would go as far as saying that it's the reason why I play Sonor. I took the opportunity to record it before it goes up for sale, just have a listen to the punchy toms and full sounding bass drum. A 16" floor tom would've made this a permanent addition to the collection. Fitted with brand new EVANS G2 Coated on top, EMAD on the kick...voila! And of course we cant ignore the Sonor D-454 Ferromanganese snare drum, a perfect compliment. I recorded with little to no effect and EQ, just a tiny bit of reverb on toms. Check it.

Recorded at Dirty Laundry Studios Brisbane QLD, Australia OCT 2024
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DRUM GEAR LIST
SONOR Force Maple Series (90's era)
8x8" Rack Tom
10x9" Rack Tom
12x10" Rack Tom
14x12" Floor Tom
22x16" Bass Drum
Sonor D-454 Ferromanganese 14x5 Snare

UFiP Cymbals (L-R)
14" Vibra Hi-Hats
7" Class Splash
8" FX Collection Natural Splash
20" Blast Extra Dry Crash w/ 6" Class Splash inverted
10" Class Splash w/ 6" Bell inverted
21" 1931 Series Ride
18" Tiger China (modded) w/ 18 Tiger Crash (modded) stacked
21" Vibra Crash

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RECORDING & MONITOR GEAR
Porter & Davies 'Gigster' Drum Throne Monitor
Mics are mix of brands
Beyerdynamic 57/58c for rack and floor tom
Beyerdynamic D50d for main snare
Lewitt LCT240 for overheads
Lewitt DTP640REX w/ Dr Alien Smith Subkick 01 for kick
Prodipe T110 for snare bottom
Logic Pro X DAW
Audient id44 + SP8 Interface