Mapex M Birch or Sonor 3003

[The Leper Messiah]

Mapex M Birch: http://www.musiciansfriend.com/srs7/g=perc/search/detail/base_pid/449140/

Sonor 3003: http://www.musiciansfriend.com/srs7/g=perc/search/detail/base_pid/449668/

The Mapex M Birch is $170 more, comes with an extra 10"x9" tom, but the Sonor is cheaper and is maple. What do you guys think of these drumsets?

[Craig Blundell]

M birch is a lovely kit

[blujelly]

Mapex M Birch is sexy

[Kronos]

Are you sure the 3003 is maple? I thought that all-maple shells in the force range started with the 3005 - I'm pretty certain the 3003 is a laminate of maple and basswood. The Sonor catalogue I have at home doesn't say how much of each wood is used though; it could be 6plys of basswood, and just 1 of maple for all they say!

I will check later when I get home :thumb:

I own a Mapex Pro-M kit, so I may be biased towards Mapex....

[The Leper Messiah]

Yeah, actually in the description, it does say basswood with maple. At that price, I bet it's mostly basswood being used. I love the finishes on the Mapex M Birch, but I can't decide which I like the most. Which one would you guys pick, here's all the colors... http://www.musiciansfriend.com/srs7/g=perc/product/images/page=1/base_pid=449140 .

[Parradiddle Pete]

Transparent purple

[Kronos]

I like purple too. Or sparkly white, or good old black. The browser doesn't work for me so I can't see the choices...

[The Leper Messiah]

Try copying and pasting it, that might work.

[Kronos]

I'm still at work - just about to leave for home. I'll have a look in the catalogue when I get back. Yes, I have the Mapex one too.....I'm a sad collector of catalogues and stuff! :wave:

[Drum Phil]

Transparent sapphire

[Wizz]

I would go with the Mapex , but choice is up to you

[Kronos]

Right, I've got my brochure out, and for me it's a close one between Transparent Black, and Transparent Purple.

My Pro-M is T. Black, and it's the sex!

[The Leper Messiah]

There is no Transparent Black in the Mapex M Birch as far as I can see.

[Kronos]

There is no Transparent Black in the Mapex M Birch as far as I can see.
Yes there is mate - I've got the 2005 catalogue in front of me as I type this. The only thing I can think is that it's not available in the US or something :confused:

[sp1406]

I have an M Birch in Transparent Sapphire and it is absolutely amazing. I love it. I just bought the Joey Jordison sig snare drum too so I think my kit is complete for awhile. But anyway the M Birch is great. Ive never tried the Sonor so I may be a little biased.

[The Leper Messiah]

sp1406, anyway you can get a picture up of your set? I would love to see that finish, since that's probably my favorite. Thanks.

[GooseFilms.net]

Do you want a birch kit or a maple?

[The Leper Messiah]

I'm basically decided at this point that I am getting the Mapex M Birch, I just need to decide what finish I want. I like a few alot.

[Double Bass Jim]

Good choice ^ :cool:

[Matter]

mmmm...Mapex...great choice.

[Half Life]

I'd say get the "Transparent Emerald" for the kit :thumb: I love the way the green looks on that finish :eek: I think you can get "Transparent Cherry" on the M Birch kits too, and...that's right, you guessed it...

http://www.photodump.com/direct/EatIt/RightSideShot.jpg

^That's my Pro M in the Transparent Cherry. It's rather delightful :cool:

[The Leper Messiah]

You have an awesome set man, looks great. If anyone has some pictures of any of the finishes, please post them up, would be awesome. Thanks!

[sp1406]

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y55/sam1406/Picture004.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y55/sam1406/Picture001.jpg

[sp1406]

http://www.drumrock.com/NAMM/day2/Mapex%20M%20Birch.jpg

this is a good pic

[TerranCmdr]

That Mapex is such a sexy kit. mmm. I would go with either the Trans. Cherry or the Honey Amber.

[The Leper Messiah]

This is one of the hardest decisions I ever had to make. Haha... I have a few weeks to decide so it's all good, more pictures please! Thanks.

[The Leper Messiah]

Also, I have seen the least pictures of the Emerald Green finish. If anyone has some good pictures of this finish, would be awesome.

[Half Life]

Go to mapex.com and they'll have a finish viewer where you can see the finishes. Although it's not the real thing, it'll help to give you a better idea of what they look like :thumb:

[derryk]

go cherry red, honey amber, or midnight black!
hopefully cherry red.

[Seafroggys]

the 3003s were 3 ply maple 6 ply basswood

[Double Bass Jim]

Great kits too, my buddys got one and it's fantastic.

[The Leper Messiah]

Yeah, I saw the Mapex finish viewer pictures already, but I wanna see some others to get a better view at that finish.

[Kronos]

I can post a pic of my Pro-M in Transparent Black later if you'd like (and if no-one else does in the meantime)
The outer ply of the M-Birch is also maple so it'd look the same

[The Leper Messiah]

That would be cool man, but sadly the Mapex M Birch doesn't come in Transparent Black. I would still like to see a picture of your set though.

[GooseFilms.net]

That blue Mapex looks ****ing sweet

[Kronos]

To Lepermessiah - I can't understand why you say it's not available in T. Black - it's in my brochure!

Anyhow, here's a close up pic (my digi camera is quite old, so forgive the quality)

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a237/RumBoy/000_0792.jpg

[The Leper Messiah]

That's strange, no websites that I have seen sell the Transparent Black.

[The Leper Messiah]

I'd say get the "Transparent Emerald" for the kit :thumb: I love the way the green looks on that finish :eek: I think you can get "Transparent Cherry" on the M Birch kits too, and...that's right, you guessed it...

http://www.photodump.com/direct/EatIt/RightSideShot.jpg

^That's my Pro M in the Transparent Cherry. It's rather delightful :cool:

If you have any other pictures from your set, would you please post them up? Would be awesome, thanks.

[Half Life]

Sure man...

(Haha I can just hear the other guys groaning...)

http://www.photodump.com/direct/EatIt/LeftSideShot.jpg
http://www.photodump.com/direct/EatIt/RaisedFrontShot.jpg
http://www.photodump.com/direct/EatIt/LowLeftShot.jpg
http://www.photodump.com/direct/EatIt/zildjianboom.jpg

There you go!

[The Leper Messiah]

Thanks alot man, awesome set. Again, if anyone can find any good pictures of the emerald green set, other than the mapex finish viewer one, please post them up.

[Half Life]

I can try, but I won't promise anything...

[The Leper Messiah]

http://www.tjmusicaz.com/images/percussion/P-126-A.JPG

Alright guys, I decided on Transparent Cherry, this picture did it for me. Thanks for the help.

[Half Life]

Good choice :thumb:

[Crazy_Carl]

Go with the M Birch in Amber. You wont be disappointed. Nevermind the tom angles.


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