New Pearl High End Drum Sets Review | 4 Lines Compared!
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- Опубліковано 15 тра 2024
- We review and compare all of @PearlDrumsUS NEW High-End Reimagined lineup of drum sets for 2023! Buckle up. All of the gear you see in this video can be purchased using the links below the chapter selection.
00:00 - fake news
00:52 - AD BREAK
01:52 - It's Complicated
03:13 - Gyrolock L
04:23 - R2 Air Suspension Mount
05:14 - Masters Maple MM6
06:03 - MM6 Demo | High Tuning
08:11 - MM6 Demo | Low Tuning
10:06 - Masters Maple Pure
10:37 - Masters Maple Pure Demo | High Tuning
12:30 - Masters Maple Pure Demo | Low Tuning
14:20 - Masters Maple Gum
14:55 - Masters Maple Gum Demo | High Tuning
16:51 - Masters Maple Gum Demo | Low Tuning
18:27 - Reference One
20:07 - Reference One Demo | High Tuning
21:53 - Reference One Demo | Low Tuning
23:56 - Demon XR
24:33 - 1035 Tom Stands
24:52 - Head 2 Head Comparison
Buy the Drums Here:
Pearl Masters Maple MM6 4pc Drum Set w/22x16BD w/L-Bracket R2 Mounts Shimmer of Oz
Available for purchase here: buydru.ms/MM64PCCFL-SOZ
Pearl Masters Maple Pure 4pc Drum Set w/22x16BD w/L-Bracket R2 Mounts Putty Gray
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Pearl Masters Maple/Gum 4pc Drum Set w/L-Bracket R2 Mounts | Crystal Rain Finish
Available for purchase here: buydru.ms/MMG4PCPFL-CR
Pearl Reference One Series Drum Sets
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Pearl Demon XR Bass Drum Pedals
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Pearl Demon XR Extreme Rebound Beater
Available for purchase here: buydru.ms/B350XR
Pearl Gyrolock Tom Holders
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Pearl 1035 Stands
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Cymbals Used:
Paiste Signature Traditionals Medium Light Hi Hat Cymbals 14"
Available for purchase here: buydru.ms/CY0004303714
Paiste Signature 16 Mellow Crash
Available for purchase here: buydru.ms/CY0004001216
Paiste Signature 18 Mellow Crash
Available for purchase here: buydru.ms/CY0004001218
Paiste Masters Crisp Ride Cymbal 22"
Available for purchase here: buydru.ms/CY0005505222
Paiste Signature Dark Energy Splash Cymbal 10" Mk I
Available for purchase here: buydru.ms/CY0004802210
Microphones used to capture the drums:
Bass Drum:
Audix D6 Dynamic Bass Drum Microphone - www.drumcenternh.com/audix-d6...
Audix A133 Large Diaphragm Condenser Microphone - www.drumcenternh.com/audix-a1...
Snare Drum:
Audix i5 Dynamic Microphone - www.drumcenternh.com/audix-i5...
Audix ADX51 Condenser Microphone - www.drumcenternh.com/audix-ad...
Toms:
Earthworks DM20 Small-diaphragm Condenser Drum Microphone - www.drumcenternh.com/earthwor...
Overheads:
Earthworks SR25 Small-diaphragm Condenser Instrument Microphone - www.drumcenternh.com/earthwor...
Room Mics:
Earthworks QTC30 Small-diaphragm Condenser Microphone - www.drumcenternh.com/earthwor...
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Shane, this one is OUTSTANDING!!!! A GREAT career in comedic news clearly awaits you! The DCPS News Network is waiting to be launched! Again, we’ll done!!!!
I’m dying 😂😂😂! Nicely done fellas!
That Masters Maple Pure in low tuning is just jaw dropping... My god!
Thanks DCP staff for the incredible buying experience this July! I want to especially thank Max. He was extremely pleasant and helpful while letting me test all the different cymbals I was looking for!
To all my fellow drummers, it's so worth paying DCP a visit!
I'd also like to thank Shane to take some time out of his day to show me around the place!
I can't wait to visit again soon!
Our pleasure! Thank YOU James!
I'm one of those people Shane referred to. Never even considered Pearl due to that gawd awful tom arm. But... that new gyrolock L arm is sheer brilliance. Thanks so much for what you guys do for the drumming community. Fantastic video and I could listen to Tom noodle around a kit all day. Thanks again for what had to be a ton of work!
I gotta say, the old Tom arms make a high end kit look entry level. That’s always been my concern because most entry level kits use those style of Tom arms. Having said that, it has been one of my biggest selling points on Pearl as they may look old and cheap, but they’re as reliable as a Swiss watch, which is why today, my Ludwig Classic maples use Pearl Optimounts with those Tom arms!!!
Love the sounds of those new kits!!!
I have ludwig drums and pearl drums, I have sonor drums, I put optimounts on all the toms and use the same hardware for which ever kit im using, I love the old tom arms, don't think I'm gonna change to this. the new drums sound great.
Pearl is giving serious competition to Tama with hardware ergonomics and durability. Tama was well known and respected for their tom arms and all over hardware sensibility. Good to see pearl joining the game.
Those maple/gum drums sound unbelievable.
Awesome video with the head to head. It manages to be informative but also very funny. The opening sketch with the JCVD split was priceless!
Thanks Chris
Wow! great sounding drums!
Great sounding drums, all of them!
Great video!
And great tuning!
Love that Maple/Gum!!!
Liked before even watching. Great content!!!
Best intro EVER! I look forward to all your videos but this was a fabulous video.
Another great video by Shane and his crew! I have always loved Pearl drums.
Best intro ever for one of your videos! Love it guys
Love your vids!!!
Outdone yourselves you have. This is the kind of hard hitting journalism we need in the drum world. Laughed my ass off on a Weds morning. Well done
Great video ! I learn a lot watching your videos about drums ! Bravo ! 😊👍
the finish on the reference one! holy sh... I always had blue sets, so I especially love this one. beautiful
That MM6!! Best to my ears.
The Reference One kit is my fave with the MM6 a close second. Now if I could get the Reference in that beautiful blue sparkle finish!!!
Played the Masters Maple MM6 as a backline this month. Sounded great.
Another great and informative vid, guys. And love the humour. Look forward to your next instalment!
Glad you enjoyed it!
That intro was epic!
Nowhere else can you find such detailed info on these brads and from a drummers perspective. You guys are doing the lawd's work, thank you so much!
That AD deserves an instant like! I'll carry on watching the video now.. 🤣
This is your best video yet.
Thank you. I was excited to watch that video. Very pro again. The new stuff from Pearl sounds awesome. I am a Pearl guy since 1990. Colors, hardware, the new L-rod, just wow! Thanks for that pro video again!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Guys the intro was hysterical! Was never much of a fan of Pearl and I think the tom arms had a lot to do with it. These new tom arms look to work great. In the head-to-head the Maple MM6 seemed to sound the best overall, but all the kits sounded amazing. I want to get another foot pedal and the Demon looks like one to check out. Shane had told me he loved this pedal, and I can see why. Thanks for another fabulous video.
Shane, I don't know how you kept a straight face, but this is a classic!
You guys are killing it! That introduction was outstanding 👏
Thank you!
Thanks for the demo, guys! In the future, could you demo the toms and the kick with the snare wires off? Really helps me to understand the true tone that I'm getting with the drums. Thanks!
As a long time lover of Pearl Drums, I’ve never had a problem with the old Tom arm and still use it to Mount toms on my drum rack.
Pearl is moving with the times with the new gyrolock L arm system.
The new kits sound and look amazing. Great review Shane and team.
I really liked the Reference bridge-style lugs! I'm sad to see them discontinued.
Agreed. If they had the old lugs it would have made them “perfect” to my eyes. I need a new kit, and will still consider them as a high contender, the small lugs just look a little cheap to me
Great video, very entertaining.
Pearl are back in the game with higher end drum sets I see/hear.
For me, only through tradition, I'd choose the MMP, it did shade it for me with the projection compared to the others and I was totally surprised by how good the reference one compared with the others considering it's completely different shell materials. Again great video and some killer groove's.
Played many Pearl kits over the years. Moved away and into Gretsch few years ago. But these all sound great. Very surprised by the reference kit. Thanks guys!
All the bass drums sound fantastic! 🤘🏻
We definitely agree!
That maple/gum kit is unbelievable.
Okay, that's why I'm subbed to this channel; their skits are superb! xD
Thanks so much!
Hi Shane and Gang. My Favorite is the Reference One. 😎🎉🥁👍
Nice review
The maple gum is the one I preferred the most, but the snare drum of the last one, I think it was the reference kit is the one I thought sounded the best. I have been playing Pearl for 35 years now, and I like their gear, tom holders are not a problem for me. I play with a combination of different series for my practice and recording kit, they are all 6 plies of birch, in 10 12 14 16 and 22x16 in sheer blue lacker finish, and for live I have a cristal beat acrilic kit, same size shell, in red. I play with pearl pedals and stands too. I like their products.
I like the sound, of that gray and the blue ones myself.
This video is amazing and will be shared amongst my band
Thanks so much!
😂 you guys have waay too much fun out there
Wonderful sets. My first one, that my father got me when I started studying drum it was a Pearl. I remember I didn’t like that much cause I wanted a premier. I see how much progress was made by pear over the decades.
Huge Thumbs up to Pearls addition of an L-arm! The Masters Maple tuned high is killer!
Great intro! 😂 Yeah, the Reference One looks the most beautiful, but when it comes to the sound my choice would be the Maple/Gum all the way. But then, I play Gretsch drums, so that would be a given 😅
Im a simple guy. I see a new DCP video, I click , I like
Good googly moogly! That first kit... the floor tom had such a booming resonance, and the rest of the kit had me in tears. Tears of joy!! Wow! Pearl just keeps getting better and better. Color me Emerald Green Sparkle with envy!! 😂
The first kit is very similar to a MRX; actually the 7.5mm maple shell goes back to the early 80s.
@@SebCo77didn’t Jeff Porcaro help bring them into the limelight?
The Maple Gum always just sound right to me.. That finish on the Reference one is nice! Kobalt Fade?
best intro ever!!!😂😂😂
Your Videos are getting better and better and better...
Thanks so much!!
That finish on the Reference One is a stunner! In terms of sound, you can't go wrong with any of these. I may be partial to the Reference One once again. Mahogany adds a lot of richness to the bigger sized drums, at least to my ears.
That finish is really something else!
Not a fan of foreign drum companies. But l admit these
kits look and sound cool.
Love these new masters, the maple pure tone is unreal.. pity i wont ever be able to afford them
I like the masters maple. All maple shells speak to me. I too enjoy seeing either sparkles or glitters; whichever terminology said drum company figures to name most shiny and light reflective. 🥳
They all sound great! One criticism I might have is that they all sound really similar.. I don't hear too much of a difference between them all? The maple/gum definitely has a bit of a wetter slap to it compared to the rest and this would be my choice over them all but, I feel as if Pearl had a great opportunity to clean up the masters line overall, but I don't see too much of a change compared to what they offered before in terms of shells and wood specs. Let's be honest, the Reference one doesn't sound as good as the Masters maple/gum (to my ear and taste)... And it will be at least twice the price of the masters..... Great video guys, and a great opportunity to hear side by side comparisons of each kits in honest form. It's videos like this that really help influence taste and choice and I used your previous masterworks videos to help me formulate a spec and wood blend to suit me when I ordered my MW. So huge thanks.
The Maple/Gum is great!
DCP comes with the HEAT!! 💯🥁
Thanks Al!
Would love to see the stock coated heads swapped for some clears 🤘
First of all, I've always been a closet Pearl fanatic, and these kits sound exceptional. I'm glad to see that Pearl has made the wise choice to move away from the 7/8" pipe mounts. Big, bulky, tubular holders just don't work well (remember Ludwig's Modular holder?), and this is a definite GREAT move, plus the new holder has great features. Great video!
i was about to give up on this video until you brought out the maple gum in that diamond blue or whatever its called. it sounds closer to what i like
This video is SO FUNNY 😂 TOTALLY made my day!
On another serious note,
I just cant get my Pearl masters maple complete set to resonate how I want. The floor tom and bass drum are good but i cant get the sustain out of the toms i want. I got the classic depths 8x12, 7x8, 7x10, should i have gotten deeper drums? I have a 70s Ludwig and 80s Gretsch in classic depths and they sound great. Ive tried just about every kind of drum head and am not really happy. I really fell in love with a friend's older session custom maple set, they have thick maple shells with deeper shells. Another thing is the shells are very thin yet unexpectedly very heavy.
That’s interesting! I always liked Pearl because of the Tom arms.
What cymbal stands/arms are the curved ones? Love the look
On the Maple/Gum lower tuning: I wish I heard more drum rolls from the toms. Thxs
The green sparkle masters toms and snare with the maple/gum kick, but the reference lugs would be my choices
Well done, lads! 😂 DCNH! Mounting your toms! 😂😂😂
Thank you for calling out the double tom stands. They always were just the triple clamp with one of the three sides clamped to a stand, so it was never centered. Not to mention the actual gripping area is the vertical width of that clamp. When you look at Ian Paice's kit, and he has two of them spaced out to properly hold the auxiliary rack toms, that tells you something. Now if they would only offer a centered triple mount like the Yamaha TH945B. I use two on my kit to mount my Pearl toms and a mini cymbal boom in the third.
WOW, ...the production time into this video (and all of your videos, really) has to be super extensive! Thanks! Individually, I thought they all sounded great. But head to head, at the end of the day, the Maple/Gum just has it all (for me!) The new tom arm is really impressive as well. And that intro?! LMAO!!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣
I kept track…it took 90.5 hours
@@adamfrost3722 😲😲😲😲
❤ Pearl 👏👏👏
Not a dud kit among them. That's unusual for me to love every single kit in one of your videos. But, it's true. Every kit just wows me.
I have a studio select and the Tom arms are Tom arms. They hold up the Tom’s, never had a problem with them breaking or anything. I mean they’re Tom arms? These new Pearl kits in the video sound amazing.
This “gyro lock” was a part of Yamaha kits of the eighties,they wear out and don’t last.
I loved my BLX22 D5 kit I bought in 89 I still have it and still use the free float snare for playing out.
I also have a Masters from the era around 2005
Have to say I’m not a fan of the smaller Tom’s of kits of today,more of a fan of deeper larger Tom’s.
My BLX kit has perfect tone and control and my Master kit still sounds as great as the day I bought it.
Thanks for the video!
thanks for watching!
Would you guys do a video comparing the different snares pearl has with these new kits
MAYBE the best Peal drum kits I have ever heard!!!
DCP Shane e toda a equipe dele são muito profissionais e divertidos !
This really is a great, comprehensive and well laid out video for the new lines. Just wanted to say that I had less than zero problems when it came to figuring out their older lineup. I just looked at the website. What I find funny is that, after ordering my maple complete and waiting almost a year for it, Pearl announced their overhaul a month after I got my kit! Brand new and instantly outdated! Ha
Also, I’ve had L arms for the past fifteen years and I liked the move to the classic Pearl arms! I don’t understand the hate
If I knew these were coming I would have waited.
Ive had my red wine mcx kit for 13 years. And like wine they have aged nicely.
I never had a problem with pearl tom arms I like any arm that aims at me so I can get the toms close to me. The new arm looks cool though as long as the tom doesn’t fall all over the place as soon as you loosen it.
Man Shane your staff Especially tony could easily be a first call drum tech. Tunings are so consistent and always sound great. No easy feat. I've always loved Pearl. Clunky tom arms and all. The iss mounts were not great I'll admit. I had a two year deal with Pearl back in my "pro days" and even the mid line vision kits at the time were solid drums. These new high ends are noice. Love the maple gums. Kicks are insane. Thanks guys.
AWESOME VIDEO !!!!! I love Pearl Drums but I can't afford their insane Pricing on their High End Gear. It's doubled in the last 20 years. DOUBLED.
One of my main reasons for not getting pearl drums was that I hated that Tom arm. This is great to see the change
😂 🤦🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️ left speechless (intro) lol oh man
Maple Pure for the win! 4ply+4ply reinforce rings just have a great low(birch quality) tone to them with great attack and short decay!
Pearl kicks have this distinct gut punch that my Tama starclassic just doesn't give
Maple/Gum is nice. A little darker and not stuck in the mids.
I figure you guys would know best, but I love these drums, especially the gums! But I'm not a fan of the SP-330s. Is it possible to order them with the SP-300s or even the older SP-30s? I hope they're not phasing out the 300s or 30s...
Well done! Just one question, what heads were on the kits? Coated ambassadors? Maybe I missed the part of the video where you mentioned it? Thanks!
Coated smooth white emperors on the toms!
I could have sworn I watched this yesterday
Didn't realize so many people hate the old Pearl tom arms. they make it really easy to tune your heads as the drum just spins around from batter to reso without removing it....
Agreed! The only issue I have had is I play offset rack toms (left bass drum mount + one between my hats and the BD mounted tom. With this configuration it’s tough to get the Tom’s where I want them. I think the L mount might give me that extra inch over the bass drum I’d like.
Shane that intro dude was hilarious! 🤣🤣 especially putting in Van Damm from Bloodsport 1988, remember it like it was yesterday, my uncle came from Vancouver to England where I grew up snd we rented Bloodsport 1988. Not long after I got a drum book with a Pearl kit on it and loved it. Great ro see Pearl has now changed the arm! Yes!! 🤘🤘 keep groovin' the passion, just don't put on van damms leotards 🤣🤣
I always felt like a rebel playing with the pipe tom holder, i feel dirty switching to L rods
You guys are hilarious!! LMAO. Best drum store and channel. wish you had a location(s) in Canada 🇨🇦
BTW I thought Pearl’s tom mounting sucked. Seems they’ve addressed that somewhat.
Thank you!!
All great sounding kits, but to my ears the Reference One is the best sounding, however I don't like those lugs, the masters CL100 lug was a classic design! I used to have an old MMX, 8, 10, 12, 14, 15, 22 in Emerald Mist which sounded great! It was well used when I got it, but I never had any issue with the tom arms, they were rock solid, unlike the L-arms used by many companies which often seem to slip. Yamaha ball / socket tom holders are my favourite, with the Pearl tom holders in second place. All of the L-arm designs, as used by Gretsch, DW, Ludwig, Premier, Tama, etc, are inferior in my opinion!
How strange theres no longer birch drum sets in their Masters Series!
Fantastic sounding drums! Now do the same comparison with Tama drums.
We did 5 years ago ua-cam.com/video/w2GVy7D_J_k/v-deo.html
Lmao! Great intro!😂 To be honest I don’t even look at Pearl kits. Their high end stuff ain’t that visually appealing to me. But I’m here seeing if that will change! 🤟🏼
I'm.the same with D.W. for some reason.
It's true about buyers being turned off by retro tom mounts. I chose Tama over Pearl because of
1. Tom mounts
2. Drum rack - it's much more adjustable and better looking. AND compatible with every imaginable Gibraltar part