Pearl Masterworks Drum Set Comparison - 4 Kits Head to Head!
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- Опубліковано 2 лип 2020
- We compare four ultra high end Pearl Masterworks drum sets in similar sizes with different shell recipes! Links to these exact kits are listed below with complete specs. Call Drum Center of Portsmouth to design your dream Masterworks kit!
Pearl Masterworks 6pc Maple/Mahogany Drum Set - Matte Mahogany Burst - Demo Model
Available for purchase here: buydru.ms/MW-6-MAPMAH-SCB
Pearl Masterworks 7pc Maple/Gum Drum Set - Matte Natural Maple - Demo Model
Available for purchase here: buydru.ms/MW-7-MAPGUM-MNM
Pearl Masterworks 6pc Birch/Gum - Shimmer of Oz - Demo Model
Available for purchase here: buydru.ms/MW-6-BIRGUM-SOZ
Pearl Masterworks 6pc Birch/Mahogany Drum Set - Shimmer of Oz - Demo Model
Available for purchase here: buydru.ms/MW-6-BIRMAH-SOZ
Cymbals:
Sabian HHX 21 Groove Ride
Available for purchase here: buydru.ms/12189XN
Sabian AAX 20 Thin Crash
Available for purchase here: buydru.ms/22006XCB
Sabian AAX 18 Thin Crash
Available for purchase here: buydru.ms/21806XC
Sabian AAX 15” Medium Hi-Hats
Available for purchase here: buydru.ms/21502XCB
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If you are interested in any of these Masterworks kits, they are available at a HUGE discount because they are demo models from NAMM! Links are in the description.
I wish I could! But unemployment here in Florida means no gigs and I'm afraid there wont be any for quite some time. I have had one gig in 4 1/2 months with no other income. All of these kits are beautiful and sound amazing. I love the comparison videos. I play a lot of different kinds of music and I'm always left wondering what some of the kits/lines with a 20" or 18" bass drum and smaller toms would sound like in a higher "jazz" tuning. I realize jazz kits don't sell as much.
Our church will soon be looking to purchase a new set. And will be shopping around for price quotes. Could you email me the prices of kit 1,3,4 Thanks. behauser@gmail.com
@@bradleyhauser9065 hi, Bradley. The prices of the kits are in the description. Just click on the links.
Beautiful Pearl kits.
Are any of these available still? Tried calling but not going thru
"There's NOTHING you can't do with the Pearl Masterworks series..." I can't afford them, so there's one thing! LOL.
Yea really. If I'm spending that kind of bread I'd rather have DW or Ludwig.
@@frankburdodrums8984 Subjective.
@@Nariji197 No fact.
@@frankburdodrums8984 Do you mean the tubby DW? I'll take Pearl anyday. They've come a long way.
@@pbldrum No I mean the equally priced ones. Them Or Ludwigs.
Definitely the Maple/Mahogany!!!
Exactly what I was going to say definitely has more punch to it
It really depends on the style of music. With some styles, you want less aggressive and more mild sounding Tom Toms. With other styles, the opposite.
15 yrs ago I ordered a MW kit in yellow metallic laquer w black hardware. After debating I ordered it in the Reference wood combinations. Birch maple in small toms and maple mahogany in the floors. Its the best combo there is.
Both the maple/mahogany and birch/mahogany sound like they feel amazing to lay into. "Buttery slice" as Shane would say haha. That kick on the birch/gum is ridiculous though. Hard to pick a favorite here but I think for the way I play I like the birch/mahogany.
Love the sound of the birch gum kit. And that Shimmer of Oz finish is outrageous!
It's almost too pretty to play. Lol
@@frankspikes7858 The word "pretty" does not come to mind.
@@tommytruth7595 How about lovely? Lol
Yes!!!! Finally somebody who knows how to actually demo a kit!!! Nicely done!
Glad you enjoyed it, David. There's more on the way!
Yeh this guys decent unlike the bloody 'Owner' of the store who just plays shit 4 year old childrens grooves on the bass, snare and hi hat when it's a bloody drum shell review.
@@GT-fx8fd why'd you put that in single quotes?
These all sound incredible, but that birch gum kit is my favorite.
Pearl really invaded my dreams with that "Shimmer of Oz" kit!
The birch mahogany was amazing!
Owen Saraceno Yeah, I thought they sounded the most ‘classic’ of the group.
Excelsior 🙌
It’s birch/gum. And there was also a maple/mahogany. Came back to edit my comment. I didn’t get to the last kit yet, birch/mahogany lol
@@oldmanhendo7183 that’s fine! No sweat
The birch/gum kit is the best IMO. But if you gave me any for free I wouldn't complain. 🤷♂️
Agreed. To me, it has better sustain and a nice round tone.
me too, only i thing birch mahogony bass drum sounds best, but all in all birch/gum.
Interestingly, that's the one I liked the least.
Exactly, and usually this is a very sensitive topic. At the end is a matter of taste. Pearl is actually, putting allot of the Masters Series, but leaving the huge gap on the birch. I own an old Master Studio, with the Diecast hoops, full birch. Dud, any ware, any time, at the studio, recording, live, the sound is huge, deep with attack. It can be tune flawlessly, and the hardware respond perfectly, even it has around 15 years.
Anything involved birch, to me, is always has that extra bite of awesome :)
Maple/Mahogany for me!!!! So sweet 👍
Good choice!
It's the perfect ratio between punch, warmth and clarity.
This Is The Closest That I Can Get to this kits, so thank u!
For me the Birch/Gum had the best sound...Deep tight and a beautiful tone!
Birch/Gum kit. Great sound! 👍
Maple/mahogany all the way. Great video 🙌🏻
Thanks, Doug. Glad you enjoyed it.
They are all gorgeous. My favorite is the natural finish Maple/Gum.
Love the birch mahogany the best ! Nice attack but also rich and deep tones !! And the bass drum was the fullest sounding 👍🏼
A tie between the Maple/Mahogany and the Birch/Gum, which just sounded so unique, but maybe I was listening with my eyes to that kit.
I feel the same!
shimmer of oz, birch, mahog is my fav!!!! ITS BEEEAUTIFUL!!!!
Maple Mahogany and Maple Gum amazing! Gotta love Mahogany
Maple/mahogany really stood out, if I had to pick one that’d be my choice. They each have a specific profile which was really cool to hear in the comparison of kits in this range side-by-side. The maple/gum sounded great as well as the birch/mahogany. Floor toms and kicks were amazing and the 12’s were solid but I could pretty much do without the 10’s for each of them. Could be the room or tuning but they all sounded like they didn’t quite belong or fit in with each recipe from a tonal perspective.
Overall these are amazing kits, if you have an opportunity to get one, do it!
Pearl means quality. It’s the drums pros use.
I think I prefer the Maple/Mahogany and Maple/Gum the most. But all four sound fantastic.
Maple/Mahogany was unbelievable, those small Toms WOW!
I like the tone of the Maple/Mahogany on the floor Toms but like the tones on the Birch upper Toms . This was a big help.
Order them in “reference” series shell combos its perfect
The Maple-Gum is my favorite with the matching snare drum.
To my ears it's the Maple/Mahogany 👍
Coming from a totally non biased perspective the winner is :
The Maple/Mahogany set.
That's what sounded the best to me.
I've never liked or owned any Pearl drums so that's an honest opinion.
Maple/Mahogany anyday! Such an amazing combo!
thank you for putting the time and effort into this video guys.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Birch/gum! Amazing sound and all I need is my Paiste 2002s and holy ........well!!!!!!
Well done Pearl.....
Thank you DCP for always giving us these amazing videos. I would love to hear individual tom notes more often so i can get a good understanding of the different flavours of the kits!
I'm a birch man and I really love thode last two!
Bass Drum - Maple Gum, Snare Drum - Maple Mahogany, Toms - Birch Mahogany
COOL BUY 3 SETS THEN.
OR JUST 1 SET OF DW OR LUDWIGS.
Birch/Gum sounds amazing...love the attack of birch drums. They all sound great.
I'm a life-long Pearl guy, so thanks for this! I've become a bit of a maple-snob, so I wasn't surprised that I liked the maple-mahogany and maple-gum best! I thought I'd prefer the maple-gum more, but with those heads and hoops I think I liked the maple-mahogany just a bit more. Would love to see a video of the effect of FatTone Hoops vs. SuperHoops vs. DieCast Hoops on some of those toms. Especially Maple-Gum or Maple-Mahogany.
Maple gum w diecast will give you Grestch but netter tuning control and hardware and finish
BIRCH MAHOGANY was my fave
For me the maple/mahogany is the best - it sounds the most full. Usually I don't care for 14" floor toms as I find them lacking in low end but the maple mahogany drum seemed to hold up pretty well! Though out of the snares, I liked the maple/gum the most.
I’ve never liked 14 floor toms either till I got my starclassic Bubinga that came with 14x12 and 16x14 floor toms and with that kit I prefer the 14 over the 16 now. But I’ve played a lot of maple and birch kits with 14 inch toms and it def didn’t have enough low end. The bubinga offers the low end while having insanely good response and rebound.
Maple/Mahogany and Birch/Mahogany are the best :) first for funk, Fusion second for hard rock etc.
The Maple Gum is my bag. But I was surprised by the sheer vintage vibe of the Maple Mahogany! Great video!
Thanks, Erik. Glad you enjoyed it!
Love the Primus "Making Plans for Nigel" snippet in there - that EP has one of my favourite drums sounds ever on it!
That's Herb. Herb the ginseng drummer.
Herb Von 20x20 kickinstein.
I've stolen so many licks from him in the early 90's I should be doing 25 to life!🥁🙈🙉🙊
Birch Gum , had the tone and body that I would love to play.
I like them all, of course I do! but if pushed I would go for the Birch/Mahogany kit.
Yeah the Maple/ Mahogany- oh man! Guess I know how to spend that cash when I finally give up the Harley. But for now I’ll endeavor to preserve with my exports.
You should put a WARNING LABEL at the beginning of the video: if you watch this, you may have the urge to set your current not professional set on fire.
Haha! Noted!
AWESOME 🤯🤘
Non pro kits are excellent sounding. It’s just that they tend to be weaker in build quality. If you’re not a touring musician, it doesn’t matter too much.
all great kits - both of those sparkle finishes are amazing!
Maple mahogany is just amazing. Wow.
The Birch Gum stands out for me.
Not only does it sound great but that finish ! It looks great
Thanks for the video guys 👍
Thanks for watching!
The mahogany sandwiches were my favorite, then the maple/gum. The only one I didn't really care for was the birch/gum. I also want to mention I appreciate the end of these videos where you go through each drum from each set. It's easier to compare that way.
Glad you enjoyed it, Billy. Thanks for watching.
Loved the green birch gum mix sounded great!
Another job well done!!! I'm actually partial to the birch/gum kit! I was surprised by how good that combo sounds! That 60 degree edge on the bass drum shook the walls when I cranked the home theater sound! Super job DCP amigos!
Thanks so much Rusty and good choice!
Honestly, these Pearl Masterworks Recipes and the Tama Star line got to be some of the best sounding drums in the world.
Amazing demo, guys, as always! I'm a birch guy, so birch ones sound to me, the best :)
Birch/Mahogany was photo finish 1st place, closely followed by the Maple/Mahogany. I like the Maple/Gum in 3rd. As for snares, 1st place would be Maple/Mahogany and 2nd place Birch/Mahogany. Thanks, this is a fantastic video, just like the others!!!
We appreciate you watching. Thanks!
My favorite was the Birch/Mahogany set. Great video!
Good choice!
They all sound amazing but I thought that the maple/mahogany set (first one) really stood out in that the sound was richer and deeper but still with some higher end pop to the toms. I have a Pearl Reference set (original not Pure) with a similar hybrid of woods (maple and mahogany) and it sounds similar to this set. Great video!
Thank you and great points!
Maple/Mahogany with 45 degree edges,in the Shimmer of Oz finish
The Maple/Mahogany had just about the most perfect bass drum sound I've ever heard.
🔥🔥🔥
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Thank you. We appreciate your support!
Great comparison! My ears kept coming back to the Birch/Gum kit! It sounds the most 'interesting' to my ears. The Birch/Mahogany kit was probably a close second... Thanks for making this vid!
Thanks for watching!
I can't stop watching this video with my headphones on! WOW WOW WOW!!! I have 4 Pearl kits Reference, Reference Pure, Masters Maple, Masters Birch...these Masterworks kits are all SUPERB examples of Pearl's quality and attention to detail. My favorite was probably the Maple/Mahogany but I'd take any of them. I LOVE that Shimmer of Oz...BLING BLING BABY!!! I will say, for ME, I love the Reference Pure shell recipe the best. Thanks guys for another great video. I watch them ALL!!!! Kudos from Nashville!
Thanks for watching, Danny. We appreciate you.
Last Masterworks kit was my favorite sound wise and Finnish.
When you buy Pearl, you buy quality
I've always preferred maple kits, but damn,that birch/mahogany sounds incredible!
Very nice video. Maple/Mahogany was my favorite and I loved the shimmer finish awesome!!
The Birch Mahogany was so unique. Loved the Maple Mahogany too. Sounds beautiful.
I liked them best in reverse order from last to first. That being said my fave snare drum was from the second kit...the 5.5x14 maple. For me that's unusual because my favorite size is usually 6.5x14. The Mahogany bass drum (1st kit) was my fave.
To my ears and for my $$$, I’ll take the Birch/Mahogany all day!!!! 😱🔥😱🔥
Love the Gum combos. Hard to pick between the Maple or the Birch though
Maple/Mahogany!
You guys always have the best reviews. Thank you!
+1
Glad you like them Stephen!
I'm just beginning to play ... Yeah I'm quite late in learning but found this most excellent example of Pearl descriptions and sets.Thank you so much. My kit has a Pearl Kick and floor tom. It's a 5 peice and has various other pieces. Just purchased a snare: 14 x 6.5 and thats ok for now. This is so helpful you'll never know.👏👏👏Big thanks!
Glad it was helpful!
Geezus i love that birch gum! Shimmer has always been my fantasy finish
Maple mahogany is my favorite
Awesome video and absolute stunning sound and looking kits!
Thank you kindly!
Great compare guys. Pearl is really kicking up their game with the hybrid wood concept even though they’ve been doing it for longer than any company. They just don’t use it as much in a marketing angle as other companies. If I wasn’t a Tama diehard I would be playing Pearl.
I like the first set best. but im blown away by the birch gum set up!
Love that sound of the last kit. There all very nice
They all sound top quality, my preference though is the birch gum mix. Thanks for making this vid it’s great to hear them all!
Thanks for watching!
Maple/Gum Snare. Birch/Gum Toms. Birch/Mahogany Bass.
...great, that´s my choice too !!!
Michael Brühl if only stacks of cash just dropped from the sky lmao.
You have great taste in tone my friend, but I am curious as to how they would sound if configured like that.
I know DW and probably some other companies do actually have different wood profiles for different drums all in the same kit to help produce the lows you want in the floor tom(s) and bass and also the overtones in the snare etc., not to mention almost all major drum manufacturers now do the changes in hearing edges as well to help get those tones, rounded for the bass maybe, sometimes a perfectly clean 45° bearing edge w/counter or maybe a 45 with a roundover or a double 45, so there are just so many factors that go into building a drum that I don’t think most people realize because if that method went wrong, we’d be listening to a lot of horrible music by now lol.
I’m currently shopping around for my first snare upgrade, I’m currently using the one from my Pearl Decade Maple kit and I find that I really love the tone of Gum. Like the Tama SLP G-Maple or the SLP spotted gum I really like both of them.
I was attracted to drums that have gum or sweet gum in their wood recipe since I first looked it up pretty much.
Primus version of "Making Plans for Nigel"! Nice touch. And great videos!
Thanks!
Great demo! I've seen so many drum kit demos where the drummer spent 90% of the time playing snare and cymbals and I didn't get to hear what the toms sounded like. It can be frustrating. The drummer in this video made sure he played the toms a lot, which I really appreciate. That's how a kit demo should be done.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Either of the Birch’s sound best to me but especially the Birch/Mahogany! Would have loved to have heard that kit with a 14” deep Bass Drum instead of the 18” though. Great review.
spending decades recording drums its testament that good quality at source is vital for detail, its the diff from say using a ksm32 mic then switching up to an earthworks or shoeps for detail, we try to mix and control transients and internal dynamics as drummers but great kits the right head and stick envelope the player into the journey through a song way better when you have the best tools, long live the art and amazing stores like this, cheers guys
Cheers! Thanks for watching.
Maple/Mahogany or Birch/Mahogany. Either sounds fantastic to me.
I couldnt really pick lol.. they all sound awesome for tiny little different reasons 🤘
Wow, you lucky s.o.b.'s, best job ever? Uh.. yeah. But seriously, the 2nd kits 14X22 kick sounds cavernous. As well as the 3rd kick. I believe drummers are realizing 14X22 kick drums especially now with the introduction of utilizing different wood species together have not only that attack that there after but also the nice round warmness they're looking for. Thanks again for a great comparison as well as educating the drumming community especially if they're going to be making their very first big ticket drum purchase. 🥁⚡🤘
my dream masterworks kit is the exact spec of that birch gum, except I'd want mine with 16 / 18 floor toms and another tom. That shimmer of oz is CRAZY gorgeous
You guys have the comparison video thing DOWN! Thx
Our pleasure!
For playing live the maple/mahogany. But for at home or in the studio definitely the maple gum. The 60 bearing edge makes that kick sound loud and proud.
The Pearl Masters Maple Gum is a steal and sounds just as good as the masterworks maple gum.
I liked the sound of the birch/mahogany. It had attack, depth and an eq'd sound typical of birch with the lower mahogany tones. Exquisite! They need to do a birch walnut next.
Nice transition music...I always loved that drum intro for the Primus cover of the XTC song "Making Plans For Nigel". It's on the cool Primus EP named "Miscellaneous Debris".
You have excellent taste.
Would love to sit down and talk drums with you Shane..you guys are the best..love your channel.
Birch/Mahogany for me. Stood out from the others.
Maple/Gum for me. They had a brighter sound and the kick had more attack than the rest. Thanks for doing this!
One of these days! Wow they sound good. Great job.
Thanks!
Saved the best for last by far! Damn that bitch/mahogany sounds incredible! And I love that finish!
Man! That birch/gum kit just sang to me!
That OZ sparkle has quite a unique quality to the look. I really dig it. But I dig them all. You folks are some dang good drummers.
Why thank you!
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Nice video, as usual, guys!
1. Maple/Mahogany
2. Maple/Gum
3. Birch/Mahogany (bass drum especially)
4. Birch/Gum (snare sounded nice)
The sound differences are razor thin, any kit would sound fantastic in studio or on stage. I know Shimmer of Oz finish is not everyone's cup of tea, but I had the chance to be at NAMM in 2007 when they first introduced that finish, but with gold plated hardware. Every time you passed by the Pearl booth, your eye was drawn to that finish like a magnet!
There was another finish, I don't know if they still produce it: black base with multi colored "holoflake" Rainbow Holoflake finish? Am I completely off? That finish is also amazing. Cheers!
That birch/gum sounded the best! Jesus 🔥🔥🔥🔥
hearing the making plans for nigel drum intro from XTC at 0:27 was a nice surprise, as im a nigel myself :D and that sparkly green kit! my god, its beautiful, im guessing the name is a reference to the wizard of oz? SUCH a classy kit