The Journey of a Pearl Music City Custom Drum Kit with Nick D'Virgilio 

nycjin816 I started getting into Spock’s Beard last year. I started off as a Flying Colors fan which was how I was introduced to Neal Morse and Mike Portnoy, and after listening to a bunch of Portnoy bands I began listening to Neal Morse Band and Spock’s Beard. I listened to Snow Live for the first time last week after never hearing the original and I gotta say, it’s fantastic. Spock’s Beard is definitely more accessible to listen to than Dream Theater because it isn’t as heavy, but if you’re a fan of really melodic prog stuff and some songs on the longer side, I would definitely check them out.

Not even close to RUSH, you must have EARS IN YOUR ASS. You need to listen more to RUSH.

No it’s sounds a bit more like Jethro Tull than Rush, it of course your talking about the last portion of the video. But Spock’s Beard definitely has some of Rush influences

@@David-kh9nd definitely not Rush but you can see the influence, as well as with Yes and Dream Theater

@@David-kh9nd must you be so rude?? everybody hears things differently ....

I was thinking the same thing, 20 grand to record some drum tracks lol

Or how he managed to take off the hoodie while playing LOL. Skilled musicians, but pure wankery.

Anthony DeBarros me too man I saw him live once and he blew me away

nope, let's keep Nick at the Drums ONly pls !

Sweetwater has started to do this and I really like it, we’ve seen Pearl, Sabian, Ludwig, Sonor and Zildjian (if I’m not forgetting any) and I hope we see every major company and some smaller companies as well as Nick is great at doing this, but I hope they do this for the other instruments with their respective players as well.

@@JakeStaffin drumeo did docus on paiste Sonor and Tama

lol you noticed?

agree, not sure what that guy is talking about in saying that pearl drums sound 'dead'...maybe if you're talking about a pearl export with tape and dead heads on it....Pearl makes just as great drums as any other high end drum maker. They're my personal preference.

So what exactly got you convince?

Totally agree. I too have been playing for well over 35 years and pretty much every drum manufacturer under the sun and Pearl is second to none. Their craftsmanship and production is spot on and the tone and overall sound is amazing no matter what factory they come out of and the best hardware I’ve seen on any high end kit out there. There’s a reason they’re the only drum company that guarantees they’re higher end kits for life. Try getting that out of DW, Ludwig, Tama, or Yamaha, good luck

Yes I'd certainly agree Pearl makes the best drum shells on the market end of story. I too have been playing drums for over 20 years (for what it's worth) and have played many kits over the years and Pearl produces the best sound b/c they make the BEST SHELLS. Sure I might be bias b/c I personally bought a masterworks kit myself, but that aside no other company makes shells to the same quality Pearl does. Here's why, the SST (superior sheep technology) uses multiple wood plys that are staggered throughout the shell so no two plys meet at the same spot (this can visibly be seen when the rims & heads are off the drums). Next the plys use a scarf joint so the two ends of the plys are cut/sanded down to a low angle then overlap rather than meet face to face at 90 degree angles, this allows for the plys to stick together better, allow the shell to resonate more efficient, and increase shell strength, reducing the chance of the shell being able to buckle under extreme pressure. When the plys are put together Pearl developed a special propriety wood glue "acoustiglue", which is designed to seep into all the pores of the wood as best as possible, then the shell is put into the hydraulic press where the shell is put under 2,000 psi and heated at the same time allowing the glue to seep into the pores as best as & creating the most dense/solid shell on the market. No other company even comes close to producing as shell as good as Pearl. Plus Pearl uses Golden ratio air vents which further emphasizes the perfected laws of golden ratio physic for the movement of air in & out of the drum, therefore increasing low (and overall ) tone spectrum of the drum. To top it all off Pearl's Tom mounting system, the Opt-Mounts are the most resonant & stable Tom mounts allowing the toms to resonate as freely as possible while barely moving at all (unlike other companies where the drums shake like crazy). I also think they're the best looking Tom mounts but that's a subjective opinion I suppose. Last of all, the Pearl lugs are swivel lugs which all then tension rods to be able to move laterally as opposed to just vertically, which allows for the pressure on the rims to be distributed as even as possible so the head sits as flush as possible on the drum. No other company takes into consideration so much detail into the drums as Pearl does, yes the other main company's out there are pretty good and can look very nice, yet none produce the shell quality, and in return the best sound quality as Pearl does.

@@TH-gu4wj even the export series are well made and put together with very high quality. Even though they don't sound as good as a pearl masters or reference series that's really not the point. Pearl manufactures these export series drums for the beginner drummer that can't afford and for the newcomers. Pearl offers these drums for newcomers/beginners so they can get started learning how to play the drums and once they get better over time then they upgrade to a higher quality set. Because in the end pearl drums just gets in your blood and in your soul because of the high quality and the sound that they produce. Another important example I would like to mention here is a simple Standard Pearl drum set you can play to any type of music whether it be hard rock, country or gospel music they will always sound the best when compared to other manufactures of drums.

Eric you are Spot On, couldn’t of said it better myself

In the video he says the kit is in one of the recording studios at Sweetwater

Spot on. I prefer TAMA

@@fernyfloresdrummer3568 I have the Tama Starclassic Maple Lars Ulrich Double Bass kit and the pearl Masterworks Maple Kit that I tested could barley keep up with it, I can only refer Tama drums, from low to high price range you always get the best!🥰💪🏼

Where do you think Tama comes from?

It's called clever marketing so they can suck money from saps and pearl fanboys, nothing special about these drums. If I was going to order some piece by numbers drumkit with a couple flashy wrap options I'd go with a Mapex MyDentity kit.

@@roomdog40 TAMA doesn't act like their drums are made in the USA like Pearl does.

That's because he had to showcase his idiotic band, so he would get the drums for free. Thet is why he did this video and of course you get to hear his now-famous band that I never ever heard of before this video. Wouldn't buy it or except it for free. I listen to real bands. Don't mean to put anybody down,but this video was not about the real making of pearl drums or the factory. It was to SHOWCASE his band Notice how they did not spend alot of time on the actual drum making process.

Joseph Mintz I dig Nick, but that was... FAAAABUUULOOOUUUSSS!!...😳

Steve Rosenberger The thing in front of the kick drum is a low frequency/sub bass microphone.

That came out wrong.

Fernando Flores They are made by Pearl in Japan.

@@EvilSewnit I see, thanks! :)

@@EvilSewnit Taiwan, not Japan

Gretsch and Paiste

James Keegan ok thanks for the info