Congratulations to Pearl Drums for celebrating 75 years of making incredible drums. A company with a couple drummers we were very excited to unbox this beautiful kit.
To answer some of the comments... The heads aren't chinese they're CS black dots, super expensive and some pros left them there actually they sound amazing. And... the chrome work level... the cymbal holder, actually better than a tom mount in such configurations?! Removable spurs, internal dampeners - goodbye moongels and tape forever! I mean, value is in the eyes of the beholder I guess. To me this comes with all the bells and whistles a pro working drummer like me would want. Also those aren't the heads that came with the kit at the time, those are the heads that Pearl think pair best with the shells (apparently they ship a lot of their new snare with CS black dots, which is a little weird for brush work but they seem to like them a lot those days). They were shipped with Emperor coated apparently in the 60's. Finally, they were basically tuned out of the box. This to me is a 4-5K drum kit unboxing experience. As fas as I care, Pearl can be using the trees in my backyard if they think they're going to sound amazing. I have "real" mahogany drums that do NOT sound as good btw. Those are ply shells. The phenolics, for twice the price, as a bunch of wood fibers put together with resin. It just sounds more fancy than "luan" and so you don't have the "this is overpriced" comments on them. Ridiculous.
Can't believe you're looking at genuine freaking black dots and saying this. WTF. They aren't UT, their Pearl-branded for the kit. Pearl have the best stock heads in the industry IMHO, their wood-fibreglass shells are equipped with genuine pinstripes. Whatever...
The heads aren't chinese they're CS black dots, super expensive and some pros left them there actually they sound amazing. And... the chrome work level... the cymbal holder, actually better than a tom mount in such configurations?! Removable spurs, internal dampeners - goodbye moongels and tape forever! I mean, value is in the eyes of the beholder I guess. To me this comes with all the bells and whistles a pro working drummer like me would want.
