Pearl Drums Discussion

[myk]

Kevaruka; beautiful kit! those must sound awesome
Syclone ; congratulations those look very nice bet they sound great,nice color choice
Johnny G; looking forward to the pics

Mike

[Johnny G]

Gotta get to the dentist. A few pics for now.

[myk]

Is that the phenolic shell Johnny G?

[Johnny G]

I was told it's a mix of fiberglass and plastic? Something like that. Never heard the term you used for it.

[myk]

Sounds like phenolic, I think its a plastic like synthetic material like the reddish/brown material used in circuit boards,I think they're fairly rare drums,stay perfectly round and sound very good..post a pic of the inside when you can,I know the phenolic is a reddish/brown color,that's my extent of knowledge on these
beautiful finish on that.
Mike

[Johnny G]

Yup. That's the color. At work now. Will photograph the inside tomorrow.

[Johnny G]

Because you wanted to see the inside...



There's that reddish-brown you described. Phenolic is neither wood resin nor fiberglass, but purely a chemical composition similar to Bakelite, if you can believe everything you read online. The shell is pretty thin and sounds like some of the metal shell snares I have heard. Nice ping. Great response. I want a President's kit to match now.
Does anybody know a way to date this snare? Was the red oyster only available for certain years, perhaps?
Thanks. Thrilled to be in the Pearl family, too.

[myk]

Beauty, lucky to have that, and such a nice finish, looks in great condition..

[Kevaruka]

Another view

Heavy Metal of Jazz? by Kevin Frost, on Flickr

[crispycritters]

Mid 90's MLX

1992 Pearl MLX Masters series by Kevin Frost, on Flickr

Beautiful drums Kev.

The cymbal mounted directly above you ride caught my eye - is looks to me like a Z ride has been cut down to make a bell. But what exactly is it? That bell is enormous - it looks like it could cut through walls!

[Kevaruka]

Beautiful drums Kev.

The cymbal mounted directly above you ride caught my eye - is looks to me like a Z ride has been cut down to make a bell. But what exactly is it? That bell is enormous - it looks like it could cut through walls!

You are correct It's what is left of an old Z Mega Bell Ride that I cracked. Cut down to roughly 14" Makes a wonderful sound

[kay-gee]

Here I was thinking it was a WW II British army helmet

all the best...

[brknsgnfcncdrummer]

PEARL MMX GUYS! I posted in the General drum forum about a possible trade between my PDP Platinum kit and a Pearl MMX kit. Can anyone go to that post and give me your opinion please!? Thank you.

[MDK]

Speaking of that, is there a way to tell if a Masters is an MMX or an MCX by looking? I was looking at a used Masters from late 90's and all it says on the badge is "Pearl masters custom made in taiwan"

Also why did pearl go away from the 4-ply MMX?

[late8]

[Olimpass]

Really? 5 cymbal cases?...lol Very cool kit late8!

[Johnny G]

Really? 5 cymbal cases?...lol Very cool kit late8!

Ha ha. I love comments on the stuff in the background.
I have learned to scan my pics for potentially embarrassing evidence.

[noreastbob]

Bakelite is phenolic, which is a plastic in the thermoset family. That means the raw powdered material fuses and becomes forever solid when exposed to heat and can't be re-melted, as opposed to thermoform plastic which melts when exposed to sufficient heat and can be remelted as many times as you want though its properties will diminish with each melt cycle.
Distributor caps (when they were in existence) and many things that may be exposed to heat in their application are made of phenolic.
The shell pictured looks to be the right color to be phenolic.

[longgun]

Bakelite is phenolic, which is a plastic in the thermoset family. That means the raw powdered material fuses and becomes forever solid when exposed to heat and can't be re-melted, as opposed to thermoform plastic which melts when exposed to sufficient heat and can be remelted as many times as you want though its properties will diminish with each melt cycle.
Radiator caps and many things that may be exposed to heat in their application are made of phenolic.
The shell pictured looks to be the right color to be phenolic.

That's pretty cool.

The only thing I've ever heard of using "Bakelite" were AK Magazines

[late8]

Really? 5 cymbal cases?...lol Very cool kit late8!

Thanks man...yes, 5 SKBs..all full.

[Olimpass]

Thanks man...yes, 5 SKBs..all full.

Nice! Those look like the Paiste Rude's on the left.

[late8]

[Olimpass]

^ now you need a throne with wheels.

[Pearl MCX Man]

Wow, Rich the set up is almost like Neil Peart's. I mean surrounded in drums. Your set would be great for practicing, get sick of one kit rotate your seat and play on another. So many choices man.

[late8]

^ now you need a throne with wheels.

lol....Great idea!

Wow, Rich the set up is almost like Neil Peart's. I mean surrounded in drums. Your set would be great for practicing, get sick of one kit rotate your seat and play on another. So many choices man.

Gilles, thanks to your advice on the grounding sheet and all of the great advice you've given me here throughout the years, I've been feeling much better to a point, I'm back out in the garage tinkering with the kits. When I'm up on that 8 foot ladder looking down at what I've created, I think of you guys here on DC! Thanks to you guys!!