Pearl Reference Pure Series 4-piece Shell Pack Review by Sweetwater Sound

In this video I am demonstrating the Pearl Reference Series 4-piece Shell Pack. This drum kit was created by Pearl in an effort to make every drum in the kit sound its absolute best by utilizing the ideal tonal qualities for each size drum. Their idea behind this concept is that a 10" rack tom has naturally different tonal qualities the a kick drum for instance. You want to have more low end in a kick drum and more snap out of a small rack tom so they took that idea to the next level by using three different woods, different bearing edges, and great hardware to bring out the best sound in each drum. The three woods used are maple, birch, and African mahogany. They start with the 12" rack tom as the center piece and because of that the 12" rack tom is the only drum that is completely made out of maple. All drums smaller in diameter then 12" get two plies of birch on the inside of the shell. That brings out the snap in the smaller drums. All drums larger then 12" get up to six plies of African mahogany on the inside of the shell to bring out the lower end sound qualities. For the edges, all of the drums 12" and smaller get 45-degree back-cut bearing edges and all of the drums larger then 12" get fully rounded bearing edges. That is a neat feature that most drum companies don&do anymore. Round edges give more suface area for the drumhead to sit on and that is a great way to get a full and warm sound out of a drum. In this shell pack you get 8" x 10" and 9" x 12" rack...