Pearl Drums

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Pearl Musical Instrument Company ( ?????????? , P? ru Gakki Seiz? Kabushiki Gaisha , known simply as Pearl , is a multinational company based in Japan with a wide range of products, especially percussion instruments.

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Histori
Pearl was founded by Katsumi Yanagisawa - who started producing music booths in Sumida, Tokyo - on April 2, 1946. In 1950, Yanagisawa shifted his focus to drum making and named his company "Pearl Industry, Ltd."
In 1953, the company name was changed to "Pearl Musical Instrument Company," and manufacturing has expanded to include drum equipment, marching drums, tympani, Latin percussion instruments, cymbals, booths, and accessories.
Yanagisawa's eldest son, Mitsuo, joined Pearl in 1957 and established a division to export Pearl products worldwide. To meet the increasing world demand for drum kits after the advent of rock and roll music, in 1961 Pearl built a factory of 15,000 square feet (1,400 m ²) in Chiba, Japan to produce a cheap drum kit that bore brand names over thirty distributors like Maxwin, CB-700, Stewart, Werco, Ideal, Crest, Revelle, Revere, Lyra, Majestic, Whitehall, Silvertone, Apollo, Toreador, Roxy, and Coronet.
In 1966, Pearl introduced his first professional drum kit, "Series of Presidents".
For a time in the early 1970s, Pearl was distributed in the US by Norlin, the parent company of Gibson guitars at the time.
Today, Pearl's Taiwan operations include five factories whose production supplies almost all of the world's markets for Pearl products. The original Chiba factory now serves the Japanese domestic market, producing drum kits, marching drums, timpani, and symphony bells.
Adams Musical Instruments are sold in the US through Pearl dealers, Hughes and Kettner guitars and bass amplifiers distributed through Pearl's main warehouses in Nashville, Tennessee and Sabian cymbals distributed in Japan through Pearl dealers.
Pearl created several drum products, such as a 1970s-made wooden shell with a glass-fiber layer. There is also a composite shell called "Phenolic." In addition, Pearl combines roto-tom and Phenolic shells to create a line of Vari-Pitch drums. Other early innovations include slightly-sized shells, so the drum head will extend to the edge, like a gong drum. The pearls produce a distinctly extruded and seamless acrylic shell that is different from the tabbed-and-seamed Vistalite shell used by Ludwig. Pearl also developed a hinged tom-arm tube, a design that was widely copied by many other drum manufacturers.
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Construction
Pearl has been making shellfish for more than 30 companies. In the 1960s, they stopped making shells for other companies, and started producing drums under their own names and using the Pearl logo for the first time.
It offers two completely independent (and identical) channels that are typically triggered from two drums such as a bongo equipped with a transducer. They can be triggered from almost anything including the old synth with the gate output or, indeed, the drum engine trigger output. It is capable of producing electronic drums and percussion sounds and sound effects.

DRX 1 - Is the next model Pearl brought out, similar to kit Simmons Kit is equipped with five trigger pads consisting of a bass drum trigger and four trap/tom triggers; and electronic brain control module.

Over the years, Pearl has released a limited number of edition kits, usually a special version of the existing line:

Redline - The reference kits are available in solid black or solid white with matching matches and circles. As the name implies, rubber gaskets on claw lugs and bass drums are dyed red. The kits come in different shellpack sizes in a rock-style configuration. The Redline series was released in the US in 2008 and in Europe (as a Premium Masters fixture) at Musikmesse later that year.

50th Anniversary - Mastercard Drum Series made with birch with 24-carat gold reinforcement circles and lugs. 30 kit - 10 in Wine Red, 10 in Black Mist, and 10 in Emerald Mist - are made and not sold in the US except for Anniversary style traps, although they are different from the snare drum that comes with the Anniversary kit (The single-ply sole bundle with vintage lugs and circles).

Chad Smith & amp; Limited Joey Jordison edition - Released as Export Shell package, Joey Jordison kit consists of double bass adjustment and comes with Joey Jordison's signature snare, while Chad Smith kit is made in stone configuration and comes with Chad Smith's signature hook. The kit was then re-launched in 2008 as a drum device Forum.

Mahogany - Drums made from African Mahogany.

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Snare Drums

As well as drum kits, Pearl is a famous snare drum manufacturer. Low-end kits (Vision Series and lower) come standard with snare drum, and high-end series have snares that must be purchased separately. Individual snares, as well as artist's signature hits, are also available.

Drum snare series

Soundcheck - Comes with matching 14 "x5.5" snare as standard equipment.
Forums - Comes with matching 14 "x5.5" as standard equipment.
Export (EXX) - Equipped with 14 "x5.5" matching as standard equipment.
Vision - The lines VX, VSX, VLX and VBX are equipped with SensiTone steel meshes, whereas VMX comes with a suitable maple trap. For 2011, VB, VBA, and VMA are equipped with a suitable wooden snare, while VBL comes with a SensiTone steel trap.
Masters - Available on all lines and completed Master. Ordered separately from kit.
References - 20 ply wood traps available in 14 "x5", 14 "x6.5" and 13 "x6.5" sizes. They use the same wood mix technology as other Reference drums, with 6 layers in birch and 14 outermost layer maple with 45 Ã‚ Â° edge pads. Rogue Reference Metal is also available, with a shell made of steel and brass. Both metal meshes are available in 14 "x5" and 14 "x6.5" sizes.
Masterworks - Masterworks snares can be specially ordered with kits, or as separate items. They are available in various materials, sizes and finishes.

Drum individual snare

SensiTone Elite - Snare generated from five metals: steel, stainless steel, brass, phosphor bronze, and aluminum. All available in 14 "x5" and 14 "x6.5" sizes. In 2011, stainless steel, bronze, and aluminum models were discontinued, leaving the model of brass and steel the only model in its lineup.
UltraCast - The drum is made of cast aluminum 3mm. Available in 14x5 and 14x6.5 size.
Free-Floating - Pearl Free-Floating snares erases all hardware from the shell, allowing players to change shells as easily as heads. The throw-loose, lugs and other hardware are part of a special edge ring that holds the drum and head together. Available in copper, brass, steel, aluminum and maple with 3.5 ", 5", 6.5 "and 8" shell depth. In 2011, the copper and brass models, as well as the 8 "shell depth, were discontinued and the aluminum shell was stopped.
Symphony - Made of 6 layers, 7 mm thick maple, for concert quality capturing drum. The throw-off features three separate sieves for thin cable, heavy cable and wire snare, enabling various sounds.
Firecraft - Snares made from 8-ply Poplar or 1mm of steel leather. They are available in 10 "and 12" sizes, both with a depth of 5 ".
Effects - The snares effect includes 10 "x6" Maple Popcorn snare and piccolo snares. All are designed to create sounds not found in standard snare drum sizes.

Stop snare drum

Soundcheck - Comes with matching 14 "x5.5" snare as standard equipment.
Forums - Comes with matching 14 "x5.5" snare as standard equipment. (Stopped and replaced with new Export series)

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Hardware and Pedal

In addition to producing drums, Pearl also produces hardware for drum and percussion instruments as well as pedals. One of Pearl's major improvements is the introduction of Uni-Lock tilter on tom mount and their cymbal booth. Introduced in 1982, Uni-Lock tilter using frictionless, no-teeth tilter allows players to make more precise angle adjustments for toms and cymbals. This is further enhanced by the introduction of the 360-degree spinning Gyro-Lock gyroscope. Most of the Pearl pedals are equipped with a PowerShifter heel plate, which allows the player to adjust the feel of the pedal by sliding the plate forward or back.

Hardware

Series 700 - Pearl low-end hardware featuring double-braced teeth and toe tilters. This becomes standard on Forum tools. Replaced by Series 830 in 2013.
Series 900/930 Series - Introduced in 2009, Series 900 is a hardware suite that includes Uni-Lock Uni-Lock centerline. The Series 900 hardware comes standard on the Vision series kits. For 2013, the 930 Series was released, becoming the latest version of the Series 900
Series 1000/2000 Series - Pearl's high-end hardware drum. The Series 1000 hardware is equipped with upgraded Uni-Lock tilters, while the Series 2000 hardware comes with the Pearl Gyro-Lock pencil. For 2013, 1030 and 2030 Series were released, being upgraded versions of 1000 and 2000 series respectively.

Pedal

Series 830 (Series 830) - Pearl entry-level pedal. Introduced in 2014, it borrows many features from the Demon line including Longboard Demonic Style and design (without color), Perfect Circle Cam and DuoBeat Beater.
930 Series - Pearl medium pedal. This pedal succeeds series 900 and 120. For 2013, the Pedal line of 930 series (also known as the Demonator line) was introduced, borrowing many features from the Eliminator and Demon lines.
Eliminator (Series 2000) - The Pearl-Star Pedal Line and the most versatile pedal in the Pearl row. The Eliminator Pedal features a Pearl's patented QuadBeater that allows players to choose between four different sounds, six interchangeable cam's that affect the feel and response of the pedals, and customizable traction plates. For 2012, the pedal series Eliminator II (2100 series) is introduced by Pearl Japan, sporting features of the Demon series such as Ninja bearings, universal Z-link connections (limited edition only), and Core Beater Controlling, and bridging gap between Eliminator and Eliminator Demon lines. Eliminator II is currently only sold in Japan.
Demon Eliminator (3000 Series) - Pedal High-End Pearl. Introduced in 2009, the Demon Drive pedal is equipped with direct drive connections, micro-polished pads (Skateboard Ninja's proprietary), and a "Duo-Deck" footboard that allows players to switch between short and longboard pedals. For 2012, the Demon Chain pedal is introduced, combining the same features as its direct-drive counter, but with lightweight chains and the "Perfect Circle" cam.