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jsayers169's Review of Pearl Export Drum Kit

29th Aug 2008

Overall Rating

5 stars
  • Value for money
    5 stars
  • Appearance
    5 stars
  • Sound Quality
    4 stars
  • Reviewer's Musical Standard
    Advanced
Good Points

It's made by Pearl so you know you are buying quality everytime and not some rubbish drum kit thrown together with no care about how it will actually sound. The 800 series hardware it comes with are sturdy and very reliable and the whole kit sounds better than most hi end drum kits made by other brands if you have good heads on their and you know how to tune a drum properly.


Bad Points

The only bad points i can honestly say is that the drum heads it ships with are no good whatsoever but when you buy a drum kit you don't really want to pay for good heads that are already on there do you. I'd much rather i pay for the quality of the drums itself rather than the price of skins being added in.


General Comments

I have the last ever version of the Export drum series (the limited edition one with black hardware "damn nice touch"). I have used it live several times and it alway's amazes me that it is only an entry level drum kit, you wouldn't think to hear the thing being played. It looks fantastic, i personally think it was the best Export they have ever released and atleast the kit went out on a high note. If you can still lay your hands on one of these and you want a drum set that you don't mind other people using at gigs or if your a beginner trying to learn how to play then their is no other kit i would recommend. It's loud enough when it's not miced up so good for all of those dodgy venues most artist will be playing at in the beginning.

My only advice would be to put some decent heads on it like Remo Emeperor on top and Diplomats on the bottom or the evan equivalent and don't make a judgment of the kit in a studio you are using to rehearse in as they never look after them and chances are the skins are dead.

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  • ert on 11th Apr 2009

    I found this review helpful because... it makes a lot of sense and i am a beginner and this is really helping my choice