30 Years Apart! 1994 Pearl Prestige Session Elite/2024 Pearl Session Studio Select

[@JulianFernandez]

both kits are cool!

[@theblackrooster397]

I have an SLX as well,same color but double bass. Sounds amazing!!

[@pokeyondrums]

Nice! Are the bass drums the same size?

[@Monsterdrumma]

Edie’s deummer was Matt Chamberlin with cobalt blue Yamaha tour customs birch/Mahogony.

[@robd3529]

I love the power tom/long lug era of pearl drums, much better quality and value for money compared to a lot of what’s going around these days

[@kyronnewbury]

It's never been a better time to be a drummer. What you get now for $1000 is what high end drums were 30 years ago. Cheap drums have never been better or better sounding. That being said I also love the old long lug pearls lol

[@pokeyondrums]

I do love these drums, which is why I haven’t been able to bring myself to get rid of them in 30 years! Long lugs are cool, but man those SLXs are heavier than the STSs!

[@robd3529]

@@pokeyondrums agree, I had a blx kit around that time and they were just super solid. The single lug design to me anyway is just more eye catching then the current top end kit lugs they use for the reference kits these days

[@Eurodrummer666]

The sound might be a matter of taste and tuning, but the general features are much better for the latter version.

[@pokeyondrums]

Totally agree! I have way more experience with the older kit and am just getting to know the new one, but from what I’ve seen so far I really like the new one - the fit and finish, the shell construction, the look of the inner mahogany plies, the only real downsides were the non-US heads and I’d love hinging floor tom brackets to come back lol. Otherwise I’m super pumped to get more time behind the new kit!

[@justinreynolds3935]

Nothing screams 80s more then square sized power toms