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

[@erikondrums]

Nick does such a good job making this video! He's an awesome at giving drummers the info they need!

[@sweetwater]

Thanks for the kind words and thanks for watching, +Erik B Larsson!

[@pchains]

+SweetwaterSound how much does this kit cost

[@stephenvaldez8097]

+SweetwaterSound do you guys know what jordison use? i know he he used vision but does he use reference kit?

[@EvilSewnit]

@@stephenvaldez8097 he uses reference series drums

[@kalinpuls3784]

love that Simon Phillips groove in the beginning. great kit!

[@doublea7054]

Drums sound great! Nice round and open tom sounds!

[@JoseVera20]

Can you please tell me what clear head you had on the Snare drum??

[@jabezscratch]

Nice demonstration and video. As a Reference owner, I still prefer the original Reference series but the Pure series sounds wonderful too. The birch in the smaller toms does add a beautiful cut, especially when you hit off the rim. The natural wood finish on the demo kit looks great. I prefer the original Reference lugs but I know that many love the Pure lugs. The hardware overall on these kits is phenomenal. I've also thought that Pearl makes the best hardware.

[@8xtime]

I love Pearl's mounting system, to me it's the best in the business.

[@chasedeery1665]

Dez Leighton it sks

[@danwebd4481]

I played years with Pearl Export , now switched to Tama, I would never go back to that Pearl mounting system.

[@Chriswasreigns]

@@danwebd4481 The Export doesn't have the optimount.

[@danwebd4481]

@@Chriswasreigns right, but I like Neither of them, although I have a Pearl kit with that system because I like the sound : a new fiberglass series

[@BenjaminGib]

Nick, I always look forward to your video reviews! And I've been curious, how are you typically miking these kits for the reviews? Is it just a simple overhead setup, or maybe something in the front? Thanks!

[@Slipstream0001]

That's not how I would tune but I love these kits

[@anthonyn1312]

It's not 4 plies of mahagony and 2 plies of birch. It's 4 plies of mahagony and 2 plies of maple on the 16 inch floor tom

[@dr.w1636]

Snare drum skin? Great review, outstanding Playing!

[@EvilSewnit]

probably a clear emperor of some sort, I use vintage emperors on my snare since they are a little thicker

[@laiftaim]

Where's right tom's badge?

[@PowerTom_kyle]

Please do a review of a Pearl Reference. Too many Reference Pure reviews. Thank you.

[@connor595]

NICK D'VIRGILIO AND TRAVIS BARKER ARE DRUM GODS!!!!

[@elijahsacco2891]

Great playing, great hardware, amazing cymbals. I for whatever reason cannot like these drums. I just don't like the sound. I can see why Joey triggers these.

[@thomashope373]

The kick and the snare are fine. But the toms sound papery and thin. A lot of Pearl kits sound like this

[@Amp1771]

Is it me or most Pearl kits sound the same, just subtle differences.

[@pedrodiaz6756]

Yeah pearl drums sound phenomenal definitely considering buying another pearl kit yes I said another one

[@HaloAdmiral]

I usually hate Pearl. But this is one of their only acceptable kits. Nothing can beat Gretsch though.

[@patrickorourke195]

Aesthetic Muffin just out of curiosity, why do you hate Pearl?

[@pepipavlov2375]

Patrick O'Rourke Because they make the best drums for the money and here you can see some jealous psycho hating

[@Jetty-me6cw]

I would NEVER EVER pay what Pearl's msrp. Or even a $800 discount for this kit. Nick is as solid a player as they come. But for the money Gretsch's Catalins club 5 piece properly tune with the proper heads sounds much better and with the extra money you save you can buy the symbols that you've always wanted. This is just my opinion. And no but not a die-hard Gretsch fan.

[@pescalante2]

Jetty1502 going to ignore your comment and you as a drummer since you call them symbols and not cymbals. I hate Pearl drums but still a Catalina Club can’t come close to any high end drum kit

[@claystaggs8908]

PDP in my opinion has some of the best kits for the $

[@robtimn6040]

Lie to me and say you don't love your job

[@iloveNgany]

Just listened to a video of pearl exports. Sound almost the same. Save yourself 5 grand maybe?

[@alfaholic3]

Im a huge Pearl fan but the reference like DW drums are highly overrated. Tuey dont sounds as good as they should and they don't look that nice based on this natural finish in this video.

[@ohrid59mk76]

Nick is great drummer , exelent demonstrator but he is tuning the drums to high , I dont like it ! this Pearl sounds thin , papery .

[@kyleboggs1966]

You guys do great demos, but these drums sound incredibly poorly tuned. High pitch and no warm, wet punch

[@pedrodiaz6756]

With all due respect what are you even talking about these drums sound fabulous and this gentleman playing the demo is a great drummer and if I understand correctly he sets up all these drums turns them up just a variety of different heads depending on what kit he is doing a demo for and again I have to say these toms sound awesome

[@kyleboggs1966]

@@pedrodiaz6756 ok. Your opinion just as I have mine, but thanks for whatever

[@becomingaware8991]

Every video you guys make, you never put the right skins on to accent the drums, and never tune the snare high enough, for for instance, look at the difference between your review of the dw mini pro and memphis drum shop. kits sound completly different in both vids. I think you would sell more with the right skins and tuning. Snare and kick sound okay in this one, but the toms are a bit ringy and tuned maybe a tiny bit too high.

[@ramenthenoodle_]

becoming aware no rules to tuning and heads. Only preference