Some Pearl Reference Pure porn ;)

Bo Eder

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So I've been living with this kit for a couple of months now that its complete and since I had the opportunity to just get whatever I thought I needed in the hardware department, I've been experimenting with different set-ups, and I think I now have settled on how I'll be using the kit once I get busy again when school gets back in session. This configuration is very easy to go between a regular hi-hat stand, and my cable hi-hat stand. In fact, all I have to do is have the regular hi-hat stand with me to change the set-up to a traditionalist set-up if I need to do that. But I am certainly digging having the hats right in front of me and a single ride. I'm able to do so much with just that. It isn't necessary that I have two floor toms, but I do like the look of two and it's certainly nice to have.

One other thing I've done over the last few days is really go through the owner's manual for the Demon Drive pedal, and I think I've gotten it to feel the way I like it to feel - since so many people have complained that the pedal feels 'weak'. I re-configured it to be a long-board, and changed the beater setting to the 'power' setting, and readjusted the footboard angle, and now it feels pretty good. Much more powerful to my foot then when it came out of the box. I'm still trying different things with it, so I'll let you know how it goes.

So the run-down:

Pearl Reference Pure in Piano Black
16x22 bass drum
8x12 rack tom on snare stand
14x14 floor tom
16x16 floor tom

Studio Session Classic 6.5x14 birch/kapur snare in piano black, with FatTone hoops installed

Hardware is all Pearl

Video upcoming ;)

Enjoy the porn!
 

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Very cool !!
I like the flatness of it all. I think it makes it easier for me to hit the small tom with my left hand (traditional grip).

I will soon be trying this kind of set up.



Except mine will look something like this:

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Beautiful class kit there Bo. How you get from your rack to to you floor tom without crossing a border I will never know, but the kit looks suh-weet.

The only thing missing is you in a black satin cape with a red satin lining.
 
Love the kit and non-traditional set up! Another option for a different kick pedal feel is to switch out the beaters. I generally use the Pearl quad beaters on my DD as I never liked the stock felt beaters. Also love the DD wood beaters but those chew through heads and patches.
 
Very classy looking set.

I'd have a real hard time playing it though - especially as it's set up leftie - LOL
 
Beautiful class kit there Bo. How you get from your rack to to you floor tom without crossing a border I will never know, but the kit looks suh-weet.

The only thing missing is you in a black satin cape with a red satin lining.

I had to think long and hard about setting up this way, Larry.

After much deliberation (and years of playing) I discovered (or always knew) that the lick of "rolling down the toms" (as we are so wanton of doing) I probably only do maybe 2% of the time on a regular gig. As opposed to the 92% of the time I spend crossing over onto the hi-hat (I leave the other 6% to whatever else I might be doing outside of rolling down the toms).

So when you look at it like that, it's a no brainer that it doesn't matter if I'm unable to roll down the toms. But I can still do it (as in the famous fill from The Commodores' Brick House) - it's just a little more involved, but for that 2% of the time, I can deal with that. If I was rolling down my toms all night, then it would be another matter. But we don't - as much as we are programmed to think we do. Like Bill Bruford (who oddly enough doesn't groove as much we'd like him to), I thought about the ergonomics and never having to cross over while keeping time, but I didn't want to set-up like Will Kennedy and re-train my feet. This is the next best thing!

And of course, if I carry a regular hi-hat, I can revert to the usual 1-up, 2-down configuration, especially if the stage is smaller than normal. But for now, the 1-to-the-side, 2-down approach is really working out ;)
 
Dam you and posting more pictures of these so classy. The color the lugs are spot on tube lugs and jet black my kind of kit.
 
I had to think long and hard about setting up this way, Larry.

After much deliberation (and years of playing) I discovered (or always knew) that the lick of "rolling down the toms" (as we are so wanton of doing) I probably only do maybe 2% of the time on a regular gig. As opposed to the 92% of the time I spend crossing over onto the hi-hat (I leave the other 6% to whatever else I might be doing outside of rolling down the toms).

So when you look at it like that, it's a no brainer that it doesn't matter if I'm unable to roll down the toms. But I can still do it (as in the famous fill from The Commodores' Brick House) - it's just a little more involved, but for that 2% of the time, I can deal with that. If I was rolling down my toms all night, then it would be another matter. But we don't - as much as we are programmed to think we do. Like Bill Bruford (who oddly enough doesn't groove as much we'd like him to), I thought about the ergonomics and never having to cross over while keeping time, but I didn't want to set-up like Will Kennedy and re-train my feet. This is the next best thing!

And of course, if I carry a regular hi-hat, I can revert to the usual 1-up, 2-down configuration, especially if the stage is smaller than normal. But for now, the 1-to-the-side, 2-down approach is really working out ;)

Well you've clearly thought it through, and as always, you make a ton of sense. Your setup has a look. It's all you.

Are the lugs unique to the References? Or new to this years model? Are they fixed tubes? I never noticed that style until now. But the snare has the bridge lugs. It's a matching Reference snare right? I wonder why the 2 lug types.

Black lacquer is the tuxedo and tails of drum finishes.
 
Well you've clearly thought it through, and as always, you make a ton of sense. Your setup has a look. It's all you.

Are the lugs unique to the References? Or new to this years model? Are they fixed tubes? I never noticed that style until now. But the snare has the bridge lugs. It's a matching Reference snare right? I wonder why the 2 lug types.

Black lacquer is the tuxedo and tails of drum finishes.

These lugs are fixed tubes and unique to the Reference Pure drums. It kinda gives it that "old timey" look. The regular Reference line has the more modern-looking lugs. Of course, on the Masterworks series, you can get anything you like that they offer.

My snare is not a Reference Pure snare, it's a Studio Session Classic snare. It's a birch/kapur shell also finished in black lacquer. There was a huge back-order on Reference Pure snares, so I opted for one of these. They also look identical to the Masters Maple and Master Birch snares. I'm quite happy with this snare, it sounds great. The Reference Pure snares are a combination of maple and birch (they want to accentuate the high-end), so I didn't think birch/kapur was such a stretch. It's pretty sensitive across the range and is very easy to tune.

When the run on Reference Pure snares lightens up, I'll look into getting one, but I'm not missing it. With snares being the unique voice of the kit anyway, there will be times when I use my Supras. The wood combinations actually really affect toms and bass drums. Snare drums are always tightened a bit more and therefore any advantage you get with toms and bass drums may not even happen with the snare drums. So I'm not worried about not having one.
 
OK gotcha. Everything you say raises another question...sorry to be a pain, but Reference Pure and regular Reference....what's the differences?

I've always liked Pearl snares.
 
OK gotcha. Everything you say raises another question...sorry to be a pain, but Reference Pure and regular Reference....what's the differences?

Not a pain at all. The biggest difference between the two lines is the weight. The Reference Pures are thin-shelled, and the Reference feature thick shelled drums. When I saw those at NAMM, picking up a bass drum is quite an event. I think both still stick with the difference wood plies depending on size. For instance, the 12" tom is all maple, as they get smaller, they start adding birch to bring out the high end, as well as cut the bearing edge sharper. As they get bigger than 12", they start adding African mahogany which accentuates the lows, and making the bearing edge shallower. It creates thunderous lows in my floor toms and my bass drum literally shakes the walls in my practice space (I'm mentally preparing to use a ported head so I can mic internally, but right now I'm still using the stock PS3 batter and PS3 coated front logo head). The wood combination and bearing edge thing still has me geeking out on how great they sound.

I'll have to check my catalog, but I think the regular Reference offers re-rings, but I'm not sure.
 
How do you find moving on & off the hats Bo, especially 16th/24th note or other patterns with backbeats using both hands?

Regardless if I use 14, 15, or the 17 hats, the edge to me is slightly over the snare drum. So I'm actually moving less forward to get to the hat than if I had to move to my right to get to the hats in the traditional left-handed position. So imagine you're doing accents on your rack tom in front of you and playing the rest of the notes on the snare - I'm actually moving less to get to the hi-hat. I'll demonstrate that when I post the video (hopefully in the next twelve hours [it's 2am here in California]).
 
Regardless if I use 14, 15, or the 17 hats, the edge to me is slightly over the snare drum. So I'm actually moving less forward to get to the hat than if I had to move to my right to get to the hats in the traditional left-handed position. So imagine you're doing accents on your rack tom in front of you and playing the rest of the notes on the snare - I'm actually moving less to get to the hi-hat. I'll demonstrate that when I post the video (hopefully in the next twelve hours [it's 2am here in California]).
Cool - looking forward to that :) 2:00AM, did you s*&%t the bed? ;)
 
The Reference Pures sound like something I'd like. Pearl has great build quality. I thought the 7.5mm shells I had on a set of Session Customs (maple) were a bit too thick for me for toms. Love the snares though. The Reference Pures....I'd like to hear them with their thinner shell..
 
The Reference Pures sound like something I'd like. Pearl has great build quality. I thought the 7.5mm shells I had on a set of Session Customs (maple) were a bit too thick for me for toms. Love the snares though. The Reference Pures....I'd like to hear them with their thinner shell..
I played a set a while back Larry. Very nice drums indeed, with typical thin shell characteristics to the smaller toms, & a subtle boost to upper lows on the floor toms & bass drum. Well balanced, & well thought through drums.
 
I'll have to check my catalog, but I think the regular Reference offers re-rings, but I'm not sure.[/QUOTE]



I have a regular Reference Series kit.....No Re-rings!
 
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