| Description |
The Pearl Reference series gives you a complete set of individually engineered, incredible sounding drums. Imagine each drum in your drum set is engineered as an instrument unto itself. Each tom is designed to respond perfectly within the confines of its respective frequency without compromising any other area of your kit.
Over the last five years, through arduous listening tests, Masterworks taught Pearl drum makers a great deal about drums and what makes the perfect shell. To fully understand the Reference Series you must understand that the desired tonal characteristics of a 10" tom are completely different than that of a 22" bass drum. Thus to use the same material in both drums would result in a compromise.
Reference Series drums use a combination of task-specific bearing edges and three time-proven woods: birch, maple, and African mahogany. Using maple as a sole material has long been the traditional choice for shells and for good reason. Maple provides smooth, well-balanced tone that is perfect for a 12" tom. Subsequently, all Reference Series 12" toms are composed of six plies of maple; this is the only single wood shell in the series. And for maximum response, all 13" diameter and smaller toms have a rounded 45° bearing edge, and a more focused area for head-to-shell contact to boost mid- to higher-range frequencies.
Beginning with Pearl's 13" Reference tom and larger, mahogany is added to the inner plies to increase the lower frequencies and accentuate the warmth of the maple. The 14"-diameter toms and larger begin using Pearl's fully-rounded bearing edge for even more shell contact for a boost in mid- to low- range frequencies.
As the sizes of the bass drums increase, so do the amounts of mahogany. Pearl's 22" Reference bass drums incorporate an amazing six inner plies of mahogany surrounded by two outer plies of maple for the ultimate in solid responsive bass frequencies.
On the other hand, snare drums, 8" toms and 10" toms employ a Birch / Maple Hybrid for a bright tone and great projection. |
| Sets / Sizes Available |
Several 5-piece configurations are available. Individual sizes are as follows:
Bass Drums:
18" x 14"
18" x 16"
20" x 14"
20" x 16"
20" x 18"
22" x 16"
22" x 18"
22" x 20"
24" x 16"
24" x 18"
Floor Toms:
14" x 14"
16" x 16"
18" x 16"
Toms:
8" x 7"
8" x 8"
10" x 8"
10" x 9"
10" x 10"
12" x 8"
12" x 9"
12" x 10"
13" x 9"
13" x 10"
13" x 11"
14" x 10"
14" x 11"
14" x 12"
15" x 13"
15" x 14"
16" x 13"
16" x 14"
Snare Drums:
13" X 6.5"
14" X 5"
14" X 6.5" |
