Maker
Pearl Drums
Japanese drum and percussion maker
Pearl Drums is a Japanese drum and percussion maker producing acoustic and electronic drum kits, marching percussion, concert percussion, hardware, and accessories.
Models
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Pearl Free Floating
Percussion · Japan
Pearl's Free Floating snare uses a design in which the shell is completely isolated from the hardware so it can resonate freely; it is offered in aluminum, brass, stainless steel, maple, and mahogany/maple shells with die-cast hoops and Pearl's Click-Lock strainer.
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Pearl Export
Drum kit · Japan
The Export (EXX) is Pearl's best-selling drum series, reintroduced in 2013. Its shells use Pearl's Superior Shell Technology to blend premium poplar and Asian mahogany plies into a 6-ply shell for a warm, punchy tone with strong projection, and the kits use Pearl's Opti-Loc tom suspension mounts.
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Pearl Session Studio Select
Drum kit · Japan
A drum kit series built on a 6-ply, 5.4mm shell with five outer plies of birch and one inner ply of African mahogany and 60-degree bearing edges, combining birch clarity with mahogany low-end warmth.
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Pearl Masters Maple Reserve
Drum kit · Japan
A professional Masters-series drum kit built on a 4-ply 100% maple shell with maple reinforcement rings, delivering the warm, full, classic Masters maple voice for stage and studio.
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Pearl Masters Maple Complete
Drum kit · Japan
The Masters Maple Complete is a professional Pearl drum series built on the EvenPly-Six shell, a premium six-ply North American maple shell with reduced-thickness, cross-laminated plies. It blends the tonal purity of Pearl's Masters MMX with the projection of the thicker MRX, and ships with triple-flanged SuperHoop II hoops for resonance and articulation.
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Pearl Sensitone
Percussion · Japan
Pearl's Sensitone metal snare series is offered in beaded steel, brass, and seamless aluminum shells, with SuperHoop II flanged hoops, CL bridge lugs, and Pearl strainers, giving a range of bright to warm metal-snare voices.
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Pearl Roadshow
Drum kit · Japan
Pearl's entry-level complete drum kit series built on 9-ply poplar shells and supplied as a full set with hardware and cymbals, aimed at beginning drummers.
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Pearl Crystal Beat
Drum kit · Japan
A drum kit series using seamless, molded acrylic shells (rather than rolled), producing a bright, loud, cutting tone with a transparent visual look built to withstand touring.
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Pearl Decade Maple
Drum kit · Japan
A mid-range drum kit series with thin 6-ply, 5.4mm all-maple shells, the Opti-Loc mounting system, and low-mass hardware, offering an affordable all-maple Pearl kit.
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Pearl Reference Pure
Drum kit · Japan
Pearl's flagship professional drum kit series using blended shells of maple, birch, and African mahogany, with thinner shells than the original Reference line, engineered so each drum size produces its optimal voice.
Sources
Categories
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Snare Drums
Snare drums and snare drum model families, including metal-shell and wood-shell snares.
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Drum Kits
Acoustic and hybrid drum kit model families, shell packs, and related drum sets.
Representative model
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Pearl Reference Pure
Drum kit · Japan
Pearl's flagship professional drum kit series using blended shells of maple, birch, and African mahogany, with thinner shells than the original Reference line, engineered so each drum size produces its optimal voice.