bought my "retirement" drum set

Flint · 05-23-2020, 07:20 PM

I haven't told anyone and it's KILLING me, so here goes:
I bought a drum set

I have other drum sets, but there's a PROBLEM. One is in tom sizes 10", 12", and 14", the other is 10-12-16.
I WANT 10-12-14-16 in matching toms.

Kit #1 = impossible to find a 16"
Kit #2 = they DO NOT MAKE a 14"

I found a kit on Reverb and I didn't know what it was-- it's an old Pearl kit and it "looks" like a cheap export (makes sense, it was listed under $1000), but the model is BLX. This is an older (1980s) version of their "Masters" series of high-end kits. All birch shells. Intended as Pearl's answer to the Yamaha kits that guys like Vinnie Colaiuta were playing in the studio. This BLX model is used as a "go to" drum sound in many recording studios. Why was it listed so low? Who knows, it doesn't have suspension mounts or a matching snare, maybe the deeper tom sizes are unpopular?

Here's the amazing part:
It has toms in sizes 10x10, 12x10, 13x11, 14x12, and 16x16 --ALL OF THE SIZES I WANTED plus a 13" . . . I'm SO EXCITED --I can do any conceivable set up I've ever wanted to do.

This is it:

05-23-2020, 07:20 PM	#1
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	bought my "retirement" drum set I haven't told anyone and it's KILLING me, so here goes: I bought a drum set I have other drum sets, but there's a PROBLEM. One is in tom sizes 10", 12", and 14", the other is 10-12-16. I WANT 10-12-14-16 in matching toms. Kit #1 = impossible to find a 16" Kit #2 = they DO NOT MAKE a 14" I found a kit on Reverb and I didn't know what it was-- it's an old Pearl kit and it "looks" like a cheap export (makes sense, it was listed under $1000), but the model is BLX. This is an older (1980s) version of their "Masters" series of high-end kits. All birch shells. Intended as Pearl's answer to the Yamaha kits that guys like Vinnie Colaiuta were playing in the studio. This BLX model is used as a "go to" drum sound in many recording studios. Why was it listed so low? Who knows, it doesn't have suspension mounts or a matching snare, maybe the deeper tom sizes are unpopular? Here's the amazing part: It has toms in sizes 10x10, 12x10, 13x11, 14x12, and 16x16 --ALL OF THE SIZES I WANTED plus a 13" . . . I'm SO EXCITED --I can do any conceivable set up I've ever wanted to do. This is it: Attached Images __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

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