Rare Pearl Vision Drums-Part I -Ken Loomer

Pearl made Vision Drums from 2007 to 2014. This is my review of a rare all maple Pearl Vision drumset. Most Pearl Vision drums were made in China with Birch shells. Pearl made a few all maple Vision drums in Taiwan in the Red Sparkle Glass Lacquer for their elite dealers to promote Vision drums made with maple shells. This is the only complete shell package( 8x7 tom,10x8 tom,12x9 tom, 14x14 floor tom ,16x16 floor tom,18x22 inch bass drum,and 5.5x14 snare) that I know of with this rare red sparkle glass lacquer finish. The drums were made in the same factory as the Master Pearl drums so they used the same all maple shell,and Master hardware for the drums.The drums were made only in 2009 and 2010.You had to special these Vision drums if you wanted the red or silver glass lacquer finish. Pearl Vision went back to only making Birch shells in their last few years of production.I think of these drums as Modern Vintage drums since Vision drums are no longer made. I bought these drums new in 2012 at a great price since they were new old stock and of course these drums were no longer made. One of the Pearl elite dealers had this set and needed to sell it. I replaced all the heads and these drums with the maple shell sounded great.Pearl drums is the largest drum company in the world now.So many of the top drummers today like Dennis Chambers,Ian Paice,Joey Jordison,Marvin"Smitty" Smith,Tommy Lee,Will Kennedy,Omar Hakim,Eric Singer and many other top drummers use Pearl.I have posted many video`s of me playing these Vision drums at my jazz gigs and they sound great. Go to Part II on these Pearl Vision Drums to hear me give a sound check and good workout on these drums. For my bio,go to kenloomer.com.