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Really would have loved to hear it.

I thought we would hear it

0:47 You threw drum key in the trash. 🙁

Almost 7 minutes and you didn't hit it once?🤯

They could have left their logo off of the artwork.

ok it's a beauty, but how does it sound?

Actually they are talking about the 400 and the reason why is Hal Blaine. Hal Blaine played on just about every hit song and album you can think of in the 60s,70's into the 80s. Here a list of hits but not only did he play on the hit songs, he played on the whole album... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_song_recordings_featuring_Hal_Blaine. Hal was the drummer of the Wrecking Crew. A lot of the songs aren't even listed there...He played on over 35,000 recordings, including 6,000+ singles.

I’m partial to the Z as well…and I hardly play these anymore, I just felt like getting them out to do a comparo. My main rides are a 21” A Sweet Ride and 21” K Projection Ride!

I like the Z better because it's a bit drier. My main ride is a 20in K Custom Dark Ride so very different from either of these.

Why did you replace the entire bracket instead of just the clamp? What, exactly, broke on the first one?

It's 14x6.5 shell. Very nice snare drum. Try putting a 3.0mm Diecast hoop on the top with 42 strand wires and it will sound very sweet!

I prefer the 1994 Pearl Prestige Session Elites. B Much beefier than the newer kit. I own a 1988 Pearl World Series WLX so I'm likely biased.

Try looking up the serial number on the badge.thay look like 80’s rocker series lugs pre 80’s

Pearl unfortunately stopped making some of their best sounding kits, because I think they felt they were a little TOO good of a value. I had the older Session Select that were maple/Mahogany, and it was one of the best sounding, best looking kits I’ve ever head. Something about the maple mahogany blend that is spectacular, and warm. And, they recorded incredibly well. Now that blend is a special order (regardless of company. Although, Mapex’s Saturn series is amazing as well. It’s a shame you couldn’t really hear the Session Studio Select kit real well. But, that gorgeous blue Prestige Session came through really nice. Very punch. I’ve been waiting for this comparison for a LONG time now. Nice! I envy you.

I also have a set of Pearl Session Elites that I got around 94-95. A white eight piece, single bass with double pedals and later added a rack. This kit has logged quite a few shows around Nashville and road. I much prefer the older kits with the power toms, as I am “still stuck in the 80’s”. Through the years I have had other kits and also have worked at Pearl. Pearl has always been my choice of drums. I still have my Sessions kit and a black nine piece, double bass Pearl Export DLX kit with rack, 14 matched Paiste cymbals, including three splash, a China and a Zildjian ping ride, blue jam block and chimes. Hopefully these Drums will be around longer than I will, as I do not plan on getting rid of them. The ladies can have their diamonds, I’ll keep my Pearls. Lol.

Session Elite SLX kit still cuts it in 2024 for sure. I bought a new Session Elite SLX in black in 1993, still own it to this day and will never part with it. I bought it after I heard one of me drumming heroes Jeff Porcaro of Toto passed away unexpectedly. I had been playing a white Yamaha before that. I recall walking into my local drum store here in Perth Western Australia and speaking with my guy who owned the place saying I wanted a Pearl kit and he pointed the Session Elite (blue one like this video) and said "this is spectacular and you wont be disappointed". He proceeded to play it for me and that was that, I ordered a set immediately. There were no other colours left in the country other than black, so black I got. I also purchased the Pearl Jeff Porcaro signature rack for it which I also still have. This kit has travelled the globe with me and saw some studio work and a lot of stage work where it never failed to get great comments on how awesome it sounds. Whilst living in the UK from 1996-2004 the kit was used by my band and as the backline for a heap of top flight UK bands like Captain sensible, The Vibrators, 999, UK Subs, Stiff Little Fingers etc etc. Every drummer from those bands came to me after the gig and said that was the nicest sounding kit they have ever played and offered to buy it from me. The only difference I can see between mine and the blue kit in this video is, mine doesn't have the tom hangers. Mine just have the hardware going into the hole in the side of the toms. I still have the chrome steel snare drum as in this video, but I bought a lovely Pearl Masters Premium Birch SST snare some 10 years ago which is gorgeous. Love the Session Elite, awesome kit and I advise any drum lover to buy a set if they can find them.

your tuning skill is top notch

i man!, thanks for do this... i always have an idea to " upgrade" the " oldies" kit.. and you have all you need to do.. put the optimount to the session elite toms, and put the tom brakets with clamps or the tom mounting from the new one ( so you can mounting the bass drum better ), and for the floor tom, put the rubbers from de studio select so it can " sing better"... all this crazy thing will work so well changing the heads obviously.. i recomend you 1 ply heads on both sides ( top and bottom) to have more full body sound ( the resonant heads has less sing pitch in low tunings) and for the bass drum, EMAD 1 or Remo P3 to batter side and Remo Fiberskyn P3 to the front.... i can be sure the prestige session ellite from 1994 will be your first choice!!!, Greetings from Buenos AIres

Long live Long Lugs

In 94 i bought a export. Still have it .also have a session maple custom . Slx mlx and czx i drool over

I picked up this color/model 10x10/10x12/14X16(LB-30 added!) with a 16x24 bass for a steal mostly as I wanted the blue bass drum for my Bavarian Band, but I just rocked it for a community band winter concert yesterday.

At the moment I think that Pearl session studio select is best ratio price for quality on market

Visually, I think the newer Prestige drums are gorgeous.

both kits are cool!

Nothing screams 80s more then square sized power toms

I have an SLX as well,same color but double bass. Sounds amazing!!

Edie’s deummer was Matt Chamberlin with cobalt blue Yamaha tour customs birch/Mahogony.

You just blew my mind man! I bought the exact same pacific blue session elite kit while working at Guitars Etc in Tucson Arizona. Served me well for many many years of gigs, recording and tours. Thanks for memories, uploaded one of my old bands recordings to YT years ago if you wanna hear them, look up Spillblanket

I love the power tom/long lug era of pearl drums, much better quality and value for money compared to a lot of what’s going around these days

That dude in the video is the great Matt Chamberlain...

The sound might be a matter of taste and tuning, but the general features are much better for the latter version.

i realize "visual" is the point of the video... but, yea... you know what I mean? If you would have, it wouldn't have had to scrap all it... Rules are made to be broken... especially when the rule is set by you... especially when breaking the rule would have, at least, summed up whatever all those words you were saying were supposed to mean all the way through the talking segment of the video.... that i eventually realized was the only segment you had planned on filming for the entire thing. \\\\//// imagine this in real time... [[ *video fades in** Saying"Old Z", *SMASHHHHH**. Saying, "New Z", *SMASHHHHH** *video fades to black**]] *viewer states aloud "I like "X" cymbal** ////\\\\ \\\\//// Reality... [[ *video fade in** "words words words words adjectives words thoughts words words opinions words x15 {{{{{ *meanwhile... the viewers brain** " what does it sound like?... oh concave penta... ok, whoa! a hammer with a star shaped head... they could smash stars into... fuck, ANYTHING!!... what does that one sound like? do they have one hammer with a bunch of separate hammer heads in the the shape of a spiral? they just hit it once and it looks like that? SHIT!! did he hit it while I was zoned about those badass hammers? *rewind 1 minute** words words wo... "i could make one of those and bang stars into ****zones about how various shit would look bashed up with stars and spirals because my badass hammers constitute my inalienable right to the ability to possess badass powers to which i just stated only words ago. I'm gonna pound spirals and stars into every chicks buttcheeks...... "DAMN IT! I'm pretty sure I didn't miss him hit that cymbal... noo, i think he's still doing words... Dude!! Hit it... guitar players suck at cymbal videos. put down the vender pamphlet your reading so you can HIT THAT CYMBAL! NOW THE OTHER! HIT IT... JUS' HIT IT HIT IT!!! }}}}} *back to actual video** word x3 *fin** *viewer eyebrows lower... slight head tilt left** "Why the fuck didn't dude just hit the fucking cymbal? What was that fucking video even supposed to be about?? Oh well, I don't wanna hear a guitarist hit cymbals anyway, their guitarists wrists collapse anyway... from exhaustion after a single toddler strength cymbal tink^ with a limp gripped 7A they bought because their wrists went numb just thinking about lifting a pair of 16.5" 5A or 2B japanese oak sluggers ////\\\\ ...viewer... "I just watched a "dual cymbal walk-around" video??... i wonder which of those sounds best?" *

How about a K megabell ride?

ZILDJIAN DOESN'T GET TRIED OF COPING PAISTE CYMBALS

It's a great bell n doubt, but doesn't crash as well as the sweet ride. The Sweet is still the goat

Nice looking cymbal!

Is this the model Craig Reynolds helped to design ?

lol

I've got 5...a bag with 22" and 19" added rivets, 14 and 15 " thinner 60's new beats, 18" crash( bought with patina removed) and a 22" hollow logo swish...Have a another 19" with factory rivets that is a little brighter that sits in a small room bag with a 20" K con MTL (medium weight), 13" Armand hats, 16" Armand thin crash and Armand splash (kind of a smaller version of the Erskine setup)...the last is a 21" that I was going to sell...but recently found itself mixed with some A crash rides and Armand hats...Still looking for a 20"...kind of the unicorn of the line...but no need now, the A 20" crash ride is perfect @ 1920 grams...

Even the black & white badges were usa made !

I had the same problem with the width of screws... I don't understand why would they f*ck that up so bad. I'm from EU so Ludwig drums are way more expensive here than in US and I don't want to damage my shell. The worse thing is, the buttplate isn't fitting either, not only screw widthwise, but also lengthwise between holes for screws. I don't understand what they were doing... like they "update" their poorly designed P85 with not poorly designed strainer, but they f*ck it up with this??? Sorry for swearing, great video!

@5:18 same here....I wonder what gigs my drums have been to in the past ! Thanks for the video - very helpful, my P85 keeps slipping. Like yours, my supraphonic must be 40-50 odd years old, so it's done well to last this long. I added a spring below the thumbwheel - helped for about a year but the thread is worn & it's slipping again, so after seeing your post, I'm going for a P88AC. Your butt plate is interesting - wonder if it's a later addition ? My plate only has string holes, it can't take a ribbon - which might explain the extra plate being added to your drum.

I think they were also called student snare definitely from the 80s should have a place for sticks and Stand . Nice, fine!!

Looks like a rocker series for the 80’s by the lug’s 🤔probably switched badges

I would of never did it. Its a shame DW didnt think of this when they made the new mag throw./ Should have made the screws adjustable like indie drum did.sorry to say the value of that drum just lost its value sir ,witch is ok if you plan on keeping it.good luck.!!!

Forrest Thomas @forrestthomas5381. Shiny New Toys

Why bother talking about it?. Just demo the old and the new Z's.

I was hoping for a sound comparison =( but interesting !

What gram?? Sweet sound!

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