Shell Materials Choose from Maple, Birch, African Mahogany, Gumwood, or create your own Composite Shells. Shell Thickness Choose from THIN (4-ply, 5mm w/ 4-ply Reinforcement Rings), MEDIUM (6-ply, 7.5mm), and THICK (8-ply, 10mm and 10-ply, 12.5mm) Custom Shell Interiors Expand your tonal spectrum with three interior shell options: Artisan Veneers, Fiberglass, and CarbonPly. Custom Shell Exteriors + A2 Custom Finish Grahics Our custom shop imaging and finishing team can make it a reality over your choice of hand-matched exteriors or one of our seven Artisan Exotic veneers: Cameroon Tamo, Black Limba, Flame Maple African, Zebrawood, Bubinga, Eucalyptus, and Carbonply. Turning the drum shell into a blank canvas, Pearl employs our A2 process, an industry exclusive method, to print a choice of high definition graphics directly onto the outer shell ply without affecting the tone or structure of the drum. Consult your authorized Pearl Dealer for more information. Bearing Edges Masterworks offers a choice of five sonically-tested edges: Outer 45°, Outer 60°, Inner 45°, Rounded 45°, Fully Rounded.
Sonic Select Shell Recipes. Pearl presents Sonic-Select Shell Recipes: five distinct, studio-tested drum formulas each fine-tuned for their given performance application.
Sean Fuller explains MyDentity and how you can create your own custom kit. With Black hardware and a Black Sparkle snare drum with Orange hardware. Of all the reasons you might have for wanting to build your own drum kit, the most important one has nothing to do with being practical. It has to do with desire. Because the thing about building your first kit – the thing I learned, anyway – is that it really needs to be a labor of love.
Choose from STUDIO, HERITAGE, URBAN, STADIUM, and MODERN DRY. Gumwood plies option for Masterworks and Artisan (Inner and Middle plies only) Fully Rounded Edges Are Not Available On 10 Ply Shells. 60º outer bearing edge and 45º degree inner bearing edge options.
Matte or Carbon Fiber Finishes. Black Nickel Hardware option for Masterworks, Masterworks CarbonPly Maple, and Artisan.
Choice of Black Limba, Zebra, Curley Maple, and Gum inner and outer plies for Artisan finishes. Choice of Golden Ratio Pentagonal Die Cast Air Vents or Standard Position Round Die Cast Air Vents. ARL55/65 Arch Tube Lugs w/Swivel Function (on shells 5' - 6.5' deep).
STL200 Lug option for Bass Drums and Gong Drums. Order with or without CHB830 Bass Drum Mount Cymbal Holder. Extra Long 27' Legs on Floor Tom Shell Depths 11' or less. Fill out the and contact a or any Authorized Pearl Dealer to begin your Masterworks experience. Wood Choices & Shell Thickness For a totally personal sonic signature, of perfection. Masterworks has more options for shell composition than any other custom drum builder; making each drum a truly unique work of art. Wood Characteristics.
Pearl’s utilizes a proprietary technique for achieving the ultimate air chamber. It begins with select woods chosen for their unique acoustic attributes, milled to precise thickness with overlapping scarf joint seams, for a perfect air-tight fit. The wood plies are saturated with Pearl’s proprietary “AcoustiGlue” that permeates every pore and dries to the exact consistency of the wood for optimum resonance. Finally, the plies are formed in high-temperature molds with 1000 PSI of hydraulic pressure to produce perfect drum shells that exhibit superior tone, optimal resonance and extreme strength. Fully Round Boosts mid-to-low range response and reduces decay.
Drum Hardware The Perfect Compliment to a Great Set of Drums The same tireless pursuit of perfection that goes into our legendary drums is found in our drum hardware. With Masterworks, you get to choose which hoops (Die-Cast, Fat Tone, or SuperHoop II), lugs (BRL100, STL150, STL100, CL100), and mounting brackets (Aluminum OptiMount, Optimount, I.S.S.) go on your custom drums. Finally, your drum hardware can be plated with Chrome, Nickel, Black Chrome or Gold to make your drums truly unique. Hardware Color Options Custom configure a choice of five different plating options to any one of our precision tuning lugs, hoops, and drum hardware. (l to r) Chrome (CL100 Masters Maple Reserve/Masters Maple Complete Style Lug). Nickel (STL100 Reference Pure Single Style Lug).
Gold (STL150 Reference Pure Style Lug). Black Chrome (BRL100 Reference Style Lug). Black Nickel (STL150 Reference Pure Single Style Lug) Golden Ratio For Air Vents The Golden Ratio, also known as the Golden Section, Golden Mean, Golden Rectangle, and the Divine Proportion, has fascinated mathematicians since the time of the Pharaohs. It is a mathematical constant (1.61803) that is found repeatedly in nature and has been used by artisans for generations to create art and structure with pleasing proportions. Stradivarius applied the Golden Ratio to define the location of the 'f-holes' and proportions of his masterwork violins. The exterior dimensions of the Parthenon are said to form a perfect Golden Rectangle.
The proportions found in Leonardo da Vinci's 'Last Supper' follow the Golden Ratio. Intrigued by this, our engineers asked if the Golden Ratio was applicable to drums and more specifically to the location of the air vents. For every drum depth there is an upper and lower Golden Ratio location, and testing revealed that the upper location noticably improves attack, which is perfect for snare drums, while the lower position improves low frequency response, ideal for toms and bass drums.
Pearl's revolutionary new Golden Ratio air vents are so unique they're patent pending. Experience the sound of Golden Ratio air vents, centuries in the making, exclusively on Masterworks Series drums.
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Contents. History Drummer and founder Remo D. Belli experimented with as a possible material for the production of drumheads after due to its consistency in tonal qualities and resistance to weather changes. Throughout the 1960s, it was a fight to gain market acceptance, as purist jazzmen preferred the sound of natural calfskin. However, these calfskin drumheads had to be frequently tuned with weather fluctuations.
Remo Belli created convenience for professional drummers when he pioneered the use of Mylar, a synthetic polyester film for drumheads. Originally, the drumheads were white and opaque to help mimic the look of calfskin. Later innovations were clear drumheads, two-ply drumheads (for added durability and depth), and simulated natural drumheads with a product called 'FIBERSKYN', which is currently on its third version.
Remo Belli died on April 25, 2016. Drumheads Remo supplies drumheads for various drum companies including,. Remo has factories in the USA and in Taiwan, where the 'UT' and 'US' versions are made.
Ambassador / Vintage A / Ambassador X – A single-ply drumhead made from 10 mil of film. These heads are most commonly used as snare batter heads. Vintage A heads consists of two plies (7.5 and 3 mil) of polyester film, while Ambassador X heads are 20% thicker than their original counterparts. Vintage A's and Ambassador X heads are available as coated heads only.
In general, Ambassadors can be used as either batter or resonant heads and players have a choice as which way they wish to use them. Ambassador Hazy – A single-ply drumhead made from 3 mil Mylar film for snare bottom heads. Diplomat – A single-ply drumhead made from 7.5 mil of Mylar film. Diplomats are commonly used as resonant heads for toms. Diplomat Hazy — A single-ply drumhead made from 2 mil Mylar film, for snare bottom heads. Controlled Sound / Controlled Sound X – Drumheads made with 10 mil of Mylar film with a 5 mil center dot to add durability and focus.
Often used as a snare batter head. For 2011, Controlled Sound X heads are increased-durability versions of the original, made with a 12 mil coated ply of Mylar film, and are only available as snare sizes. Emperor / Emperor X / Vintage Emperor – Drumheads made with two free-floating plies (7 mil) of Mylar film, making them the brightest-sounding two-ply heads and the most durable clear heads of the Weatherking series. Emperor X heads are made with two 10 mil plies of Mylar with a 5 mil reverse dot, making these Remo's most durable drumheads among rock and metal drummers.
Vintage Emperor heads are made with two plies (7.5 mil) of polyester film. Emperor X heads come in snare sizes only, while Vintage Emperors are also available as clear heads. Smooth White – Drumheads with the characteristics of clear and coated heads, making these an ideal choice for marching drumheads. Available in Ambassador, Controlled Sound, Emperor, Diplomat, Powerstroke 3 and Powerstroke 4 weights.
Ebony – Black drumheads, that provide a darker sound, making them a popular choice for resonant heads. Available in Ambassador, Pinstripe, Powerstroke 3, and Suede weights. Pinstripe – Drumheads made with two plies (10 and 5 mil plies) of Mylar film with a measured layer of a ring-reducing agent applied between them at the outer edge, that gives a 'fat' low pitch and a short sustain, making them popular among rock and R&B drummers.
Suede / Black Suede – Textured drumheads that enhances the production and reflection of sound. Black Suede drumheads have a slightly darker tone than their Suede counterparts. These drumheads come in Ambassador, Emperor, Black X (two 10 mil plies of Mylar with a 3 mil reverse dot), Diplomat (Suede), and snare side weights. Powerstroke 3 / Powerstroke 4 – Ambassador-weight drumheads with a thin underlay at the edge of the head to dampen overtones, making these a popular choice for bass and snare drums. Powerstroke 4s are two-ply versions of the Powerstroke 3 with a much darker sound than their single-ply counterparts.
Powersonic – Bass drumheads made with two 7 mil plies of Mylar film with internal dampening rings to enhance low-end frequencies. These heads come with a snap-on ESDS (External Sound Dampening System) system for added muffling.
Powerstroke X – Drumheads made with a single ply (14 mil) of Mylar film with a 2 mil inlay ring and optional reverse dot. Snare sizes only. Powerstroke Pro – New for 2011, the Powerstroke Pro series of bass drumheads consists of a single ply of Mylar film (10 mil). Powerstroke Pro heads feature permanently mounted acoustic foam and comes with Remo's 'Pressure Dampening Profile' to reduce overtones and improve sound quality. Available in clear, coated, and Ebony.
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