Pearl Export wood?

[Omen]

What wood do they use for making Pearl Export shells?

Omen O;-)

[Christopher Roode]

I'm guessing they use Mahogany and some other types of wood, but they use
mostly Mahogany. Could someone please verify this?

[Jerry Lef]

>What wood do they use for making Pearl Export shells?
>
>Omen O;-)
>

Over the years, I have had pearl exports with different wood, depending on
the year. At one time I got beech, another birch, sometimes a combination. Plus
they use "other hardwoods". But in all the exports I got they did use all real
wood, and never some pressboard and other types of plywoods some other cheaper
sets have used such as the tama rockstars and ludwigs and others at one point.
Even though the exports are inexpensive, you know what you are getting
is going to be a decent and very playable drum kit, and of course the
dependability of pearl hardware if you use it also.

Jerry

[Glenn Dowdy]

Omen wrote in message <3715c0e8...@news.iinet.net.au>...

>What wood do they use for making Pearl Export shells?
>

They use wood?
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[Solid Time]

Pearl Exports as well as most other lower priced kits use the popular
Phillippine Mahogany (or otherwise known as Luan) for the inner cores and
usually some other type of light colored softer hardwood (there are a lot of
maple and birch lookalikes) in the inside face panel.

Not such a bad thing since Luan is very cost effective and actually in my
observations sound similar to Maple but perhaps a little brighter or edgier.

[Leif Madsen]

I believe (from what i read on the site), that the shells are Lupna,
Mahogany and Santa Maria woods. Thats what I found, not sure, but I do
remember reading somewhere (not on the site) that the shells are made
from some assortment of OTHER woods.

Omen wrote:
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> What wood do they use for making Pearl Export shells?
>

> Omen O;-)

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[strat81]

>What wood do they use for making Pearl Export shells?
>

The Export sets (at least of the last two years) have been "select"
mahogany. In other words, someone selected some mahogany. Not the
expensive African Mahogany that is used in the Pearl Masters Mahogany
Classics. The exports (and other low-end drums) use Phillipine
Mahogany.

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[Scarab Mike]

SORRY!!!! Pearl did not ever use beech in Exports. At one time they used a
japanese birch inner ply. Pearl states they use a select hardwood. What that
means is they use a plentiful good quality asian native wood. The Exports
are good quailty drums and if you put great heads on the top and bottom and
tune them correctly you will be suprised with there sound. Take care, Mike
Carter

Jerry Lef wrote in message . At one time I got beech, another birch,
sometimes a combination.

[Noah Kravitz]

I have an export kit from '89 and it's Mahogany with an inner ply of birch
(I believe it's birch), so when you look at the inside of the drum you see
a pretty grain ... It also warms up the sound somewhat, or so they say

In any case, I've had the kit for what, 9 years now, and it's great ...
Sounds bright, mic's well for live playing and some recording, and the
hardware has done me right through high school bands, college playing, and
being shipped cross-country and back ... Only downfall was the lousy snare
it came with, which I got rid of right away, replaced with a Remo 14x4,
which for my tastes is a fine sounding snare with loads of crack and
sensitivity ... I mean, we're not talking all-maple DWs, but I've been
more than happy for the past decade...

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