Pearl Blx 7 Piece Double Bass Set up with rack - Updated!!!

[BarryBuchanan]

Well here it is.... my pearl blx now with a rack!! :D Im am yet to get hold of another tom arm for my 14" rack tom but there is no rush :) Tell me what you think :D
check out my band 2!!! www.myspace.com/nochaa

[jarrod]

Sweet kit i wish i had something like that..... nice double bass and what type of hihat is that?

also like the set up



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jarrod

[BarryBuchanan]

Sweet kit i wish i had something like that..... nice double bass and what type of hihat is that?

also like the set up



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jarrod

the hihat is a zildjian 14" zxt rock. If you asking about the stand its an old peral one from about 10 years ago but is heavy as hell...its atached to my bass drum with a hi-hat clamp...hang on..ill take a picture 4 ya :)

[BarryBuchanan]

there we go...thts 6the clmap..i bought this wid the rack for £30!!! the bass clamp cos £50 on its own and i got a atchment clamp 2!!!! :D

[jarrod]

Nice i like the idea of the clamp looks good!

[BarryBuchanan]

Nice i like the idea of the clamp looks good!

yep..i can now have the hi hat pedal right next 2 my bass drum wid out worrying bout positioning the legs!!!

[TopCat]

Those clamps are life savers. Looks great. Very Vinnie Paul like.

[BarryBuchanan]

Those clamps are life savers. Looks great. Very Vinnie Paul like.

haha thnx man...man i love vinnie :P they r awsome for gigs cos everything is all in right place..just slot it all in...take about 20 min off set up time aprently!! :O

[jarrod]

Yeah i want one now lol but triggers sound like a better idea lol

[fijjibo]

first of all, beutiful kit man!
secondly, do you have any info on the old pearl kits with the double lugs?

[Drummerboy3940]

Nice kit. What are the cymbal specs?

[BarryBuchanan]

first of all, beutiful kit man!
secondly, do you have any info on the old pearl kits with the double lugs?

well ive just been watching ebay for the last god knows how long!!! i found my 14" tom and my second 22" bass drum on there... what kinda thing u loooking for?



Nice kit. What are the cymbal specs?

6" Paiste Chimey thing :P
14" zxt Hi-hats
14" Paiste 2002 hihats
16" Paiste 2002 Crash
16" ZXT Rock crash
18"ZXT rock crash
18"Paiste 505 China
20" Paiste 2002 Heavy ride


i have 2 splashes lying about but i need to buy sum stands first and a few extra clamps

thnx for all ur feedback :D

[BarryBuchanan]

im currently watching an identicle tom arm on ebay!! wish me luck :D

[sammydrums]

your kit is awsome i have a pearl set myself but its only a 5 peace

[BarryBuchanan]

your kit is awsome i have a pearl set myself but its only a 5 peace


haha thnx... mine was a five peice a year or so ago :) i just found a bass drum on ebay and added to my kit bit by bit...not much cums up on ebay tht a black, blx tom and tht no 1 else bids on!!!

[jollymosher]

My dear lord. NICE! i remember the kinda Deal you got on the 14" tom and the rack. Props. nice set up.

[Class A Drummer]

GEE WILLAKERS BATMAN! THATS SWELL!

[GoatOfSatan]

Hey man nice kit, that clamp thing is really cool cuz ive also got an old pearl HH stand and have the same problem. Who makes them?

[BarryBuchanan]

Hey man nice kit, that clamp thing is really cool cuz ive also got an old pearl HH stand and have the same problem. Who makes them?


Pearl :D But i got lucky and got that off my mate for £30 with the multi clamp. The bass drum peice itself is £50 new!!!!! so ur looking at 70/80 all together!! ¬¬ bit of a rip off but its great! New pearl HH stands have the 2 leg option..my mate he has the 2 legged vetion... and they r great cos u can have a double pedal next 2 it...b4 i had bass drum 2 i had my double pedal inbetween my hihat legs and it wasnt nice to play... but peral make these and they r great!!! soz to blabber on :P

[Audun_D]

Hi dude!

Thats a really nice export u got there, gratz with the new rack!

[BarryBuchanan]

Hi dude!

Thats a really nice export u got there, gratz with the new rack!


ummm..its not an export... Blx and Mlx r the old Masters Series... this baby is a All birch shells... exports are a mix..but i can see tht its easy to get confused when pearl hav brought out the Elx ... but the E stands for Export... the B in Blx stands for birch :P this kit is bout 10 years old.

[BarryBuchanan]

hey hey people!! i just ordered my tom arm and it will be here by the weekend plus im getting my boom stands today so i shud have sum new pics up by the weekend!!!

www.myspace.com/nochaa

[BarryBuchanan]

Well here it is!!! my just about finished kit for life!! :D:D
OMG I LOVE THIS KIT!! :D

i got the 14" tom mounted!!! this kit is just lovely to play!! nice deep sound!! :D

[Drummer Karl]

hi!

thanks alot for the compliment over PM!!! ;)
looks lika very nice kit...set up isn`t my choice but Pearl is a great choice I think!
How do you like your free floating snare drum? Sounds good, doesn`t it?

Karl

[Ulrich87]

WOW! That's a madly sexy kit Barry!
It makes me jealous..

[BarryBuchanan]

hi!

thanks alot for the compliment over PM!!! ;)
looks lika very nice kit...set up isn`t my choice but Pearl is a great choice I think!
How do you like your free floating snare drum? Sounds good, doesn`t it?

Karl


oh yes!! i love it!! a real quick snappy/cracky/fiery sound..some snares sound dead! Im a meal drummer and i just love big kits. i like playing small ones butwhen suming like a nother tom cum up on evbay, its always good 2 buy..increases value and looks :)

[BarryBuchanan]

WOW! That's a madly sexy kit Barry!
It makes me jealous..


haha dnt b :P hehe.. thnx..its dam fine :P and i get to bang it all i want :P coff :P

[Ulrich87]

haha dnt b :P hehe.. thnx..its dam fine :P and i get to bang it all i want :P coff :P

lol. I can't touch it anyway. It's faaaaar away:p

[BarryBuchanan]

haha its all mine mwhahaha i cant wait 2 use it live :D:D hahaha

[Ulrich87]

Lycky bastard.... *he mumbles, and turns away..*heh

[BarryBuchanan]

Lycky bastard.... *he mumbles, and turns away..*heh

haha night dude!! speakto u tomoz :D

[jollymosher]

Dude get that other tom on there! im thinking about buying one of these... or an old tama like rockstar or somthing. they sound alot better then some of the newer drums.


never mind i was looking at the wrong set of pics

[BarryBuchanan]

Dude get that other tom on there! im thinking about buying one of these... or an old tama like rockstar or somthing. they sound alot better then some of the newer drums.


it is on there!! hehe The basic tom specs r

12" rack
13" rack
14"rack
16" floor

Old kits are just as good!! the only advantage about new drums is the rim mounts etc...the shells are still just as good quality!

[d.c.drummer]

Great set up. Double bass rocks... my house so my mom wants me to cut down.

[BarryBuchanan]

haha shame man! i have thick layers of speical cardboard/shipboard under my drums that is designed to absorb sound and it does!! my rents dnt mind me drumming at all... as longas its no more than 45 min a day...but they dnt mind band pracs at all cos they love my band!!

www.myspace.com/nochaa

[Jay.B.]

it is on there!! hehe The basic tom specs r

12" rack
13" rack
14"rack
16" floor

Old kits are just as good!! the only advantage about new drums is the rim mounts etc...the shells are still just as good quality!

There is a very slight difference between the birch used for the original BLX shells and the later birch masters and session kits, I heard that the original BLX kits were made from WILD scandinavian birch whereas the later are from farmed trees, dunno how true that is. I have been told this helps give the BLX it it's own unique sound, something to do with slightly different densities in the wild and farmed woods, and it also helps it keep more residual value over the years.

Been after a matching 14" rack tom for nearly 6 months now, none to be seen.

I was considering changing my shell mounted hardware for the optimount system, but the bolt on stuff on these kits keeps it nice and simple looking, less fuss etc...

KEEP THOSE SHELLS ROCKIN DUDE, GREAT KIT.........

[BarryBuchanan]

There is a very slight difference between the birch used for the original BLX shells and the later birch masters and session kits, I heard that the original BLX kits were made from WILD scandinavian birch whereas the later are from farmed trees, dunno how true that is. I have been told this helps give the BLX it it's own unique sound, something to do with slightly different densities in the wild and farmed woods, and it also helps it keep more residual value over the years.

Been after a matching 14" rack tom for nearly 6 months now, none to be seen.

I was considering changing my shell mounted hardware for the optimount system, but the bolt on stuff on these kits keeps it nice and simple looking, less fuss etc...

KEEP THOSE SHELLS ROCKIN DUDE, GREAT KIT.........

thanks man!! :D:D yer i herd bout that!! these kits we made when vast forest grew..but all the new birch is grown qucik and fast for industiiral use..but sound wise, n e pearl can sound good wid the right skins and TUNED skins lol Well the only problem wid opti mounts is tht u will b left wid the holes unless u get coverup basdges or suming.. Ive been looking for a thurd tom for about 6 mounths 2!! there have been a few 10" on ebay but they went of like 200!! and i got my second bass drum for tht!!!! i got my 14" for £60!! :D:D awsome deal!! good luck on finding 1... ooo i think there is matching kit to urs on ebay atm!!! have a look..type in blx in the search box

www.ebay.co.uk or www.ebay.com (if u r in america)

[Audun_D]

You goatta love Scandinavian Birch! A friend of mine had a old BLX similar to yours and it rocked. I really, really, really envy your kit man! You are a lucky guy!

[Jay.B.]

good luck on finding 1... ooo i think there is matching kit to urs on ebay atm!!! have a look..type in blx in the search box

haha I saw that the day it was listed, he won't split the kit though, it's got to go as one unfortunately. If I had the cash I'd snap his arm off to get it, I had to sell my secondary snare to replace a cymbal so I definately won't be getting another kit LOL

[BarryBuchanan]

You goatta love Scandinavian Birch! A friend of mine had a old BLX similar to yours and it rocked. I really, really, really envy your kit man! You are a lucky guy!

Thanks man :) ive just gopt great parents that will lend me the money..cos i got my second bass drum for 200 on ebay and when i saw it it had 2 min left!! i was reli lucky to get it :)

haha I saw that the day it was listed, he won't split the kit though, it's got to go as one unfortunately. If I had the cash I'd snap his arm off to get it, I had to sell my secondary snare to replace a cymbal so I definately won't be getting another kit LOL

Guttin man!! well these things pop up..try looking on the german and french ebay sites.. i think the german one is www.ebay.de but im not sure...

[oDDRuffs]

wow man this kit ROCKS!!


very nice tom setup, very similar to mine..

i hope some day i could have a double bass setup , and really feel the power of dual kicks!

:)

[BarryBuchanan]

wow man this kit ROCKS!!


very nice tom setup, very similar to mine..

i hope some day i could have a double bass setup , and really feel the power of dual kicks!

:)


thanks man!!! :D:D:D i love 3 rack toms!! u can do a awsome 4 beat roll from snare then across the toms or toms to floor tom and sounds lursh...b4 with my stright rolls when i had 2 rack toms i had 2 go snare, tom, tom, floor but i have a wider range now! 2 do fills on!! :D

[XAkitAX]

nice set up it looks comfortable too

[BarryBuchanan]

ive just added a new ride and china to my kit..the splash is now relplaced by a 14" ZXT china thts a high pitched little cracker and i have as econd hand Sabian Pro Sonix Ride in good cond. Its a lovely ride!

ill get sum pics up asap!!!

[BarryBuchanan]

Hey..i got sum more pictures!!! Ive added my second hand 22" Sabian Pro Sonix ride and my ZXT 14" china

[chops4kicks]

hey nice set, im jealous. That snare looks sweet, you must get one hell of a pop. But just one question i have pics of my own set that i want to put on a thread how do u start one like you did for your set?

[Jay.B.]

Still looking sweet man, I think it's the whole BLX thing, no matter what finish you got on these babies they're fantastic. I would highly recommend getting evans EC2 heads on them though, ther's a sound clip on my kits thread to give an example.

I might be a little closer to finding the 14" tom I've been after for ever, will keep you posted on how things are going, and get new pics up as soon as I lay my hands on one

[BarryBuchanan]

The snare sounds awsome! yes, its a popy/firey/cracky kinda sound and i love it...but im hopeing to buy a matching 14" x 6" snare that my uncle (who i bought this off) kept incase he got a new kit cos he loved the blx snare.

i will look into the evans skins! Im not planning on changing the skins yet, they r all is good conditions atm..no dents, rips etc..just stick marks but when i come to re-skin i will look at the evans heads! Good luck wid the 14" tom man! took me like 9 mounths to find mine :O :( but i finaly have it :D:D yay!

[BarryBuchanan]

yay! my uncle said he will think bout sellling me his snare!! so ill have a 14" x 6" Blx Snare!! awsome :D ill keep u all posted!

[jamsjr44]

that is a classic HAIR BAND DRUMMER setup!! I love it!

[BarryBuchanan]

haha i have no idea what u meen hahah

[Jay.B.]

yay! my uncle said he will think bout sellling me his snare!! so ill have a 14" x 6" Blx Snare!! awsome :D ill keep u all posted!

Lets hope you get it dude, the 14" tom I thought I was getting fell through :-(

[Zildjian 242]

Looks good, now upgrade them cymbals

[jamsjr44]

haha i have no idea what u meen hahah

I mean alot of drummers from the 80's hair band music used setups similar to that, Carmine Apice, Tommy Aldrige and Tommy Lee(2) just to name a few. I also added your kit so you can see the similarities.

[BarryBuchanan]

ahhh if u wuda sed that man i wudna got u :P i didnt get the "headband" drummers but now i can c wat u meen..hair pushed back from face wid a sweat band or suming :P thanks n e way :) my kit looks funi against thouse others :S

[Fat S]

looking nice! i like the rack and the hi-hat clamp

[Jay.B.]

You got the kit dude, but does your hair match up to those other guys LOL

[emmerson]

with just the two rack set up it reminds me alot of mike wengrens setup

[BarryBuchanan]

yer its a common set up wid the second tom in the middle of the 2 bass drums..but it suits me!! i love it :D:D


and yes jb...my hair is shorter than the other guys :P

[Jay.B.]

haha yeah man, had a quick peek at your vid earlier.

did you get that BLX snare you thought you might be getting?

I finally got the 14" tom I was after, go check out the updated setup

[BarryBuchanan]

awsome man :D:D tht kits gona loook sweet!! u got a pic?

i havnt got the other snare and im not gona get it now cos i herd my snare miced up in a hall and it was 1 beast!!! :D:D:D piccalo all the way!

[Jay.B.]

get it anyway, use it as an auxilliary, or a spare or whatever LOL, you got the chance of an original BLX snare, get the dam thing whether you want to or not haha :-)

[BarryBuchanan]

haha true!!! i will keep tht in mind :P

2 snares mite look cool 2!

[BarryBuchanan]

Here i am playing the drums!! its not my kit its was the band supporting us' kit! (inspired my Jay B :P)

[Jay.B.]

look at that eh, not an ounce of fat on ya dude, unlike me, hiding my ever growing belly behind a shirt LOL

[BarryBuchanan]

haha i will have a belly 1 day!! just u wait! ill b a true drummer like the rest if u! :P

[Jay.B.]

No, don't get da belly LOL I'm trying so hard to get rid of mine (unsuccesfully I might add)

[Ulrich87]

No, don't get da belly LOL I'm trying so hard to get rid of mine (unsuccesfully I might add)

haha same here! I have an ever growing beer belly, and I tried getting rid of it for a full summer, but it didn't show any sign of giving up.. So now I have joined the rank of "drums with belly":p And I actually don't mind that much.

[BarryBuchanan]

haha well we can get away wid it!!

we r hidden behind our kits! we can stay beutiful :P if a singer gets belly all the girls go ..."ewww he has a beer belly!! lets go pull the drummer!" thts y drummers get the girls :P cos the rest of the band get beerbelly and r on show haha

[cdawg_2010]

hows that piccolo snare thats in the pic below? i like the way they sound but never really tried any. nice set up btw

[BarryBuchanan]

The picalo is lursh! reli firey crack sound!!

[BarryBuchanan]

Here are 2 pictures of my kit at a gig last night (11/8/06) sum idiotic singer in the band b4 used my rack 2 jump off which forced the whole kit forward 2wards their drummer and pushed all the tom angles away...so i didnt have time 2 get it perfect b4 we headlined grrrrrrrrrrr well enjoy!!!

[thefrankenator]

marry me?

my kit's got as many pieces but nowhere near the professional set up
plus who else plays a tama/pearl hybrid like mine?

have a looky at her
http://www.drummerworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8446

dont mind me i'll just sit here and drool on the keyboard

[Johnny from the block]

6" Paiste Chimey thing :P
14" zxt Hi-hats
14" Paiste 2002 hihats
16" Paiste 2002 Crash
16" ZXT Rock crash
18"ZXT rock crash
18"Paiste 505 China
20" Paiste 2002 Heavy ride



I've got the 14" paiste 2002 hihats too. How do you like 'em?
And how do you prefer the zxt's?

[BarryBuchanan]

well the pasite 2002 r nice and crisp

the zxt have a nice clean sound but sound cheap if u get me...they r a great buy for the money!! =D

[BarryBuchanan]

btw ive changed my set up a bit now... my 14" tom is now on the far right and the toms r set up as if i was to have 4 toms..if u get me

[Pearl_Drums_Fan]

Sick set-up!Add another floor-tom.18",and you'll be set for life.