What model is my Pearl Export?

[philo1]

Okay so i have this Pearl Export, which actually is a 6 piece but i only have it set as a 4 piece in these photos.

What i want to know is if anyone would know what model or line of export these are??

I've tried to research them and i can't find what they are.. Please help..

http://i621.photobucket.com/albums/tt296/darragh123/DSCF0176.jpg

In this (bad) picture you can see that it simply says 'Export Series Pearl' it doesnt give any model name or number

http://i621.photobucket.com/albums/tt296/darragh123/DSCF0162.jpg

http://i621.photobucket.com/albums/tt296/darragh123/DSCF0161.jpg

Thanks, Darragh

[spirit]

HI- I think its around a 2004 model and it Elx....I may be wrong so correct me if any one knows better!

[Mikecore]

They are most likely next-to-last generation ELX from around late 1999 to 2001 (or later, I would have to really dig through my old catalogs to nail it down). The color suggests earlier production. This was the first Export in forever to switch to an individual lug format instead of the 3-pc. "long" lugs. The lugs themselves were demoted to Exports from the Session and Masters lines as improvements were made in those areas (the introduction of "bridge" lugs, I think). All of that changed with the final generation of Session and Export kits, which had the "split end" design.

All of that came to an end with the introduction of the Vision and Masters Custom series which use the "Reference knockoff" and plain-Jane Masters lugs respectively. The shells were significantly improved from the ELX to the Visions, so any VMX or VBX kit will be a good replacement if not better than the old Exports.

Bear in mind that most of this is "educated speculation" on my part, based on 12 years of Pearl ownership and a more or less constant interest in the development of the products over the years. Feel free to take it with a grain of salt (or a boulder of salt). There might be some tiny details that Pearl knows that I don't and then I'm just talking out of my boxers.

You're still kicking my kit's ass. I'm playing the previous generation "long-lug" Exports, which are due for a re-shelling soon.