New guy, here's my Reference

[heshben]

Hi all, I just registered here so I thought I would start off by posting photos of my kit. I'm not that good at taking photos so bear with me. It is a Pearl Reference in Root Beer Fade.

10x8, 12x9, 14x11 and 20x16 kick
14x5.5 maple Masters Customs Snare
20" Sabian AA Ride
14" Zildjian New beats
12" Zildjian A Splash
16" Sabian AA Crash
17" Zidljian A Crash

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[helton brazil]

Ohhh my god!!!

That Pearl is very beautiful.... that beautiful color!!!

Hugs

[Adam B]

I'm really beginning to love the look of a fiberskin reso head on a bass drum. How does it sound?

[heshben]

I'm really beginning to love the look of a fiberskin reso head on a bass drum. How does it sound?

It really opened up the kick alot. The kick being 20" it obviously had a lot of punch, but I think the stock reso and Super Kick II had too much muffling. It sounds so much bigger now too.

[zambizzi]

Beauty! I recently picked up a Reference kit (Granite Sparkle) and I'm convinced these are the best drums on the market, today.

The bass drum just *plows* through anything and the tone of these drums is incredibly sweet.

I'm inspired to get a Fiberskyn for my kick now.

Great gear! Enjoy!

[RollingStone000]

Damn son... cleeeean! She's a real beauty. I like the cymbals setup as well, looks like you don't need to reach too far. Although I'm curious about your rack toms. Does it feel odd at all when doing a steady roll from snare down all of the toms? Seems like you'd have to go left and then cut right quick. Very nice though.

[heshben]

Damn son... cleeeean! She's a real beauty. I like the cymbals setup as well, looks like you don't need to reach too far. Although I'm curious about your rack toms. Does it feel odd at all when doing a steady roll from snare down all of the toms? Seems like you'd have to go left and then cut right quick. Very nice though.

I actually never got too used to that, so this weekend I was able to tighten everything up a bit and now the 12" is over the kick more.

[Meat the beat]

Nice Kit Mate, love the Bass drum head too, got Fybers on my old Gretsch, Great choice.
Enjoy you time here at the forum.

[Deathmetalconga]

Very beautiful set. I like how you have economized your cymbals and stands, so you have fewer stands and can show off the great finish.