Cakco Drums
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Hey guys. After a thread of help and some annoying research, I have discovered that these drums are not the DX or DLX that I was told, but are in fact of Pearl's WX "World-Series", from the late 80's.
The shells are 7-ply Birch, Mahogany, and Super Lamin. They were originally a solid white wrap (which can be seen on the hoops still because I like the look), but I chose to wrap a blue sparkle-brite film over top of the white. This is not real drum wrap, but looks just as good, if not more reflective of light. It's only flaw is that, once tensioned up, some slight bubbling occurs, which have to be pin-pricked and smoothed out. I am still on the search for a sealant that will perfect this method, as the wraps are very cheap, decently durable and can just be put on over the old wrap.
I bought this "Pearl DLX" kit (as I was told), for $250. That was just for the 22" 10-lug bass, a 14" x 14" (unoriginal, essentially crap-wood with extra holes), and an 18" kick. The 18" and 22" were both original, so $250 isn't such a bad deal = $125 per drum.
I had a 13" x 10" tom from a lot of shells and drum stuff I bought, with what appears to be a maple shell, lacquered on the inside. It looked very similar to the wood and grain of the (later discovered to be) WX kit, so I wrapped it to match, put on the hardware from the crappy large tom, and here it is with a 14" x 5.5" all-maple-shell Pearl Free-Floating snare, and a needing-to-be-replaced floor-tom head.
The shells are 7-ply Birch, Mahogany, and Super Lamin. They were originally a solid white wrap (which can be seen on the hoops still because I like the look), but I chose to wrap a blue sparkle-brite film over top of the white. This is not real drum wrap, but looks just as good, if not more reflective of light. It's only flaw is that, once tensioned up, some slight bubbling occurs, which have to be pin-pricked and smoothed out. I am still on the search for a sealant that will perfect this method, as the wraps are very cheap, decently durable and can just be put on over the old wrap.
I bought this "Pearl DLX" kit (as I was told), for $250. That was just for the 22" 10-lug bass, a 14" x 14" (unoriginal, essentially crap-wood with extra holes), and an 18" kick. The 18" and 22" were both original, so $250 isn't such a bad deal = $125 per drum.
I had a 13" x 10" tom from a lot of shells and drum stuff I bought, with what appears to be a maple shell, lacquered on the inside. It looked very similar to the wood and grain of the (later discovered to be) WX kit, so I wrapped it to match, put on the hardware from the crappy large tom, and here it is with a 14" x 5.5" all-maple-shell Pearl Free-Floating snare, and a needing-to-be-replaced floor-tom head.
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