Maple vs Mahogany on Toms? Pearl Masterworks 12" Tom Comparison

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Maple vs. mahogany? What about the Pearl Reference kit that combines some mahogany with maple? I ordered my Masterworks kit in basically Reference specs (see full specs below) with the 6-12" toms all having mahogany on the inner 2 plys as well.

Here’s a side by side comparison thru Audix D2 Tom mics – with and without EQ.

The Masterworks Tom is 12x8.5, 8 ply thin (7.2mm) with the 2 inner plys being mahogany (1.8mm) and Pearl Superhoops. The Pearl Masters Tom is 12x9 6 ply maple (MRX) with die cast hoops. Both have clear ambassadors on top (the MRX has the ambsassador I just pulled off of the Masterworks, not too worn out) and Masterworks also has clear amb on bottom while MRX has Remo ebony on bottom.

I cut this song using Audix mics, a Presonus Audiobox 1818vsl interface with a slaved off Digimax D8 for 16 channels of pure bliss!

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~Jeff Wald~

Video recorded with a Zoom Q4 video camera (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00GWDCA8E/?...)

Pearl Masterworks specs:

The kit is basically in Pearl Reference Specs except all have at least 2 plies of mahogany on the inside (which is stained red) and adding 4 plies w/ the floor and even more mahogany with the Gong & kicks. The rest of the plies in each are maple except for the snare.

Toms – Audix D2s on all toms
6x7" Rack Tom
8x7.25" Rack Tom
10x7.75" Rack Tom
12X8.5" Rack Tom
13x9.5" Rack Tom on left

Floor Toms– Audix D4s on all floor toms
14x13" Floor Tom
16x15" Floor Tom

14x5.75" Snare. 10 ply - 2 inner birch, 7 maple, outer bubinga. It also has the triple snare throw off. This thing looks amazing and lets you choose 3 different 6 strand snares allowing you to mix and match all of them.
Audix i5

20x15" Gong Drum – 8 ply. All mahogany except the bubinga on the outside. Finish is a fade from the head down instead of the burst like the rest b/c of it being single headed
Audix D6

22x17 kicks. 10 plies – 6 inner are mahogany - BOOM!! The outer 3 plies are maple and the outside bubinga.
Audix D6s on both
Audix ADX51 overheads, and Audix F15 on hi-hat.

Heads:
Clear ambassadors on tops & bottoms of all drums and gong drum
Clear PS3s on kick batters
CS Black Dot on snare

For complete specs of the kit and a tour, see my video:    • Jeff Wald - Tour of Pearl Masterworks Red ...