Romulus, I think that you are full of crap. Your foolish assumptions might be more correct after all of us drummers born before 1980 have died off. The word "pearl" was a very widely used descriptive term for the various types of plastic wrap material applied to the drum shells. Then, the Japanese-based stencil brand drum company decided to hijack that term for their company's name. The word "g-a-y" was used for many decades as a great word for happiness in hundreds of songs. It is now rarely used in new songs unless those songs reference h-o-m-o-sexuality. Much in that same way, "pearl" as a descriptive word for drum covering is no longer in common usage. Damn! The forum won't even let me post those two words without hyphenating them to get around the censoring filter..
What the hell are you rambling about now?
Your post tells me your late for your meds.
Pearl has been around for 75 years, Katsumi, who gained recognition for his craftsmanship, was beckoned to make affordable outfits; and as expected, he did a helluva a job using luan and poplar.
Maybe if you stop fruitless soul searching, you’d be a lot better off than trying to bypass a censor filter in the forum with nothing to offer in the manner of context decency within your own thread - as well as averting a product by where it’s manufactured from.
Just looked at DW’s site they have some Pearl finishes, Sonor as well, Ludwig’s site they offer Classic Olive Pearl.
Your position is a load of crap.
