The Pacific CX series drums are maple shelled drums and are the exact same shells that DW used in their drum lines at that time. They used cheaper lugs and hardware for the Pacific drums and they were assembled in Mexico to cut costs. I have played on CX drums before and they are great drums, however the set that I played did not have the original snare so I haven't heard the snare drum but the toms and bass drum sounded great. I'm sure the snare would be just as good and for that price I don't see how you could go wrong. Only thing that I would be unsure of though is that the CX series were wrapped shells and not lacquered so has the wrap been removed and the drum painted?

Hello bp350... and Welcome to the forum! human71 (Rob), good to hear from you!

bp350 is correct. The PDP CX series used all-maple shells with covered wraps. To lower costs, a new lug was used, but still had the Tru-Pitch nut and tension rods. The strainer was a nice die-cast unit. Tuned up with pro heads and it's a great sounding snare drum!

Also, are you sure it's a CX and not an LX snare drum? All CX drums were covered and LX drums were lacquered. There was also a MX series, which were lacquered drums with a matte finish.

-Mark