Anybody ever seen this badge? I've got a chance to do some trade for my professional services for a kit with cymbals. The kit is a brown fiberglass, 13, 16, 22 with a 10-lug 14" snare and some Zildjians. Trying to date it, haven't been able to find it in the Pearl Catalogs.
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The "SEARCH" function on this site would have yielded you alot of good info on Pearl Presidents. They are my favorite of all vintage drumsets. I have two sets plus a bunch of restored orphans. In Japan they yield high resale values because people here have heard and played them- they are like Tempus in sound quality if you need a reference point. Super fine fiberglass shells with sharp bearing edges- bass drums and fts have rumbling lows- snares are crisp. In short- they are a real collector`s item and in some places valuable.
To answer your question- that badge puts it between 69-about 73. Show me the tom mount for a better year ID
In good cond- (disregarding the cymbals) the 4 piece President is worth about 450$ in the US - in Japan about 2x that.
Don't have tom mount pics, but it's a rail type mount, with a peg approx. 3/8 to 1/2 in diameter and a lug on the tom like a Ludwig 60's era with one set screw. I've just never seen the square badge.
