Hi fellas, these are two Pearl snares I got recently. One of them is a Jupiter (got this one a month or so ago) and the other one is a B-414D (got it this week).

The Jupiter is in rather poor condition, lots of rust pitting on the hardware and shell (if that makes sense), when I got it the mechanism wasn't working but I took it all apart, cleaned it and it worked fine again. I got it for €100, being in player's condition I thought it was an OK deal. The shell was hard to clean, I took the clear lacquer off to clean it as much as I could by hand as I don't have a buffer of anything like that in the house. It seems it used to be COB but not so sure.

The B-414D on the other hand is in good condition. I think it came original with Power Hoops and the top hoop was swapped with a die cast. I took all the hardware off and I noticed the drum was dropped a few times, there were dents on both sides where the mechanism meets the shell, and the bottom hoop is out of round. Other than that it's perfect, the shell is very neat for almost 30 years old and the hardware is also pretty clean, almost no rust pitting whatsoever. Got this one for €150, I think it's a pretty good deal.

I would like to hear your opinions on these snares, value wise etc.

And yes they sound amazing! I'm very happy to own them.