Ladies and gentlemen...my VLX [Archive]

The Dorian

05-21-2007, 04:32 PM

After playing with a Forum for 6 years, I finally upgraded.

Please hold all comments on cymbals and heads.

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Dee

05-21-2007, 04:33 PM

Thats better... very nice mate!

Chief Pronto

05-21-2007, 04:34 PM

awesome dude! like the colour!

The Dorian

05-21-2007, 04:40 PM

Lol sorry. The website's messing up for me. I'm getting more.

skywalker2

05-21-2007, 04:48 PM

i cant see a thing!??!!

The Dorian

05-21-2007, 04:53 PM

There. They're all up...I'm not sure why you can't see anything.

skywalker2

05-21-2007, 05:01 PM

me neither, i'll check at work tomorrow, i'm sure it looks great!

StUkAx

05-21-2007, 05:10 PM

Congratulations!!

very nice Kit!

What can you say for the 900 bass drum pedal?
is beter than the P-120?

ConvertedLudwigPLayer

05-21-2007, 05:20 PM

Looks great! Congrats on a beautiful kit.

ntime

05-21-2007, 06:07 PM

Very nice and congratulations! Amber Fade looks great with chrome hardware.

weldrum

05-21-2007, 06:08 PM

Looks good enough to eat!! I thought you were gettig ruby fade?
EDIT: WHAT'S WITH THE CYMBALS!?!?

Against

05-21-2007, 06:08 PM

Congratulations!!

very nice Kit!

What can you say for the 900 bass drum pedal?
is beter than the P-120?

I'd also like to know this.

Against

05-21-2007, 06:10 PM

Btw sick kit brawww. I love amber fade.

The Dorian

05-21-2007, 06:52 PM

Thanks for the compliments everyone!

I also love the Amber Fade with chrome hardware. Black hardware makes it look cheaper in my opinion.

I haven't noticed much of a difference between the 900 pedal and the P-120. To be honest I've only used a P-120 like 3 times, so I'm not the best person to compare the two, but they're pretty similar.

The Dorian

05-21-2007, 06:54 PM

Looks good enough to eat!! I thought you were gettig ruby fade?
EDIT: WHAT'S WITH THE CYMBALS!?!?

Nope, I chose Amber Fade. I remember someone else on this section of the forum getting Ruby Fade though. I think you got us mixed up.

Got_Milk

05-21-2007, 07:09 PM

Stevie D

05-21-2007, 07:10 PM

Wow, very classy. rep rep rep.

The Dorian

05-21-2007, 07:17 PM

Dude, how does it sound? I'm interested in getting 10, 12, 14 (floor), and 16 (floor). That looks like a 14 floor, and I haven't heard much about how they sound. I've heard the 16s are thunderous, but how is the 14? Is it 8 ply? How about the rest of the kit? Looks awesome!

It sounds amazing. It's VERY similar to the now "old" SBX's. I still have the ProTones on it, and I got it sounding VERY good. My floor tom is 14". I intended on getting the 10" 12" 16" configuration, but I simply couldn't wait for one to get up on Ebay so I kind of "settled" for the 14".

But the 14" isn't messing around. It has plenty of power to stand alone, and goes great with the 16". I'd say you can't go wrong getting both. I'm still not sure if it's 6 ply or 8 ply (I'm not good a reading bearing edges), but it IS a floor tom, and they say the floor toms are 8 ply.

The Dorian

05-21-2007, 07:18 PM

Wow, very classy. rep rep rep.

Thanks!

RUSSH

05-21-2007, 07:22 PM

Very nice! :eek:

I could say that if I was going to buy a VLX, I would choose the same color :D

The Dorian

05-21-2007, 07:23 PM

Very nice! :eek:

I could say that if I was going to buy a VLX, I would choose the same color :D

Thanks. I'm in love with Amber Fade. Nice Vintage Fade you got there. :rolleyes:

fake.blood

05-21-2007, 07:26 PM

awesome kit, love that finish

kari_convention

05-21-2007, 09:37 PM

awesome Vision!!! the finish is simply stunning. Can you take a pic of closer look on the finish?
thx!!

CatBoy75

05-21-2007, 10:25 PM

It's so beautiful!

Genius Switch

05-22-2007, 01:29 AM

amazing looking drums. I'm heavily debating a vision myself.

U2Johnny

05-22-2007, 04:41 AM

nova

05-22-2007, 06:05 AM

Looking good!! Nice kit!!!!

RUSSH

05-22-2007, 06:25 AM

Thanks. I'm in love with Amber Fade. Nice Vintage Fade you got there. :rolleyes:
Thanks...I was also never a fan of the Amber Fade with black hardware. I'm glad they went back to chrome hardware.

The Dorian

05-22-2007, 08:42 AM

Thanks everyone.

awesome Vision!!! the finish is simply stunning. Can you take a pic of closer look on the finish?
thx!!

I'll take some close-ups of the finish maybe tonight.

The Dorian

05-22-2007, 08:45 AM

Beautiful kit! At first I thought Amber fade would look sort of plain without the black hardware, but it's still beautiful. How is a bass pedal and hi hat stand? Also, WHATS WITH THE CYMBALS AND HEADS?!?!?!?!

I actually always thought the black hardware made the Amber Fade look lame. I'm not a big fan of black hardware. To me it looks like more of a "toy" than a pro drum kit. I was so happy when I found out about the VLXs having Amber Fade with chrome hardware.

The bass pedal is ok, it gets the job done. Nothing outstanding, but nothing bad. But I really love the hi-hat stand. It feels real nice and is built real sturdy.

24K gold

05-22-2007, 09:20 AM

Hey, How does the snare drum sound?

Jeffrey.

05-22-2007, 11:02 AM

that is absolutely gorgeous!! congrats man!

skywalker2

05-22-2007, 11:32 AM

Energygreg

05-22-2007, 12:29 PM

holy jeeeez nice kit

Hilbert

05-22-2007, 12:39 PM

Genius Switch

05-22-2007, 08:31 PM

could somebody post the pictures in the thread instead of having to use imageshack.

Danuk

05-23-2007, 05:06 AM

Looks sweet man!

skywalker2

05-23-2007, 06:38 AM

could somebody post the pictures in the thread instead of having to use imageshack.

PLEASE DO THIS!!! IT WOULD BE SO MUCH EASIER!

ConvertedLudwigPLayer

05-23-2007, 03:58 PM

Be loud, be proud, and show off those badges. Your ISS mounts are hiding the badges.

The Dorian

05-23-2007, 04:07 PM

Damnit! I dunno what is with the computers i have been on lately!

Drummerman i'm sure the kit is sexy, i just want to behold the sexiness! stupid machines. I"ll let you know when i actually see it!

To voice what 24k said: how does the snare sound? and does the hi hat stand feel noticably beefier than the old 800 series on the exports?
The snare sounds great and the 900 hi-hat stand feels great. It's noticeably sturdier than the 800 and it responds really well. I'm impressed with the way it feels.

The Dorian

05-23-2007, 04:10 PM

Hey congrats, it looks real nice! I get this drumset to also in this colours! But it looks really strong, esspecially the red colour. Is this in reality also??

Thanks

Hilbert

Sorry for my bad english...

I don't understand your English...

If you're asking if the VLX comes in Ruby Fade, yes.

The Dorian

05-23-2007, 04:15 PM

Be loud, be proud, and show off those badges. Your ISS mounts are hiding the badges.

I love the badges, but I love the finish more. I just like the look of the front, most visible part of the tom with alot of shell showing.

I don't like how the badges are like half-visible though. I'm probably gonna move them to where they're facing me.

MattKeaton

05-23-2007, 08:17 PM

Yuummmmmm :D
There isn't anything wrong with those heads. I've got them on one of my kits, they are far better than the single ply ones.

SLIPKNOT1

05-23-2007, 09:53 PM

Totally Beautiful!

All-American Drummer

05-24-2007, 12:21 AM

Nice color, but I hate how pearl only gives you a few colors to choose from when they have other colors...why can't you just have any color from the list?

Hilbert

05-24-2007, 03:42 AM

I don't understand your English...

If you're asking if the VLX comes in Ruby Fade, yes.

What I meant was, the colours on your drumset are really strong. It is not like this, your drums has to much red.

http://www.pearldrummersforum.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=278971&stc=1

I don't know how to say it, but your drums are really deep orange and red. And the drums on this pic are much softer.

Hope you understand me now.

Thanks

Hilbert

The Dorian

05-24-2007, 06:24 AM

Matt - Yeah, I was actually a bit impressed with the 2-ply protones. It's definately a notable upgrade from the 1-ply.

Slip - Thanks!

All-American - The Visions are still brand new, and Pearl will probably expand the finish choices later down the road. It's not that easy to offer "every" color they have. That would completey change everything about their process of making them. And I wouldd think that the more finishes there are, the less efficiently they're made.

Hilbert - I think I get what you're saying. My orange and red are alot more "brighter", but in that picture, it blends and fades more nicely. That's actually because of the flash on my camera. When I'm looking at my drums, they look like the ones in that picture, real smooth. But when the camera flashes, they look really bright. And if I take the flash off, it's too dark to see them. I'll probably get some outdoor pics later down the road. That way they'll be lit up, but not by the camera flash.

Hilbert

05-24-2007, 02:55 PM

thanks that was what I meant. But now,you say it is the flash that cause the bright colour. Now I know I don't have to worry.

Hilbert

xwestcoast

05-24-2007, 04:50 PM

nice set................it rocks!

declol

05-25-2007, 06:06 AM

yer it's sweet. i have a taiwanese steel sensitone. how does it compare??? Cheers

The Dorian

05-25-2007, 06:21 AM

Thanks guys. I think the Vision Sensitone is just a tad thinner than the others, but it sounds very similar.

Eric

05-26-2007, 09:34 AM

The word that comes to mind is AWESOME. ENJOY !!!!

CatBoy75

05-28-2007, 08:09 AM

The Pro Tone heads that come with the Visions aren't that bad. I've played them a few times and they're way better than the single ply heads that come stock on a lot of kits. Of course, you're probably going to be changing them pretty quickly anyways, but still not a bad "out of the box" head.

RemoNico

05-28-2007, 09:06 AM

Beautiful finish mate:D

Visions are great drums.

Congrats and Enjoy!

Cheers!

Traveling Storyteller

05-28-2007, 10:33 AM

Birch and basswood, right? Interesting combo.

Very nice kit. Any chance of getting some audio samples?

The Dorian

05-28-2007, 01:56 PM

I'm really impressed with the 2 ply ProTones. I got my set sounding really nice with them. The drums exceeded my expectations already even with the ProTones.

I can't get any audio samples soon. My old Forum is at my friends house where we record, and I'm scared of leaving my Vision over there. Sometime this summer, I'll record with them. Maybe in the next few weeks, but maybe in the next few months. I guess I'll just have to wait and see.

skywalker2

05-29-2007, 10:41 AM

finally saw your kit drummerman! it looks great, has a lot more red in the fade than i thought it would, or what other pearl pics of this finish would insinuate!

Parky500

05-29-2007, 01:19 PM

Thats a mint kit! treat it well!

kayaun

11-21-2007, 02:17 PM

Sorry to bump this thread back to life, but that is one beautiful kit! Amber Fade looks so much better with chrome hardware.

The Dorian

11-21-2007, 03:11 PM

Sorry to bump this thread back to life, but that is one beautiful kit! Amber Fade looks so much better with chrome hardware.

Thanks. Amen to Amber Fade with chrome hardware.

BRX rad

11-21-2007, 03:19 PM

awesome kit man

Genius Switch

03-11-2009, 10:43 AM

BUMP! Just had to say those look really great. Also a few weeks back I was at Guitar Center just messing around with all the pedals on their little demo/practice pad display. I have to say the P-900 felt incredibly smooth and fast, even compared to the high end pedals next to it. I was very impressed. GREAT PEDAL!

Jutt8

03-11-2009, 12:27 PM

I love your kit---looks great!

The Dorian

03-11-2009, 01:51 PM

AH! My thread's been bumped.

These pictures are so outdated! I have an ICON rack, Pearl Eliminator, Optimounts, 2.3 batter hoops, and all sorts of new cymbals. For those of you that didn't see my other thread, I just bought a VSX shellpack with sizes that are more to my liking. I'll take new pictures of both kits when the VSX comes in.