both of my local pearl dealers had no clue

[DVCSPL]

i occasionally drop by both of the local drum shops around here.. ALL 2 OF THEM!! and both of them had no clue when i was talking about the Reference Series. They thought I was trying to explain about a new begginer kit and i explained its b/t the masters and the MW, and they still had no clue. 1of the 2 didnt even know what the MW were... but theyre stupid... i got in an arguement with one of the sales guys telling me that Taye drums were made by sonor... i corrected him with Ray Ayotte but he insisted Sonor, so I left... i hate stupid people like that... and people trust this guy.. NO GOOD.. he should get fired or learn product information before he bull****s his way through it. or at least tries.

but i got birmingham percussion figuring out what i was talking about, now they wanna get info. theyre a pearl dealer altho, the only thing they have in stock is pearl hardware. they had more freeaking gretsch drums than you could shake a stick at. and taye.. and like 100 cb kits stacked up for 450 each.. haha... poopoo. so maybe these local birminghamians can finally get a taste of the reference. i ordered a white pearl masters logo head to go on my ocean sparkle today.. should look *****in' ill post pics when i get it in 4-6months :)

[isaacledley]

SOunds like it will look pretty snazzy:D

So, you can only get pearl hardwear?:p hah. Damn special orders!

I have a shop like the one with lots of CB kits... except, they stock EVERYTHING i don't like much. They didn't have 8d vic-firth, they only have a limited range of sabian, aquarian heads and only 6 snares. On top of that, they only stock gretch (sp?) mapex and Tama! Oh, and Ashton...don't get me started on ashton...

[chilipeppermaniac]

I have a Pearl Dealer near me too, but he is a local shop that is designated by Pearl as a non Masters dealer. He can sell Exports and Forums but no Masters etc. So maybe your dealer is in a similar status with Pearl so he doesn't bother to know anything about the high end Pearl gear

[Jonathan_M]

DVCSPL,

I live up north of you just outside of Huntsville. Believe me, it's worth the drive up to Nashville to Fork's Drum Closet and Guitar Center... places that actually stock higher-end drums/cymbals/accessories/etc.

The music stores in my area are great... if you play in a high-school band.

[Sushi-Inspector]

.. haha... poopoo.


I just laughed at that :(

[DVCSPL]

i know i have been to forks several times, thats where i bought my green signia's and i bought a set of ludwig classic maple that i still have. i got it for 500 buckerroos. 16x24, 9x13, 16x16. bass drum=cannon. i also got my double pedal there..w00t

[yourpointis]

yeah I had to go on the pearl site and show the old guys at a store here in winnipeg. Except that they were like yeah gretsch figured that out long time ago

[Kyrael]

Alabama drummers unite! I'm up in Guntersville, about 30 minutes away from H'ville. Have you tried Nuncie's in Birmingham yet? I've heard nothing but great things about them, and from the looks of it, they deal with a lot of drums. Other than that, I have no clue where to look for em at. The only place I have around here is BnC Music, and they want a little too much for their stuff... I'm not gonna pay 1800 for a set of Sessions if you know what I mean?

[DVCSPL]

KYRAEL... nuncies is BANKRUPT!! theyve been going out of business since arts music shop opened up... arts sucks a dingdong!! gary, the manager from nuncies is still a close personal friend of my family we always go to his house and what not and he comes over for dinner and what not and go check out shows and stuff like that. he has over 400 drum kits nand 1400 snares. he has the largest ludwig drum collection in the world. hence, he is the spokesman for ludwig drums... i love going to his house...mmmm DRUMS WALL TO WALL

[DVCSPL]

just got word from gary, nuncies shut theyre doors on the 1st of feb. its a damn shame, one good shop, in the whole city. destroyed by a ****ty shop that caters toward low end stuff. theyres only one highend carrier in bham now, Bham percussion. if i want anything besides taye, gretsch or pearl, i have to either travel 260 miles, or just go to forks which is 220... i choose forks, plus those guys are killer up theyre and i love looking at the used stuff.

[drummer111]

the only pearl dealer around me is guitar center so im set

[JPitts901]

I'm from the decatur area, about 60 milres north of Birmingham and 30 mile west of Huntsville. Have you guys tried Railroad Bazaar in HSV?? I personally know the store manager at the store in decatur and he says he can get order them for me. As far as the drums being in stock i have no idea where to find that.

[drummer111]

this reminds me about a music store i went to and i was checking out there new kits and i clearly saw that the bearing edges were doo doo so i told one of the guys there that whats up with the drums and he tells me this " what do you expect for 800+ dollars" and i was dude i got a pearl export for 800 brand new with stands and he was well did you know that alot of the stuff guitar center sells is used and i was like yeah because they buy used stuff , and then he tells me and "did you also know that they also sell reconstructed things" amd i told him yeah dude i know and then he tells me that they also sell reconstructed drums and i almost laughed in his face but i didnt because i knew this dude for a couple of years. but its funny because everytime i go there i end up teaching these 2 dudes about how drumheads have different sounds and different textures its funny to go there

[Tay]

Someone mentioned Fork's Drum Closet earlier, and I agree it would be worth the drive. I was on vacation in nashville, and me and my dad went over to Corner Music. We didnt know about Fork's so to my surprise as we left Corner, Forks was right next door. Dude at Corner said that the owners had a fight, so one of them broke away and decided to sell drums exclusively. I wont go in depth, but funny story. Anyway, Forks is a great place, the guys in there are some of the nicest I've met, and helped me with everything. They even got to play the Bonham Vistalite set when I was in there. Prices are insane too, they sell drum heads 50 cents per inch. Snare heads cost like 7 bucks. AWESOME!!!!! Does anyone know if they have a website...??? Can someone post a link if they do... thanks...

[¿umop apisdn]

i think it's silly that your complaining about only having 2 drums shops near you. i have one and they only rep gibraltar, yamaha, gretsch, tama, zildjian and sabian so you shut up!

[Ciaran]

so maybe these local birminghamians can finally get a taste of the reference.

Its Brummie...

[tucker8687]

Try living in Selma... I just order everything online.

[DVCSPL]

www.forksdrumcloset.com

[.homer.]

SOunds like it will look pretty snazzy:D

So, you can only get pearl hardwear?:p hah. Damn special orders!

I have a shop like the one with lots of CB kits... except, they stock EVERYTHING i don't like much. They didn't have 8d vic-firth, they only have a limited range of sabian, aquarian heads and only 6 snares. On top of that, they only stock gretch (sp?) mapex and Tama! Oh, and Ashton...don't get me started on ashton...

you're in sydney? whereabouts in sydney is that store? i've heard the billy hydes in surry hills is HUGE.

btw. what does CB stand for?

[Kyrael]

OMG... Nuncies went oob... I think Imma scream... that was the most awesome place I'd heard of... grr.....

[deathscent]

rofl, this topic gave me ideas. i told my band i'll side step from the hotel we're staying at right now (we're on a small venue tour :D), and i decided to stop by the shops and ask them this question. only two shops, out of probably in and around eighteen shops said that they've heard of them. one of them said it rang a bell, then he said he was thinking of another COMPANY. i started laughing then walked out of the store. this proves that a lot of stores probably aren't ready to handle the hardcore drummers. and this makes you think; can you REALLY trust a store that doesn't know what's going on?

[satan40oz]

I live at the bottom of the state . We have done here a Guitar Center ( Great bunch of guys that work there , they know just about everything ) MMI , M& S Music , Music Exchange ( this place is a rip off ) and Andy 's Music . Andy 's ( the local Pearl superstore ) prices are real too high , the people who work there are really stuck up , don't want you to touch anything , and have no idea about what they are talking about ! I went in there one time and there was a ride I 've been wanting , I ask the sales clerk for a stick , he asked what for ? He told told me that you can't hit the cymbals , how am i going tell if i like the cymbal or not idiot !!! 00**

[DVCSPL]

Yea... If i'm gonna buy something, or even think about buying it, I damn well wanna play on it. ********