I need help.Obviously. I am in need in a ton of space saving and easy travels and whatnot. I want a rack.

I was wondering how the pearl dr-80 is because its very cheap and would fit well in me budget.

I am lookin to put 4 toms 3 crashs 3 chinas and a ride on it.

Toms are birch in fusion sizes and crashes are large. Chinas are small and ride is 20".

Think i should go for it?








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"I never said that gear makes the player...I just wanted to exploit the other side of the argument."

I would go with the ICON. Used to have one, I really dug it. Solid as hell, easily adjustable. You can find them for a fair price if you look in the right places.








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Rob the Drummer wrote:

I would go with the ICON. Used to have one, I really dug it. Solid as hell, easily adjustable. You can find them for a fair price if you look in the right places.

+1

u need a sick rack to go with ur sick gear.








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DW drums and hardware
Sabian, Paiste and, of course, SALUDA cymbals
Aquarian drum heads

personally i lioke gibraltar racks. but thats just me








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Rob the Drummer wrote:

I would go with the ICON. Used to have one, I really dug it. Solid as hell, easily adjustable. You can find them for a fair price if you look in the right places.

Thanks man. I think i'm just gonna try the DR-80 and see if it'll hold up for a while. Theres plenty of drummers around here so i could easily sell it if i dont want it anymore.

Have u guys heard of www.drumsonsale.com ???

BEST SITE! Not a wide selection but they have some great gear for low prices there. Including the DR-80 and the ICON racks.








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Drums are fun, cars are sick, music is great, and life is alright.

"I never said that gear makes the player...I just wanted to exploit the other side of the argument."

yep, been goin there for a while. excellent site, if only they had more selection!








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Chuck Norris dosen't go to hell. hell goes to Chuck Norris

DW drums and hardware
Sabian, Paiste and, of course, SALUDA cymbals
Aquarian drum heads

I've been using my rack tama and so far it's been an awesome experience.








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Born to Drum.

I bought a Pearl rack and brought it back and bought a Gibraltar and have been extremely happy with it for 3 years.








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racefan33 wrote:

I bought a Pearl rack and brought it back and bought a Gibraltar and have been extremely happy with it for 3 years.

Thats no help whatsoever








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Drums are fun, cars are sick, music is great, and life is alright.

"I never said that gear makes the player...I just wanted to exploit the other side of the argument."

i think guibraltar racks are better. you can beat the shit out of trhem and they last forever








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Howepirate wrote:

racefan33 wrote:

I bought a Pearl rack and brought it back and bought a Gibraltar and have been extremely happy with it for 3 years.

Thats no help whatsoever

Let me elaborate.

Problems for the Pearl Rack:
1. Too heavy
2. Feet are not adustable for depth. With the Gibraltar you can side the feet forward/back to accomodate how the weight is distributed on your setup.
3. Square tubing doesn't allow you to set a piece at an angle out of nessicity or creatively for look
4. End clamps tie you to putting the legs at the ends of the racks. Gibraltar clamps can slide the legs to anywere on the rack.
5. Straight main rack sections put the corners far away from you. Gibraltar offers straight and curved main sections so your set up is closer to you.

Unless Pearl Drums is a sponsor of yours and are giving you some kind of discount there is no need for you to be tied to using a Pearl rack. I have played Pearl drums since I started playing drums and I think Pearl hardware is great, but their rack pales in comparison to the Gibraltar.

Trust me. The rack I used in this picture is just collecting dust in my garage. I tried upgrading to the ICON rack and ended up with the Gibraltar.
http://a923.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/112/l_36a83b3c2494d2364d103346f18b1c22.jpg








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yeah, racefan hit it on the head, pearl racks just arwent too grewat, i have 2 gibratar rackas and i love them, one fo them is over 10 years old and is in perfect condition, just doesnt shine lik eit used to








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my pearl rack has been working great for me for id say 2-3 years now. my only problem with it is how heavy it is. but think about it. 3 sided metal rack with 4 legs and hardware all over it. its bound to get heavy. without the hardware its not that heavy at all. i used to put it up on stage by myself before people started offering to help me. i dont even use the feet anymore because they just got in the way of trying to maneuver it around my drums. but if i had the shorter feet i think i would use them.








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