Marvin "Smitty" Smith Leaves Pearl Drums?!

[CLWarunki]

A drummer friend of mine told me the other day that Smitty Smith has left Pearl drums. Apperantly he wanted engraved S's on his signature snare when it was made and Pearl woulden't do that for him. Now they have the new Joey Jordison signature snare with HUGE engraved S's (the Slipknot logo) - I guess this was the straw that broke the camel's back. Can anyone confirm this?

Smitty is a deadly player and I think he has been with Pearl from the start. I'd take this question to the Pearl board, but I like to steer clear of that place [img]tongue.gif[/img]

[funkycarnivore]

Some guy over there confirmed that this was true.

http://209.25.203.234/showthread.php?t=77581

<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ March 25, 2005 07:22 PM: Message edited by: the grove ]</font>

[drummin1]

It's true...my Pearl rep informed me of this a couple of weeks ago. Apparently not a very pretty separation either. There's more to it than S's on the snare.

[CLWarunki]

Ooh, well then let us have the juicy gossip!

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[Derek DeFields]

Smitty is a killer player but I've seen him a number of times in L.A. and not once was he playing Pearl drums.

I'm sure companies will be fighting to associate themselves with him. Great player.

[screemnjay]

Dood has and will play anything...even Buzins.

[PocketPlayer]

Where in LA Derek? If you're up (any other LA HOD'ers) for seeing live gig next week let me know.

[Randy walker]

Derek, myself, T-Bo and Steve saw him at the Spud last year and he was plyaing a yellow Buzin kit.

[Groovemeister]

I'm glad he left Pearl.

I would never even consider playing their drums, at any price...

MP

[troutbrooke]

Originally posted by Randy Walker:
Pearl are not bad drums, I have heard some great sounding kits. Better then Tama IMO.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I think it's pretty hard to find bad drums from any manufacturer these days. Even the budget lines these days sound better than the top of line from 20 years ago.