Musikmesse 2011 is held in Frankfurt am Main, Germany from today until April 9, 2011.

Masters Premium Legends series
For more than two decades, the Pearl Masters sound has been heard on countless recordings and in the world’s top recording studios. The Masters sound is synonymous with legendary drummers like Jeff Porcaro, Dennis Chambers, Ian Paice and many others. The Pearl Masters Premium series offer the discerning player precision, beauty, innovation and options.

Masters Premium of 2011 is available in two sonically enhanced shell sets giving drummers worldwide a choice of either a focused 4 ply Maple shell or an open full toned 6 ply Maple shell. While MMP drums use a rotating combination of both 1.6mm and .9mm wood plies in its shell construction, the all new Masters Premium Legend uses only .9mm thick plies in its construction.

The new Legend series is a direct reaction to the constant demands from the drummers of today wanting more tone, more warmth and more flexibility in today’s ever changing recording environment.

Both the MMP and the new Legend series feature upgraded low mass aluminium Opti-Mounts, Masterworks / Reference bass drum spurs, bass drum claws, floor tom legs and leg brackets.

Fat Tone Hoops
Masters Legend Series includes Pearl's Fat Tone Hoops on all toms and floor toms. These hoops feature Pearl's exclusive hemmed and welded edge resulting in a hoop that is both lightweight and strong to further promote maximum resonance.

Masters Legend snare drums also feature Pearl’s premium low-mass swivel tube lugs that assure perfect tension rod to lug alignment along with Pearl’s innovative Golden-Ratio air vents for improved low end response on toms and bass drums and improved attack on snare drums. All shells are constructed using Pearl’s exclusive SST Superior Shell Technology manufacturing process.

Reference Pure extension
Pearl Drums is proud to present Reference Pure, the most resonant professional series drumset available in the market- perfect for the recording environment and environments where the ultimate near field response is required. Reference Pure is an extension of Pearl’s original Reference series that features individually engineered, incredible sounding drums, perfect for live performance with incredible projection.

Reference Pure utilizes a low-mass concept to achieve the ultimate pure tone. Pearl’s new Low-Mass STL swivel tube lugs and new low-mass Fat Tone Hoops encourage the heads and shells to their fullest resonance and tone.

The same blending Reference Recipe is used on Reference Pure taking full advantage of three different wood types, plies, and bearing edges for each individual drum to sound its best and most resonant. Thinner low-mass even plies of African Mahogany, Birch, and Maple in different combinations deliver all the highs and bright tones out of the smaller drums, while still achieving the thunderous lows from floor toms and kick drums.

New colour and finish releases accompany the launch of this new series. Musikmesse Frankfurt will be the unveiling of Reference Pure in exclusive European finishes #111 Matte Natural, #201 Matte Walnut, #124 Matte Black, #335 Black Cherry, #483 Vintage Marine Pearl. A total of 30 super high-gloss lacquer finishes and 5 ultra-exotic coverings are available for the Reference Pure serie drums.

Pearl unleashes new limited VBA Artisan II kit
Pearl is introducing two new limited edition VBA drumsets exclusively for Europe. Vision VBA delivers full Pearl Birch quality in Artisan II finishes you’ll have to see to believe. Each VBA drumset is equipped with a special designed Artisan II finish by Pearl. The set comes with a 22x18 undrilled Bassdrum, 10x7” and 12x7” Toms, 14x12” and 16x14” Floor toms and a matching Birchply Snare drum. All will be complemented with our 890-Series Hardware Pack.

Based on the new Vision-family formula, VBA drumsets feature Birch Ply shells, a striking new Badge design, and rock solid drum hardware.

The two new finishes are very striking, whereby the #478 Snow Flava has curved stripes in a dazzling colour combination with white, yellow and silver, equipped with chrome drum hardware and a white Bass drum head. Next to that, the #479 Racing Stripes are inspired by Muscle Car Striping, finished off in black and white, specially equipped with Black drum hardware and featuring a white Bass drum head. (the Racing Stripe kit will only be available in UK and Scandinavia)

New Maple and Birch kits in Pearl’s Vision series
Pearl’s Vision series is now offering next level perfection in 4 new Maple and Birch configurations and a selection of new premium colours and finishes. Vision VML features 6 ply Maple shells in beautiful high-gloss lacquer or Pearl’s new ground-breaking Artisan II lacquer finishes. VML includes chrome hardware, wood bass drum hoops in matching finish and a wood snare drum in matching finish. Vision VBL features 6 ply 100% Birch shells that deliver that studio-desired, naturally EQed sound characteristic of Birch. Available in super high-gloss lacquer finishes with chrome hardware, VBL comes with matching wood bass drum hoops and a Steel Sensitone snare drum with a chrome finish.

Vision VBA delivers full Pearl Birch quality in Artisan II finishes you’ll have to see to believe. In Europe the VBA series will run as a limited edition and will be available in exclusive finishes for Europe only. The shells are 6ply Birchply and come with matching wood hoops and a matching Birchply snare drum. Vision VB offers 6ply Birchply shells in premium high-gloss coverings like our new #49 Polished Chrome. VB includes a matching Birchply snare drum, matching wood bass drum hoops, and is available with black or chrome hardware. The Vision Series has never looked more attractive.

All four of the new Vision series configurations are available as full kits; VML and VBL are sold with 900 series Hardware, VBA and VB are sold with 890 series hardware

Limited edition Daniel Erlandsson signature snare drum
Pearl will also introduce the Daniel Erlandsson snare drum, a 14x 5.5” beadless stainless steel snare drum, with black Superhoop II hoops, Dual-Colour Tube lugs, the Arch Enemy symbol and Ultra Sound wires. Comments Arch Enemy sticksman Daniel Erlandsson:

"For me it has to be vintage tone all the way, I love a bright, edgy sound with lots of attack to compliment my playing style and to cut through the wall of guitar during an Arch Enemy show. I was looking for a snare drum that would reproduce punch and articulation even when played at moderate levels - as well as with a vicious crack when needed. For this I chose a 1.2mm beadless stainless steel shell. Pearl’s amazing SR Strainer system and Ultra-sound wires make this drum as sensitive as a trip wire! This drum delivers the metal in both attitude and sound! This drum takes no prisoners…”

Pearl Masters MCX in new Artisan II lacquer finishes
Pearl Drums is proud to present their new Artisan II and High Gloss finishes premiering in the Masters MCX series drums. The new Artisan II lacquer finish - Mocha Tamo #805, was introduced at Namm show 2011, but two other hi gloss lacquer finishes, #374 Lime Sparkle and #369 Purple Sparkle Burst, will be exclusively available in Europe. Masters series drums are legendary in quality and are now setting a new bar in visual appeal. Pearl’s proprietary Artisan II lacquering process is another example of our cutting edge innovation in styling and sound. Masters MCX features 100% Maple shells and bass drum hoops. Comes standard with MasterCast die cast tom hoops and Pearl’s sound enhancing OptiMount tom holders. Masters MCX is available in four configurations or by individual component.