{"id":43920,"date":"2026-11-11T02:30:05","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T17:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicvideo.jp\/?p=43920"},"modified":"2026-11-11T05:58:29","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T20:58:29","slug":"i-bought-an-80s-legend-pearl-mlx-drum-kit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicvideo.jp\/?p=43920","title":{"rendered":"I bought an 80s Legend &#8211; Pearl MLX Drum Kit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cMx2Ue_0Fws?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen title=\"I bought an 80s Legend - Pearl MLX Drum Kit\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I bought this 1980s Pearl MLX drum kit, and it&#8217;s in almost unbelievable condition for a 40-year-old instrument!<\/p>\n<p>Finished in Piano Black, this vintage Pearl kit has spent around 20 years wrapped in blankets in a garage, barely being played. In this video I take a closer look at the Pearl MLX, explore its history and some of the innovations that came with the ML, BL and GL series, and put the kit through its paces.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s plenty to get into, including the different Pearl lug designs, Super Hoops, the unusual hardware and the development of Pearl&#8217;s famous Free Floating snare drum. I also look at the history behind the free-floating shell design, including the earlier CB 700 series.<\/p>\n<p>The kit came with some interesting extras too, including a Pearl Free Floating brass piccolo snare and vintage Paiste 2002 Black Label cymbals.<\/p>\n<p>But this is also a drum kit flip. I bought the kit, sold the shell pack and the extra gear individually, and worked out whether it was worth the effort.<\/p>\n<p>How much did I pay? What did everything sell for? And how much profit did I actually make?<\/p>\n<p>If you enjoy vintage Pearl drums, 1980s drum kits, Pearl MLX history, rare snare drums, Free Floating snares, Paiste 2002 cymbals, used drum gear and drum kit bargains, subscribe to Harrywestonc for more.<\/p>\n<p>#PearlDrums #VintageDrums #DrumKit<\/p>\n<p>Visit my website: harrywestonc.com<\/p>\n<p><!-- Video Blogster Pro --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I bought this 1980s Pearl MLX drum kit, and it&#8217;s in almost unbelievable condition for a 40-year-old instrument! Finished in Piano Black, this vintage Pearl kit has spent around 20 years wrapped  [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":43921,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-drums"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicvideo.jp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicvideo.jp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicvideo.jp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicvideo.jp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicvideo.jp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=43920"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicvideo.jp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43920\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43922,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicvideo.jp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43920\/revisions\/43922"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicvideo.jp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/43921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicvideo.jp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=43920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicvideo.jp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=43920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicvideo.jp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=43920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}