Supreme x Pearl Session Studio Select Drum Set & Zildjian Cymbals
Supreme vs. Original
Supreme version
About the original
The Pearl Session Studio Select is a professional drum kit with EvenPly-Six shells made from six plies of Masters-grade birch and African mahogany at 5.4mm thick, cut with a 60-degree bearing edge for focused attack and warm resonance. Pearl was founded in Tokyo in 1946 by Katsumi Yanagisawa and is one of the largest drum manufacturers in the world. The collab included a complete five-piece shell pack (22x18" bass drum, 10x7" and 12x8" rack toms, 16x16" floor tom, 14x5.5" snare) plus Zildjian cymbals from the Massachusetts foundry that has cast cymbals since 1623. The set retailed at $4,998 against a $1,999 base price for the shells alone.
About Pearl
Pearl is a Japanese musical instrument manufacturer founded in 1946 by Katsumi Yanagisawa in Sumida, Tokyo. The company began producing music stands in a 300-square-foot shed, shifted to drums in 1950, and incorporated as Pearl Musical Instrument Company in 1953. Its 1966 President Series, developed with input from Art Blakey and J.C. Heard, established Pearl as a professional drum maker, and its Masters Maple and Session Studio Select lines are staples in recording studios. Pearl also manufactures flutes, marching percussion, and timpani. Supreme issued a co-branded Pearl Roadshow drum kit as part of its instrument collaborations.
