I know that they are not expensive drums, but they will be a change of pace for me to mess with. The thing is, I can't. Rick, from what I see on Pearls forum, they stopped putting numbers on the Export series. I was looking at a used Pearl kit a while back and got the serial numbers from the seller. Is there a method to the serial numbers on Pearl Drums to figure out the manufacturing date. I have a set that was neglected, but they are cleaning up really nice. They appear to be an older set and I would like to know more. Also, the plate reads 'All Birch'. All of the others I have seen say 'Birch Ply'.

Dnn Community Edition. I have a problem identifying the serie of my pearl drums. It's a maple lacoquer finish and it's coated with some sort of lacoquer inside the shell. It has standard hoops and not super hoops.

My set includes 8'x10', 10'x12', 11'x13', 12'x14', 16'x16', bd. 16'x22' and sn. The attach picture is my 12' and it has serie nr. I think it's a dlx but it doesn't say dlx on the badge, which it's normally does.

The wlx serie is made in taiwan, as far as I know, but it says 'made in japan' at my badge. Hope someone can help fixing my problem. Best Regards, Erik.

I think this is the same as one of my kits. I'm not sure what the range is called but when I bought it back in 1992 (secondhand) I was told it was called the professional series. Mine dates from around 1980-82 I understand. I don't think the serial number is much help in dating. Pearl didn't record dates/serial #'s as i understand. For the record, my kit is 22, 12, 13, 16, and a 14X6.5 matching snare.

My kit has travelled the world with me and seen its fair share of action along the way. I plan to one day give it some love and attention as it's a bit battle scarred. They are a really robust kit.