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I'd been playing for a couple years on various pieces of junk, and I was ready to get something decent for myself! I found the set used at Daddy's Junky music for $580. It was in very good condition, and I just couldn't resist the deal. I wasn't really considering Pacific at first, but when I tried out the set and found out it was all Maple laquered shells, I took the plunge. Plus, it came with a nice DW pedal and more hardware than I'll ever even need! I'm still not sure if this set is actually an LX or not. It doesn't say on it. It's very similar though.

It has a beautiful, teal laquer finish and sounds great. It came with all the original heads, so I'll have to replace them over time. I put a Remo on the bass drum and got a hole in the resonant head, and now it sounds even better. I like the sizes (fusion). The 10 inch sounds great and the 18 inch bass drum depth is also a plus. It came with the DW logo on the resonant bass head, which I thought was cool It comes with a bass pillow and maple bass drum hoops. The hardware is sturdy as anything.

It scratches, but so does everything, I suppose. One of the bass drum hoops seems to be a bit bigger than it should be, but that may be normal. Not much to complain about, especially for the price I got it at.

See above. Pretty good.

It's great having a good looking, good sounding set of my own now. For me, it was just what I was looking for with the price I got it at. I'm not sure about buying one for full price, though. There may be better choices, I'm not sure. It's definately a good set though.

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