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I just have to do some raving here. Over the years I have used pretty well every throne on the market at one time or another. For the last 8 years or so, I have been using a heavy duty DW throne which two weeks ago racheted down about 3 inches while I was running my doubles in a tune build. Darned near drove my spine through the top of my head! So I popped on down to the local Long & McQuades here in Halifax with my very jarred up sorry back to get a new throne. They happened to have some Pearl 2000 four legged roadsters on the floor. I bought one. Best purchase I have ever made for myself!
The clamping units are basically Pearl rack clamp design and heavy and tough. The seat is scooped out at the rear so that your spine is not compressed while playing and the front is angled for your thighs.
First thing I noticed when I sat on the throne at my kit was the fact that the pain I was still experiencing from the old throne breakdown disapeared. Second it is the most stable "gun platform" for pedal work I have ever experienced, and third, is basically all made of steel in the framework of the four double braced legs. It's a solid as a rock but has just enough pliability under heavy playing to accomodate any body movement from the upper torso. I also noticed because of the seat design that my shoulders naturally dropped back and down and allowed me to balance perfectly on the seat so that not even a fraction of an ounce of body-weight went to my feet. Pearl has definiteley not only listened to their endorsers but also to the medical and physio-therapy professions as well as the athletic professions.
The price is definitley a bit hefty at $265.00 taxes in Canadian, on the version I have, which does not have the back rest. However, over about a 15 to 20 year period that specs out at pennies per day if even that. And beleive me, that throne will last a lifetime of playing with minimal packing and maintenance care. They are not light and the seat is a little larger than standard size and like its brother the 2000 snare stand it IS on the heavy side. I also own one of those and those snare stands are also magnificent.
Stability and balance are the major words to use here for these thrones. The back by the way which can be installed later is about $90.00 more dollars and probably next month I will add that to this throne. Those Pearl backs are also designed with the same thought in mind and fit the spine perfectly wherever you put it. If I was running an official revue on these thrones with a five star rating I'd have to give this thrones TEN stars.In over five decades of steady playing I have NEVER sat on such a perfect playing platform in my life. Everything in my playing got better immediatley, there is absolutely no factor of compensation anywhere in my body on this throne.

Edited by roger strange (Wed Jul 07 2010 01:40 PM)