Black Panther Design Lab Cherry Bomb in Piano Black - BPDLNC481XBPB
The Black Panther Design Lab Cherry Bomb is a very unique sound for modern drums. Using all cherry wood, the Cherry Bomb’s focus is unmatched. High toms descend in 1/2” depths to retain their drive and punch, producing an incredible Vintage tone with the body of modern drums. The Cherry Bomb system is a hybrid of the classic sounds of beloved vintage drums, with modern hardware and cutting edge technology.
CHERRY WOOD SHELL
Cherry wood shells deliver a vintage tone that beautifully blends classic sounds with modern drum performance.
SONICLEAR BEARING EDGE
SONIClear Bearing Edge is standard on all BPDL shells, allowing the drumhead to sit flatter on the shell, making better contact.
MASTER TUNE LUG
The Master Tune Lug utilizes a small body for the least amount of metal-to-wood contact. A Design Lab-exclusive pressured locking mechanism is outfitted on every lug to keep the drum in tune, show after show.
SONIC PEDESTAL FOOT
The steel leg is prevented from contacting the ground by an internal cotter pin, allowing the floor tom to “float” on the elevated “spring” of the rubber foot, eliminating vibration transfer and maximizing resonance.
CHAMBER SPECIFIC DESIGN
As the drums get larger in diameter,plies get progressively thicker, depths graduate by 1/2”, bearing edges change and the SAS ring system changes.
AIR FLOW VENTING
Air flow vents are placed at the *Nodal line with the lugs, so as not to affect the resonance of the shells. Through painstaking testing, each Chamber Specific approach has lead to a formula of multiple vent holes in BPDL series. Tom and bass drums have different combinations of vent holes.
* “Nodal” positioning. ©Noble and Cooley Drum Company
SAS STATIC 90° FLOOR TOM LEG
The straighter the path to the floor, the more sound loss: the SAS Static 90˚ Floor Tom Leg resolves this issue, allowing the most possible resonance from the floor toms.
HALO MOUNTING SYSTEM
Using a lateral, unique "under lug-line" suspension system, this groundbreaking isolation mount allows the shell the freedom to have an open, pure tone.
HALO MOUNTING SYSTEM – SUSTAIN ADJUSTMENT KNOB
With the rubber gasket inside the mount, you can screw the knob down fully to dampen the shell resonance for a shorter decay, or back it off for a wide, open tone. In the studio, this allows you to "pre-EQ" your drums before feeding them into your plug-ins.
SAS ATTENUATING FLOOR TOM LEG
This BREAKTHROUGH eliminates the need for external muffling of your floor toms. Given that a straighter path to the ground through the floor tom legs results in greater loss of sound, the ability to alter their shape allows you to control the resonance. With options for every angle, even beyond 90˚ to a radical inverted position, the SAS floor tom leg makes unlimited real-time attenuation of your drums possible.
SAS RING SYSTEM
The Mapex Black Panther Design Lab uses a revolutionary process involving reinforcement rings. Mapex focuses on how the use of rings and their unique placement can affect the sonic character of the instrument. The bearing edge shape cuts were made through the reinforcement rings, as well as the drum shell's wall so that the reinforcement rings became an element of the overall bearing edge shape. This additional thickness at the edges of the drum would also add some low-end and projection to the drums' sound. These “Sonic” rings are distributed in varying degrees throughout the system.ng edge technology.
Specifications:
- Cherry Wood
- Finish: Piano Black (PB)
- Shell pack including: Bass drum 18"x14", Rack Tom 12"x8", Floor Tom 14"x14 and 1 x TH655BB Tom holder.
- Lugs: Master Tune Lug
- Hardware Fitting: Black Brushed
- Plies: 18" Bass Drum 8-ply (8,2mm), 12" Rack Tom 6-ply (5,8 mm), 14" Floor Tom 6-ply (5,8mm).
- SONIClear Bearing Edges: Rack Tom (12″): 45°; Floor Tom (14″) and Bass Drum (18″): 60°
- Drumheads: REMO Fiberskyn3 Diplomat/REMO Ambassador Clear on Toms and REMO Fiberskyn3 Diplomat/REMO Fiberskyn3 Diplomat on Bass drum
- Hoops; 2.3mm Triple Flanged Hoops on Toms
- Snare drum, stands and bass drum pedal are not included
