Musician's Friend vs. Pearl Drums

The websites I visit the most are definitely Pearldrum.com and Musiciansfriend.com. Both of these websites have the purpose of selling products, specifically musical products. The main difference is that Musician's Friend is a general music website while Pearl Drums is specifically dedicated to percussion instruments. I think both websites do a really good job with organization and give the viewer a clear direction in a simplistic fashion. Although both sites have a quite different color scheme, they both are very appealing to the eye and not overwhelming. They both have a few main boxes on the home page to highlight their deals, special products, and important announcements. One thing I really like about this type of layout is that on the home page alone, I can find enough interesting things to look up to waste tons of time. It is impressive that both of these companies were able to lay out their websites in a way that is simplistic and yet packed full of information. Another thing both websites do well is that they present the tools to simplify your search and find the exact thing you are looking for quickly and easily. They both have a system to where you can slowly narrow down what you want in your product by picking options one step at a time.
Now when it comes to differences, I think both websites have advantages. I personally just like the color scheme of PearlDrum better with its mostly darker colors over the brighter colors of musiciansfriend.com. When it comes to Pathos and Ethos, I think Musician's Friend does better, while Pearldrum trumps in the Logos category. Musician's Friend does a great job at providing quality, reliable customer reviews on all their products. It is easy to see credibility of the products before purchasing them as well as possibly be swayed from reviewer's enthusiasm or dislike in the products. Pearldrum does not provide reviews for their products, but does do a great job providing extremely detailed descriptions with pictures. All of these things are very important, but I think Musician's Friend can be more trustworthy because of its personal customer reviews.