Chad Smith's prototype kit
Pearl and CeeLite created a drum kit for Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith, incorporating CeeLite's lighting technology to illuminate his Pearl Masters kit on stage. The kit was wrapped with Cee-Lite's flat, flexible Light Emitting Capacitor (LEC) panels which can be programmed to dim, fade and flash. The kit features 6 ply 7.5 mm 100% aged maple shells with chrome hardware. This drum kit uses a Flatline Inverter which shines at 25% brightness throughout the duration of the set. When the drum is struck, the brightness will increase to 100% and decrease back down to 25%. Flash durations also range from 0.2 to 0.4 seconds in order for the illumination to be in sync with 1/16 and 1/32 drum rolls.

Chad first played this kit on NBC's Saturday Night Live on the 5-6-06, and used this kit on the Red Hot Chili Peppers 2006 & 2007 tours.