Show off your TAMA !

Star Classics :)

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You called down the thunder. Well now you got it.

BIG KIT COMING THROUGH!

This is my kit I got when I was in high school in ~1990 back in Florida. Now here they are about 24 years later out in Seattle.
 

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You called down the thunder. Well now you got it.

BIG KIT COMING THROUGH!

This is my kit I got when I was in high school in ~1990 back in Florida. Now here they are about 24 years later out in Seattle.

Love it!

Makes me think of Dave Lombardo / Slayers promo vid for "Seasons in the abyss".
 
Love it!

Makes me think of Dave Lombardo / Slayers promo vid for "Seasons in the abyss".

Totally Seasons in the Abyss. And thanks. I am glad someone likes it. It took a fair amount of time to drag them all out and give them a reasonable touch up before the photo shoot, lol.

I can't tell you how many pre-internet hours I spent turning the pages in the Tama catalog. Most of my favorite drummers were playing Tama back in the day. Charlie from Anthrax, Dave from Slayer, Lars from Metallica. So a combination of obsessing over these catalogs and watching VHS tapes like Anthrax's N.F.V. (Nice Fucking Video) and seeing Charlie's Tama kit shaking and pulsating as he pounds out the intro to Among the Living, was enough to make me feel like I needed to get my hands on some of my favorite gear. And back then, hardly anyone could touch Tama in the hardware department. They made great long-lasting stuff that worked!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8D1sEsFFuQ
 
Totally Seasons in the Abyss. And thanks. I am glad someone likes it. It took a fair amount of time to drag them all out and give them a reasonable touch up before the photo shoot, lol.

I can't tell you how many pre-internet hours I spent turning the pages in the Tama catalog. Most of my favorite drummers were playing Tama back in the day. Charlie from Anthrax, Dave from Slayer, Lars from Metallica. So a combination of obsessing over these catalogs and watching VHS tapes like Anthrax's N.F.V. (Nice Fucking Video) and seeing Charlie's Tama kit shaking and pulsating as he pounds out the intro to Among the Living, was enough to make me feel like I needed to get my hands on some of my favorite gear. And back then, hardly anyone could touch Tama in the hardware department. They made great long-lasting stuff that worked!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8D1sEsFFuQ

I appreciate your effort and can relate to the thumbing of Tama catalogs.

Along with the Tama drummers you mentioned, I also liked Simon Phillips', Jonathan Mover's and Scott Rockenfield's Artstar II kits.

Those were the days!
 
Here is my 9pc Tama Starclassic Maple kit that I purchased in May of 2014.

Mocha Burst finish.
8",10",12",13" rack toms
14",16" floor toms
4.5"x15" Tama SLP Classic Maple snare
18x22" bass drums (2 of them)
8",10" mini timbales
343N,390N,443N,472N Octobans
Tama Power Tower rack system
All Tama cymbal hardware
Tama closed hi-hat attachment (for double bass grooves)
Iron Cobra lever-glide hi-hat stand
Iron Cobra rolling-glide bass pedals (2 of them)
Tama 1st chair drum throne
All Sabian cymbals, most of which I plan on replacing with with Hand Hammered cymbals as I have had most of these cymbals for about 15 years. These pictures are a few months old, but give a general idea of the kit. I have re-positioned the remote hi-hats and also put my tamborine on the floor tom side as well. I am waiting on a set of cymbals that I will be using as a stack - 10" hand hammered china kang and 10" AAX splash - these are basically the Mike Portnoy mid-stax that you can buy, but they aren't his signature line, so they were cheaper. He actually used to use these exact cymbals for his mid-stax before he developed his own line. I just love how they sound and would get a lot of use out of them since I do a lot of Dream Theater covers and use similar accenting in my own creations as well.
 

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Still have my Tama... :)

Tama Superstar Custom, 22" Bass drum, 10", 12", 14" toms, 14x5.5" snare drum.
It`s currently set-up as a four piece (10", 14" toms)...

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Karl

Are these really Superstars? This looks exactly like the Rockstar Custom kit that I had. Looks like the same Custom Mahogany Face paint job too. Always loved that finish. Great sounding drums too for the price.
 
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