Dirtysticks
Senior Member
I walk into Guitar Center to buy a new snare stand and when I get to the drum shop, I see this guy trying to sell his kit so that he can upgrade and get the Tama Starclassic Birch/Bubinga. His current kit was a Tama Starclassic Birch (Made in Japan version with 10 lug kick and newer hardware). It was in great condition and sounded so good. I tuned it up for him and it actually sounded pretty similar to the B/B but didn't have as much low end because of the lack of bubinga. They offered him $400 bucks for his kit which he was going to take and put towards the purchase of the B/B kit minus 15% for the trade in bonus. I noticed that he was also trading in an Artwood snare, so I offered to give him the $400 myself since he'd still get the 15% from the Artwood. He ended up paying the same either way and I walked out with a beautiful looking and sounding kit for $400!!!! A great case of being in the right place at the right time!
I used to have a Starclassic birch, but it was in scratched up condition, missing the bass drum tom mount, had the old black mounts, eight lug kick and it had the thicker 8ply all birch shell. When I found an amazing deal on my Pearl Masters Studio Birch, I sold the Tama to fund he purchase of the Pearl which was in excellent condition. The Pearl has 10" and 14" toms with a 22" kick and the Tama has 10", 12" and 14" toms with a 22" kick. I'm a birch drum guy through and through and these thin 6ply shells sound so good! I'm now going to sell the Pearl to fund this purchase.
Here are some quick shots I took of the kit. That snare is a shot of a super rare WorldMax Brass 6.5x14 with brass die-cast hoops which also sounds ridiculously good!
I used to have a Starclassic birch, but it was in scratched up condition, missing the bass drum tom mount, had the old black mounts, eight lug kick and it had the thicker 8ply all birch shell. When I found an amazing deal on my Pearl Masters Studio Birch, I sold the Tama to fund he purchase of the Pearl which was in excellent condition. The Pearl has 10" and 14" toms with a 22" kick and the Tama has 10", 12" and 14" toms with a 22" kick. I'm a birch drum guy through and through and these thin 6ply shells sound so good! I'm now going to sell the Pearl to fund this purchase.
Here are some quick shots I took of the kit. That snare is a shot of a super rare WorldMax Brass 6.5x14 with brass die-cast hoops which also sounds ridiculously good!