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Some great kits in this thread! Figure I'd contribute :D

6x13 Bubinga Quilted Mocha Burst

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That is one of the nicest snares i have ever seen I love the finish.
 
Here's my Rockstar:

Big kit set up
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Small rehersal set up
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Band practice set up
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Full spec:

Tama Rockstar in Midnight Blue - 2 x 18"x22", 10"x12", 11"x13", 16"x16"

Tama Rockstar Snare (Steel) - 5.5"x14"

Tama Artwood Maple Snare - 5.5"x14"

Tama Roadpro/Titan hardware (DW drop clutch)

2 x Tama HP300 pedals, Big Dog Double Pedals

Sabian AAX series cymbals (10" Splash, 14" Fast Hats, 16", 18", 19" Stage Crashes, 17" Studio Crash) and B8 20" Ride

Not pictured: 8"x10" Stardom Custom Tom (matching blue with Tama style lugs)
 
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My new (and 1st) drum kit, Tama Silverstar 8 pc -

22 bass
8, 10, 12, 13 toms
14 & 16 floor toms
14 X 5 snare
All with factory Tama heads
All Tama Roadpro hardware
Tama Iron Cobra Power Glide Double pedals
Tama Iron Cobra Lever Glide Hi Hat stand
Sabian AAX Crash (2), ride & hi-hats
Roc-n-soc hydraulic throne

I bought all of the stands/pedals used and saved a lot of $$$.

A few pics of the kit temporarily setup in my unfinished dining room (tile to be completed after I finish the basement renovation/studio) -

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My new (and 1st) drum kit, Tama Silverstar 8 pc -

22 bass
8, 10, 12, 13 toms
14 & 16 floor toms
14 X 5 snare
All with factory Tama heads
All Tama Roadpro hardware
Tama Iron Cobra Power Glide Double pedals
Tama Iron Cobra Lever Glide Hi Hat stand
Sabian AAX Crash (2), ride & hi-hats
Roc-n-soc hydraulic throne

I bought all of the stands/pedals used and saved a lot of $$$.

A few pics of the kit temporarily setup in my unfinished dining room (tile to be completed after I finish the basement renovation/studio) -

Do your hats get in the way of your 8" tom?
 
Do your hats get in the way of your 8" tom?

I'm not the OP, but I would think that they would. Here's my Tama Starclassic Bubinga kit with an 8" x 7" rack tom. My hats are to the left of the drum and not underneath it. I also play both traditional and matched grips, so I have to have room for the stick in my left hand to maneuver about the 8" tom.

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Dennis
 
Do your hats get in the way of your 8" tom?

Somewhat- I might have to raise it up a bit more & possibly trim off the top of the hi-hat rod.

I'm still getting comfortable around the kit )as a n00b).
 
Honda: If it were me I'd condense that rack to an 8, 10, 12 - then run the 14 and 16 as floors. I'd take the 13 and put it to the left, passed the hi-hat, as a side floor tom or timpani tuning. The 13 is kind of an odd one out in that run of even numbered sizes, you know? But that's just me, and what works for me doesn't for others. It's a lovely kit, besides - congrats! Wish my first kit was that nice. Look in the "your first band's name" to see the travestry that was my first kit!

Dennis - crap, man, that kit is beautiful.
 
I'm not the OP, but I would think that they would. Here's my Tama Starclassic Bubinga kit with an 8" x 7" rack tom. My hats are to the left of the drum and not underneath it. I also play both traditional and matched grips, so I have to have room for the stick in my left hand to maneuver about the 8" tom.

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Dennis

Nice looking kit!….and I like your setup as well..
 
Here is my 2010 Tama Superstar (birch shells). The only thing on my kit that isn't Tama is the Mapex Black Panther Cherry Bomb snare. Though in a week I am getting my custom bubinga stave snare which has taken around 2-3 months to make.

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Here is my 2010 Tama Superstar (birch shells). The only thing on my kit that isn't Tama is the Mapex Black Panther Cherry Bomb snare. Though in a week I am getting my custom bubinga stave snare which has taken around 2-3 months to make.

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how do you like the xs20 cymbals. and what kind are they crash or ride
 
It is an 18" XS20 Medium Crash. It is a decent crash for it's price, but will definitely get something more up market once it cracks.
 
Hello people,

The 1st kit I bought, with my paper route money, was a Tama Granstar 5 piece. 1993 and it was the last year of Granstar. I had that kit 9 years. Big drums, but I always made sure they sounded great for any genre I was playing.

I have pics but they're not digital...maybe I should make them digital...

from 2002-2008 went Sonor for a while, and those were great drums. But 2008 came around and I wanted a "not maple" drum sound. The SC B/B's were the ideal choice! Further solidifying the fact that I am a Tama man, through and through!

Finish - Lava Glass Glitter - have sold the 14 tom and 13 snare since this pic, unfortunately. But...great drums!

Next: my Masai snare - before and after. The "after" photo has segmented bubinga hoops from Stellar Drums! Bootifull!

And last...just as I was about to swear off Maple kits, along came this gem, which was sitting in a music store since 2007 (before I bought my B/Bs). I thought, if this kit doesn't get sold, with this finish that it has, then...if it sits there long enough, I'll buy it!
And so it sat, and so I bought it...for a steal!!! I bought it last december after 4 1/2 years in that music store, three price slashes ($2299, then in 2009 for $1699, then in 2011 for $1499!! Guess how much I got it for?)

I present to you - Starclassic Maple in Scorched Copper Burst (my finish!!! I have decided)
 

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Drums
Tama Starclassic Performer B/B - LAVA GLASS GLITTER
18x22 bass, 8x10 and 9x12 rack toms, 12x14 and 14x16 floor toms, 6.5x14 Tama Metalworks Snare

Cymbals
All are Paiste 2002s
14" Sound Edge Hi-hats, 21" Power Ride
16" Thin Crash, 18" Crash, 18" Medium Crash, 19" Power Crash
6" Cup Chime, 8" Cup Chime, 10" Splash, 12" Splash, 18" Thin China, 18" Novo China

***First thing I'd like to do next is get a second bass drum; Then, either add a 16x18 Floor Tom to the right (and slide the 12x14 floor to the left), OR add a picolo to the left. Any suggestions?

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