Tama SuperStar Restoration
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MikeM
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Wow, cool! I used to have a set of Superstars from '85 that I bought new. They were Cherry Wine finish. It had the deep toms, too. I ended up selling it for a maple kit, but I kept one of the bass drums from it (it was a double bass behemoth) for use with another kit. Here's where my little story dovetails with your thread.
I used that kick drum (24x16) as part of a frankenstein kit and one day decided I should get them all wrapped to match each other. Bad move. That kick drum went from great to awful overnight.
I guess since your going for an original restoration, you won't have that problem, but if you change your mind and decide on a wrap, make sure you at least get all the varnish off first. Even then, I think I'd rather play them ugly than to wrap them in anything, to be honest.
Have fun with that, and post pics of your progress!
I used that kick drum (24x16) as part of a frankenstein kit and one day decided I should get them all wrapped to match each other. Bad move. That kick drum went from great to awful overnight.
I guess since your going for an original restoration, you won't have that problem, but if you change your mind and decide on a wrap, make sure you at least get all the varnish off first. Even then, I think I'd rather play them ugly than to wrap them in anything, to be honest.
Have fun with that, and post pics of your progress!
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