The list of new Tama products is long at every NAMM show. This year was no exception, so we wrapped up the most important items in twelve separate videos. All concise and to the point footage of all the drums in less than one-minute videos. From the new 100% Walnut Star series, Peter Erskine's yellow Star Bubinga, new finishes for Tama Star, Bubinga and Maple, to the three new S.L.P. snare drums. Also new is Abe Cunningham's signature snare with holes in it. Make sure you check out the beautiful Limited Edition Silver Star Mirage with seamless shells, and the Roadpro hardware with three major updates. Have fun!
Naturally, Tama has a lot of new accessories as well. We'll cover them in a separate article soon.
Peter Erskine Star Bubinga The yellow Peter Erskine Star Bubinga kit. The news Peter Erskine joined Tama was released just before NAMM 2015. The story is that Mr. Erskine switched from DW to Tama for reasons of having the best support while on the road. The details of this beautiful Star drumset are in the first video.
Tama Star Walnut series Introduced at NAMM 2015, the Tama Star Walnut has 100% Walnut shells with all the Star features such as unique Bearing Edges, Super Resonant Mounting System, Quick-Lock Tom Brackets and Star Floor Tom Legs. The combination of Walnut's distinctive warm, fat sound and Star features produce noticeable projection, along with a tremendous amount of deep low end volume.
The toms, floor tom and snare drum are: 6ply, 5mm. The bass drum is: 7ply, 6mm. As of 2015 these are the available finishes:
Exclusive finishes for Star Walnut
Satin Black Walnut
Dark Mocha Walnut
Red Burgundy Walnut
Mint Green Mist
Smoky Blue Mist
Smoky Natural Mist
Common finishes with Star Bubinga / Maple
Coral Pink
Sunny Yellow Lacquer
Antique White
Smoky Black
Vintage Sea Blue
Starclassic Bubinga series The tom and floor tom brackets from Star are now available for the Starclassic Bubinga. Notice the Starclassic badge has changed in this video.
Starclassic Performer B/B Also equipped with the brackets and tom holders from Star series. All standard for the Starclassic Performer as of 2015. The badge for these series has changed as well. Just for the record: B/B stands for the combiation of Bubinga and Birch shells.
New Tama Star finishes Tama comes with several new finishes for the Star series. Jeroen Bakx from Hoshino Benelux shows the latest for the Tama flagship line.
Tama Star Solid Zebrawood snare drum In 2014, the Star Solid Zebrawood was a limited edition, but as of 2015 it is a regular snare in the Star series. We welcome that! It features the One-Piece Lugs, the Linear-Drive strainer and the Super Sensitive Hi-Carbon Snappy Snare. New actually was the Star Solid Spruce snare drum (6x14) but that one was not available at the 2015 NAMM show.
New Tama S.L.P. snare drum models Tama has three new heavy and hard working snare drums in the S.L.P. line:
the Dynamic Bronze: 5.5"x14" 1.2mm Bronze Shell
the Big Black Steel: 14"x8" 1mm
and the S.L.P. G-Birch that has 10ply/11mm with figured Birch outer ply
Abe Cunningham Signature Snare A 3mm Brass shell with four 2" air holes. It measures 14x6 and is a very loud snare drum!
Starclassic Performer B/B finishes This video features eight new finishes for the Starclassic Performer B/B. B/B stands for Bubinga and Birch shells.
Silver Star L.E. Mirage & Superstar Classic These two drums are only available on the US market. A pitty, because there will be a lot of drummers around the world wanting to have the Mirage for sure!
This video also features the Superstar Classic Maple shell with a 6 ply for the toms and floor tom. The bass drum has 8 plies. You are watching the Cherry wine lacquer finish.
Superstar Classic Midnight Gold Sparkle And for the final on drums for Tama at NAMM 2015, the Superstar Classic Midnight Gold Sparkle with wrap finish.
New Tama Roadpro Hardware Also new for Tama at NAMM 2015 are the Roadpro Hardware. The main three new features are the:
Glide-Tite Grip Joint
new Tripod Shape
bigger rubber feet
ps. Just for the fun of it, we added some pictures of the signature snares of Charlie Benante and Mike Portnoy as well.
