Vintage tama snare drum series#

Chrome has some very light wear and scuffs. Drum has some scuffs, scratches and dings as shown. Very Nice Vintage 1982 Tama Superstar 8' X 14' Cherry Wine Snare Drum Item: Very Nice Vintage 1982 Tama Superstar 8' X 14' Cherry Wine Snare Drum Condition: This Tama Superstar snare drum is in very good shape and sounds great! Drum has some light wear from normal use. Seller added the following information: shell size is 6.5' x 14' Seller added the following information: Size is 5' x 14' On Mar-18-13 at 20:52:24 PDT. If permitted, are calculated by buyer location On Feb-19-13 at 22:50:51 PST. Please let me know if you are bidding on multiple items and I will send you a single invoice for all purchases. I will combine shipping whenever possible. Freight charge always includes insurance.

Payments: PayPal Seller will only ship to confirmed or registered PayPal addresses Buyers pay for all shipping and insurance. Payment is expected within 3 days of auction end. I do my best to describe each item to the best of my ability. Legendary 80' s Tama craftsmanship and sound. Brand-new Puresound extended snare wires. Lucky lucky buyer also pays $25.00 for thorough packaging and shipment to USA Lower 48.GOOD LUCK!Įarly 80's Tama Mastercraft Artwood 6-ply birch snare drum wi th Superstar badge, Super Maple gloss lacquer finish Roller bed strainer system, 10 Mighty L ugs. more Offered for your consideration, with no hidden reserve. A great addition to your vintage Superstar drum kit.or ANY drum kit actually. Truly a classic drum that is in great condition and ready for another 30+ years of playing. Heads and wires are newer and in excellent condition. The hoops look quite nice, but do have some light pitting. The lugs and seamless shell have no dents or pitting and shine up nicely. Overall, it is in beautiful condition and plays great. Such as die cast hoops, parallel strainer system, seamless steel shell(heavy) one-touch muffler and 10 lugs. This one measures 5' X 14' and has all the great King Beat details. These are incredible sounding drums that are built with quality. This one is a King-Beat model and dates to the late 70's or very early 80's. I lived in Japan in the 80s and have some direct experience with Tama (as well as Yamaha and Pearl) during that time that may be helpful.Here is a great sounding AND looking Tama Imperialstar snare drum. If you get stuck or need any other info, just let me know. VDF, DFO, etc.) and Facebook may also be helpful. As far as current value, reviewing recent sales on eBay (Sold Items) and Reverb (Sold Listings) are probably your best reference like with other vintage gear. Tama seems to have taken down those web pages from 2014 so images of both are attached below. NOTE: For anyone else trying to determine if they have a Cherry Wine or Super Mahogany finish, photos of the 40th anniversary reissue snare drums are probably a better reference than the 80s catalogs. Given this, focus on those years of the catalogs and try to match characteristics of your snare/drum. However, like with many things, there are few absolutes here and plenty of room for exceptions.

Vintage tama snare drum series#

In general, the Cherry Wine finish was initially offered in 1981 with the Superstar X-tras series (power tom depths) and ran until the Superstar was discontinued after 1984 or so.