Sorry Pearl, I've switched to tama

[Eliminator]

I've just bought a Tama Starclassic Maple set. I've been an Export user since '97, and I felt it was time to upgrade to something more professional. Even though I'll be kicking myself for selling my exports, I'm sure I'll enjoy the Starclassics. The exports arent going far though, my roomate is buying them (Bruce_RMC), who is also a forum member.

eliminator


mabey I should change that to "ironcobra"

[drumwerker]

Hey, enjoy. Tama makes a quality set too. You see not everyone on the forum is a close-minded Pearl-Nazi.

[Unniquadium]

Cool!!! Thats a great kit! And of course ur new starclassic maple from tama is so much better than ur old export... but better than a Master Series??? or than a Masterworks!? :)

[drumwerker]

Eliminator - if you don't mind tellin' - whaddya pay? and for how many drums and sizes?

[Unniquadium]

u r right :)

[Eliminator]

Here's the sizes: (length x diameter)

Tama Starclassic Maple (mmm canadian maple) in Crimson Fade with gold hardware (CRF)G

8x10
8x12
15x16 floor
18x20 bass


I'll be using my Pearl B-513 brass piccolo until i scrape up enough to buy a Tama Mike Portnoy Signature snare.

..as for how much I paid for them, I'm still trying to figure that one out myself...

pearldrummer

[Fredzs]

that 8x12 must sound awesome!!! nice color! nice set... lucky bastard! :D ..

[snowsyd]

Hey eliminator,

I too, just upgraded my 1992 exports. I looked at just about everything, (except the Tama's) and ended up with a brx. I wish I had seen this forum before I made my purchase, I didn't realize all the different options available. anyway enjoy the new set.

[SKiezws]

Congrads, man. I would take a Tama Starclassic over an Export any day! Anyways, enjoy.

[Genius Switch]

wow Crimson Fade looks lots better than in the catalogs and website show you. I'd like to see a pic once it's all set up.

By the way, I like your comment about changing your name to Ironcobra...

[SLIPKNOT1]

I just read somewhere that Tama is discontinuing gold hardware. Sweet combo you have though.

[Eliminator]

I was assured by someone at tama that i'll be able to order component drums with the gold hardware option. They are in fact discontinuing the gold option, and it wont be advertised, but they have years of gold of lugs and such in stock for waranty issues and ppl like me who might want to add on to their kit in the next couple of years.

pearldrummer

[newbeat]

Does anyone know when the new tama performer line is being issued? I just ordered a set after christmas, it's due in like 3-4 months, and I'm curious if it'll have the upgrades or if it'll be a 2002 model. Thanks

[Eliminator]

well, I'd say that you'll get a 2003 model, especially if you ordered a color that is new for 2003. Don't qote me on this, but I'd imagine that Tama started making the 2003 models in late 2002. And with that kind of wait that you are expecting, I'd expect nothing less than the 2003 model. Give whoever you ordered your drums from a call and tell them about the issue.

pearldrummer

[SKiezws]

Eliminator, cant help but wonder, who did you sell your export to, did you sell the cymbals with it, and how much were you able to get for it(if you dont mind my asking).

-SK

[Alex Hellner]

both eliminator and newbeat please post pics of your kits once they're set-up, i'm considering getting a performer... and later down the line maybe a starclassic maple.

thanks

[newbeat]

Will do..might be a while though. ;) waiting, waiting...

[DeadJotun]

good i love that color. how much did the set cost ya? i know in like 2-4 years ill upgrade and sell everything i got now. im very interested in tama starclassics i love the mounting and the colors.

[Tabla_Man]

Nice kit! That color looks alot like my Cranberry Fade SRX. Looks awesome with the gold hardware. Congrats on the purchase!

[milano]

When I was at the young age of sixteen, I was shopping at my drum supplier in Norwalk, Connecticut. He sold both Pear and Tama. I mentioned in conversation that a drummer I knew down played Pearl and said that Tama was the best. You know what his comment to me was??

"Maybe he should look at the drummer, not the drums."

That has stayed with me forever. Almost 20 years later, I remember that comment. It's not the drums, it's the drummer. Pearl has and continues to be the leader in drum products and will always, in my eyes, the Leader Of The Drumming World!

Good luck and I hope you're still kicking yourself for selling the best drums ever made. PEARL!

mjm

[Eliminator]

hey guys, looks like I'll be with Pearl for a bit longer. The deal on my Starclassics fell through. I'm not gonna get into it, but it's afe to say that I'll be with Pearl for a bit longer.

there was nothing wrong with my set anyways....

eliminator

[Smoke N Drums]

Originally posted by drumwerker
Hey, enjoy. Tama makes a quality set too. You see not everyone on the forum is a close-minded Pearl-Nazi.

Actung Actung! Pearl will take over the world Mr Jones.

Tama drummers will slave in the export mine
Yamaha drummers will polish Masters tuning lugs
DW drummers will load out SRX kits on the docks
OCDP drummers will bring water to the Tama drummers
Ayotte drummers will make wooden hoops for Master Works Bass Drums
Ludwig drummers will assemble cymbal stands
Gretsch drummers will assist in the assembly of ALL 18" Bass Drums.
Mapex drummers will stencil PEARL on res heads.
All others will grovel at the might and power of Pearl.

Not only do we have Master Works, we have a Master Plan.

[JEFFa.k.a.ANIMAL]

I don't think Tama has any more to offer than Pearl. You should stay loyal to Pearl, Eliminator, besides the pic of that drum looks like an SRX cranberry fade wanna be. Save the extra money you'll spend on the starclassic and get an SRX or Masters. You won't regret it.

[Bloody_ Sabbath]

it's simple Tama is a great competitor with Pearl Tama Starclassic Maple is an amazing set it's as good as an SRX if not better but the best part about it is that it's half the price of a Pearl set. You can do the math. That's the problem some people seem to think only go with pearl because everyone uses them. It's the marketing people that's the only reason why Pearl became so big. Well they do make a nice set of drums but there not that much better than Tama or DW etc. Now i'm not slammin Pearl I am loyal to them.

Praise Pearl:D