My TAMA Artstar ES - Small Rock Gig Setup

[cesko]

Finally a few photos of my kit.. ready for a small gig, so i'm not using all my gear. This thread is a little teaser.. I'm going to show you the full kit (which I use with my prog-metal band) later this year.. I'm slowly adding pieces, but I'm only a poor architecture student!

Specs as follows:


DRUMS:

TAMA Artstar ES '02 (Birch & Philippine Mahogany)
12"x11"
16"x16"
22"x16"
TAMA Artstar ES 14"x6,5" Brass Snare


CYMBALS:

Zildjan K/Z Special Hat 13"
Zildjian K Custom Ride 20"
UFiP Bionic Crash 17"


PERCUSSIONS:

LP Tambourine
LP Rock Ridge Cowbell


HARDWARE:

TAMA Roadpro HC73BW Boom
Pearl B800 Boom
Pearl CA-100 Hoop Mounted Cowbell Holder
TAMA Iron Cobra Flexi Glide 905 Hi-Hat
TAMA Iron Cobra Power Glide
Dixon Snare Stand PSS9006
Dixon Drop-Clutch
Stagg Drum Sticks Holder

[Facejackets]

pics?

[cesko]

I removed the tom mount from the bass drum as you can see: I used one of the great ICON top leg plugs (credit to Krispoon). I had to cut a bit of the plug anyway!


As you can see it fits perfectly IMHO:


A view of the kick, my Iron Cobra and the beautiful inner birch Ply..


Final view:

[cesko]

sorry for the dust

[jdrummerdito]

lovely small kit, looks great!.

[andyman1970]

I always liked Tama's Artstar ES series. Nice kit!

[PooDrummer]

nice

[steely dan freak]

awesome dude!! lovin the cymbals!!!

[Private_Snowball]

nice pics man very hight quality and great kit!

[TheNews]

good quality photo digging the high hat

[cesko]

pics are taken with my Canon A75

[cesko]

up

[MIND_DRUMMER]

Nice kit and great cymbals! Accutune hoops just like mine

I wasn't aware TAMA did Artstar back in 2002 with those ply config... It' great though.

Keep rockin ! TAMA ARMY BROTHER !

[wtf pwn n00bz]

Looks sweet, man!

[cesko]

Accutune Hoops: I never liked them visually, but I have to admit that tuning the bass drum with those is a piece of cake..

2002 was the last year of production for Artstar ES, speaking of "Western" markets. They're still available in Japan, though. The exact ply configuration is, from inside to outside: 2 ply birch, 6 ply philippine mahogany. ;-)