![]() ![]() ![]() i figure no point in shooting too many photos now, the shells are ripped apart while i detail the hardware. you can see tama must have been a very progressive company at that time, nice chrome, good solid stuff. I must say, the machining on the hardware is great. There is a serial number on the Tama badge - 151646 and has 10 tuning lugs per side with plain chromed hardware, plain varnished wood finish and Starclassic 20 strand snare. strange! i'll be forced to get it back in place somehow. one of the screws used to attach the spur mounts had a stripped phillips head, so i went to a good hardware store to get a replacement. some (if not all) of the screws used for attaching hardware have very odd sizes. early production floor toms did not have t-handle wing nuts to tighten the legs, they had hex nuts that required a tool, a la ludwig mounted toms.Ģ. It was custom built for Jonathan for a world tour he was going on and the Tama reps built it for him special because of the Tama kit he was playing before this one was wrapped and during a show in Japan the wrap bubbled up in the heat. a couple of points of interest i learned:ġ. The serial numbers are 000001 through 000013. I'm guessing my set must be pre-79, serials are still 5 digits so that probably puts them back toward mid 70's. a bit more than you actually needed, if you know what i mean, but you wanted it really bad! i would equate the magazine photos of those mega-sized, double bass, 10 tom kits to a pin up of, oh, let's say dolly parton. thanks, your link was excellent!! i googled myself mad trying to get good info, but i never stumbled on that site, sweet! and yeah, i remember well drooling over those catalogues as a kid. ![]()
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