This is why I love Tama so much, they put in just as much care into their "affordable" kits as they do in the high end kits. Of course Nick can make a trash can sound amazing so there is that also!!!
Feel the same way man. I've played the stagestar when I was younger, Swingstar, Rockstar, and worked my way up to Starclassic. Strongest name in drums!
Your playing is, as always, amazing!!! And this kit sounds really great. I like the sound without any dampening. Typical great TAMA quality. Very good value for your money! It’s the reason why I play Tama for 40 years now.
Came here because I own a superstar classic and I value Nick's thoughts and just love watching this guy have fun on the kit and talk about gear. Thx sweetwater🤟
I am 8 months into owning this kit. And it has been a joy to play them. Rock solid and so musical. Using an iron cobra 900 double pedal and the ic 900 hi hat stand and they just work. Put them where you want and they just stay there. The snare took me a bit to get it where I could use it as an everyday snare. I’m an acrolite long time user and the wood snare was a bit of a learning curve. The finish on these are just amazing. The finish has moods that change with every lighting situation. Looking forward to seeing how this kit ages. I’m sure it’s not going anywhere.
The bass drums on Tamas have always been cannons !!! I've played Tamas my entire life and this is my next kit in Blue Lacquer. They sounds really nice with Attack heads on the toms !!!
That bass drum sounds killerrrrrr. Love the tiny bit of rumbling resonance to it. Honestly Tama has killed it with this affordable midrange yet professional kit. I have the Tama starclassic bb hyperdrives which are my main kit and love it to death. Bought the Tama superstar classics as a gigging kit I can beat up and take the abuse and not worry too much. Got a 4 piece 2 up 1 down for 400 dollars from dales drum shop, opted to take out the snare drum to lower the price since I would never use it. It’s not near a starclsssic but for the price you can’t beat it! And it mostly comes down to feel, when you are playing in a live show, 99.9 percent of the people listening won’t be able to tell the difference between a 400 dollar kit and a high end kit but you can feel the difference in how the kit rebounds the Stick back and how robust the hardware is but man this kit has served me so well and would buy it 10 times over again. I prefer this kit over any other midrange kit and a lot of kits that are much more expensive from other brands
You chose wisely, mine came with the snare and it's garbage, but the rest of the kit is really great, and I have a Starclassic Birch to compare it to. There's definitely a big difference in the hardware quality but for the most part they're pretty high quality except for the snare of course. I really love the kick and the high toms.
Experienced drummer here: Great quality and sound and I can imagine it with a 2ply deep sounding heads. For that 1000 price range brand new I'd buy this one over Pearl decade, Yamaha Stage and others. I've been a Sonor Phonic, Pearl x 3 Session/Masters/ Session Custom and now Tama Starclassic all birch db bass
And I'm a proud owner for two years of this exact same kit in the same color and configuration. I put remo clear emps on mine with just a little moon jell in the right spots and boom. It sounds like the quality of a starclassic or star. Awesome Awesome kit! Very solid craftsmanship and that color, killer. I run the double 910 speed cobra's on it with Mienl byzance series cymbals. You just can't beat this kit for the money compared to any other brands on the market.
@@erictorres4889 it has plenty of resonance even with the slight dampening I'm using. The studio room I'm using is 16x16 so it sounds better dampened in a smaller space. If I'm playing in a big open space I could remove the dampening and it would sound better. Basically I'm turning and dampening my kit to fit the environment it's in. Small areas no damp it rings way to much.
I agree 100 percent with you on that I own these and they are awsome they sound as good as more expensive drums .except I have the 7 piece dark red sparkle.
I found one of these on craigslist for 500 bucks, I had to drive 3 hours in a snowstorm to get it but it was so worth it. Would highly recommend even for the full price, happily would've payed 3x as much as I did.
I know the 'industry standard' is 8x7, 10x8, 12x9. But you guys have got to do a drum video for POWER TOM players. A little variety would be great. Every drum video you publish features the same sizes. POWER TOM players are also a part of the drumming community. Drumming is fun, crazy big drums are fun too! Show these younger players what they are missing! You can do it! :)
OK Who else clicked just to watch Nick play? LOL.... But I live how the toms sound...snare as it is here is a bit too rings for my taste...but then Nick plays and it all sounds perfect! 😃
@@BEElaine1008 no one is happy with anything these days people bitch and gripe about things that’s stupid to gripe about . Nothing wrong with the ring besides it’s better cuts through guitars easier.
Thanks Nick I just watched this video because I recently bought this shellpack with the Tama 4 piece low pitch octabons, MEINL dark classic extended cymbol pack, Evans reverse dot snare heads, Remo pinstripe tom heads, Aquarius kick head, Evans Black on the outside, all Tama road series hardware with iron cobra double bass pedals & hi-hat stabd, I've already been playing this awesome kit for 2 weeks straight with different variations it's so true for studio recording to go all open with this kit Tama has definitely maintained 1 of their grandfather classics, my 1st official performance in 1982 my hs stage band was behind a 5 piece superstar way to go Tama!!! everything you'll find from a DW performance series for thousands less, my grand total $5,592.64, the DW performance series set up like mine $10,786.79 just to compare & show that on a humble budget & raw talent you can sound just like the pro's without their bankroll ❤🥁😉👍
Can I just say WOW!!!!!! Those babies are simply stunning! Sound a lot like my Ludwig kit ,same setup but I have 14x14 and 16x16! Fathers day is almost here hmmmmm 🤔,think ill click that link now
Although these sound great, your kit was Tama's flagship of its day, and much better quality. All of Rush's albums from 1979 through 1987 was recorded with Neil's superstar drums. Also, your kit was made in Japan, where this one is Chinese made. You've done good in not selling them. Cheers 👍
Have this same kit, I put 3.0 mm triple flanged hoops on the snare and 2.3 mm triple flanged hoops on toms...great resonance and tone..Tama does it again
It's always great when the sellers representative can actually play drums! Very cool sounding Tama´s. Especially the bass drum. Enough playing to hear the the set and enough information to get a picture about the set. A very good demo. Again.
My Pros & Cons: I like that this is a 7-piece kit at a great price. I also like the sizes of the toms and that there is a tom mount on the bass drum and the floor toms have legs. I find that configuration to be faster for me to set up than using floating toms mounted on stands, that sometimes get top heavy with the floor toms. However, I would prefer that it came with a 22 x 16 bass instead of an 18-inch-deep bass. I have an 18-inch-deep bass on my Tama Starclassic and a Pearl Session bass drum that is 16 inches deep on my Pearl set, and I find the shorter bass drum to be easier to move, carry, and take up less room in my vehicle, especially since I use cases. In fact, I miss my 14" bass drums that I had with my Ludwig set years ago. :-) I'm also not a fan of the finish, but the other finishes don't have the reduced price. Thanks for your demo!
I have set up drums as a tech for many of the elite session players in L.A...Trust me when i tell you it's all about figuring out the angle of the bearing edge,head combos and good ears..This kit sounds as good as many D.W.,Yamaha.and any other company you want to mention..My point being that plenty of people i know spent over $5,000.00 on a kit that does not come close to sounding like these...
I got this exact on Black Friday! Evans UV2 heads on top with EMAD2 bass and HD Dry snare help make this kit sound amazing! maple shells are great. I play Meinl too.
I bought that kit 2 weeks ago (Same Finish) and then they filled all of the back orders so I canceled the order and got a Pearl Decade Maple. That kit he's playing right now is probably the one I bought lmfao
Does this kit only come with kick drums with tom mounting hardware preinstalled? I can't seem to find this kit with virgin kick drums. I do not plan to mount toms using the kick drum.
Hi, interested in this drum set but I can’t choose between this one Māpex armory drum set. Which one would you recommend, also what snare wire do you use?
Great video. These drums sound good, but for the Money you can Buy a Mapex Armory, add the 8" tom and the Mapex sound better. But still a good sounding kit.
@@St_Mindless well that’s you not me if you got these trust me you would love these more . You would also get rid of your Mapex drums the videos never do these drums justice in sound . In person these sound fantastic.
My first kit I saved up for was a Tama Swingstar. I went Tama because of Stew. ?Back in those days, you got the whole thing, not a shell pack. This was 1982. If this kit was in dark blue, just add 4 otabans and et viola, Copeland look alike.
Because they do .and your getting these at a great price point more cheaper then the star classics .and getting more toms then you would get with the star classics
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This kit is the most gorgeous I've seen. No where near as gorgeous as nicks playing though. Nick is the GROOVIEST man I've seen.
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What are you, a 5yr old? 🤣
You should start exploring about drums
What you said about Nick was right. He's good.
Ha fun
This is why I love Tama so much, they put in just as much care into their "affordable" kits as they do in the high end kits. Of course Nick can make a trash can sound amazing so there is that also!!!
Feel the same way man. I've played the stagestar when I was younger, Swingstar, Rockstar, and worked my way up to Starclassic. Strongest name in drums!
Your playing is, as always, amazing!!! And this kit sounds really great. I like the sound without any dampening. Typical great TAMA quality.
Very good value for your money! It’s the reason why I play Tama for 40 years now.
Came here because I own a superstar classic and I value Nick's thoughts and just love watching this guy have fun on the kit and talk about gear. Thx sweetwater🤟
I am 8 months into owning this kit. And it has been a joy to play them. Rock solid and so musical. Using an iron cobra 900 double pedal and the ic 900 hi hat stand and they just work. Put them where you want and they just stay there. The snare took me a bit to get it where I could use it as an everyday snare. I’m an acrolite long time user and the wood snare was a bit of a learning curve. The finish on these are just amazing. The finish has moods that change with every lighting situation. Looking forward to seeing how this kit ages. I’m sure it’s not going anywhere.
These drums are singing outlandishly! Love how wide open they are set. Sounds amazing!
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The bass drums on Tamas have always been cannons !!! I've played Tamas my entire life and this is my next kit in Blue Lacquer. They sounds really nice with Attack heads on the toms !!!
I’ve heard that Attack heads are great how do they sound ?
That bass drum sounds killerrrrrr. Love the tiny bit of rumbling resonance to it. Honestly Tama has killed it with this affordable midrange yet professional kit. I have the Tama starclassic bb hyperdrives which are my main kit and love it to death. Bought the Tama superstar classics as a gigging kit I can beat up and take the abuse and not worry too much. Got a 4 piece 2 up 1 down for 400 dollars from dales drum shop, opted to take out the snare drum to lower the price since I would never use it. It’s not near a starclsssic but for the price you can’t beat it! And it mostly comes down to feel, when you are playing in a live show, 99.9 percent of the people listening won’t be able to tell the difference between a 400 dollar kit and a high end kit but you can feel the difference in how the kit rebounds the Stick back and how robust the hardware is but man this kit has served me so well and would buy it 10 times over again. I prefer this kit over any other midrange kit and a lot of kits that are much more expensive from other brands
So glad I moved to PA and discovered Dales!
You chose wisely, mine came with the snare and it's garbage, but the rest of the kit is really great, and I have a Starclassic Birch to compare it to. There's definitely a big difference in the hardware quality but for the most part they're pretty high quality except for the snare of course. I really love the kick and the high toms.
Experienced drummer here:
Great quality and sound and I can imagine it with a 2ply deep sounding heads.
For that 1000 price range brand new I'd buy this one over Pearl decade, Yamaha Stage and others. I've been a Sonor Phonic, Pearl x 3 Session/Masters/ Session Custom and now Tama Starclassic all birch db bass
Really impressive drum kit at an achievable price point for every drummer. And great playing as always Mr. Nick!
They sound amazing. Love the sound of the clear heads.
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Definitely the best heads I got clear on my toms .
And I'm a proud owner for two years of this exact same kit in the same color and configuration. I put remo clear emps on mine with just a little moon jell in the right spots and boom. It sounds like the quality of a starclassic or star. Awesome Awesome kit! Very solid craftsmanship and that color, killer. I run the double 910 speed cobra's on it with Mienl byzance series cymbals. You just can't beat this kit for the money compared to any other brands on the market.
Awesome!😎🤘
Your supposed to let a maple drumset ring .
@@erictorres4889 it has plenty of resonance even with the slight dampening I'm using. The studio room I'm using is 16x16 so it sounds better dampened in a smaller space. If I'm playing in a big open space I could remove the dampening and it would sound better. Basically I'm turning and dampening my kit to fit the environment it's in. Small areas no damp it rings way to much.
That is a beautiful kit. Gotta love Tama drums. I played Tama's for years and they have some of the most affordable, best sounding drums & hardware.
I agree 100 percent with you on that I own these and they are awsome they sound as good as more expensive drums .except I have the 7 piece dark red sparkle.
I found one of these on craigslist for 500 bucks, I had to drive 3 hours in a snowstorm to get it but it was so worth it. Would highly recommend even for the full price, happily would've payed 3x as much as I did.
I know the 'industry standard' is 8x7, 10x8, 12x9. But you guys have got to do a drum video for POWER TOM players. A little variety would be great. Every drum video you publish features the same sizes. POWER TOM players are also a part of the drumming community. Drumming is fun, crazy big drums are fun too! Show these younger players what they are missing! You can do it! :)
I couldn't agree with you more man, I miss the days of the big,deep power toms.
Agreed!!!!
OK Who else clicked just to watch Nick play? LOL.... But I live how the toms sound...snare as it is here is a bit too rings for my taste...but then Nick plays and it all sounds perfect! 😃
Uh snares today are supposed to have the ring in it .
@@erictorres4889 But I don’t like it...personal preference
@@BEElaine1008 what ever .
@@BEElaine1008 no one is happy with anything these days people bitch and gripe about things that’s stupid to gripe about . Nothing wrong with the ring besides it’s better cuts through guitars easier.
@@BEElaine1008 if you don’t like it why did you bother saying anything about it ?
I'm sure that this video helps a lot to exploding the sales of this kit to the space!!! Amazing show Mr.Di Virgilio, amazing sounding drums !!!
These drums do sound great.
I play these at my church.
Wow, those sound awesome. Stop by to see Nick play, and the drums were a huge bonus!!!!
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Beautiful kit! Nick is the man……
I love how that set sounds
We do too! 😁🤘
They sound amazing.
Thanks Nick I just watched this video because I recently bought this shellpack with the Tama 4 piece low pitch octabons, MEINL dark classic extended cymbol pack, Evans reverse dot snare heads, Remo pinstripe tom heads, Aquarius kick head,
Evans Black on the outside, all Tama road series hardware with iron cobra double bass pedals & hi-hat stabd, I've already been playing this awesome kit for 2 weeks straight with different variations it's so true for studio recording to go all open with this kit Tama has definitely maintained 1 of their grandfather classics, my 1st official performance in 1982 my hs stage band was behind a 5 piece superstar way to go Tama!!! everything you'll find from a DW performance series for thousands less, my grand total $5,592.64, the DW performance series set up like mine $10,786.79 just to compare & show that on a humble budget & raw talent you can sound just like the pro's without their bankroll ❤🥁😉👍
The real drum off winner
Also the snare sounds so awesome. Sounds like something chad smith would endorse
Sorry, the snare sounds awful! Way too much over ring!
@@johngunther6801 just put a dampener
Sorry man, I don’t need to, my snare drum always sounds good!
@@johngunther6801 niceee🤘🤘
It sounds fantastic and raw
Love watching Nick Rock Out on that Sweet Tama Kit 🔥🔥🔥🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼
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I have a superstar custom from 2005 and have played them all over and in every condition. It stands up to any kit out there
Such a huuuge bass drum sound!
Great sounding quality drums and best bargain out there for maple Shell's. Thank you Nick for being so thorough.
Can I just say WOW!!!!!! Those babies are simply stunning! Sound a lot like my Ludwig kit ,same setup but I have 14x14 and 16x16! Fathers day is almost here hmmmmm 🤔,think ill click that link now
Treat yo' self! 🤣
Holy cow those Tom’s sound amazing! You’ll sell some kits off this video guaranteed.
Tama Drums…Absolutely no substitute.
I have an old cherry wine superstar from back in the 80s. Man I love that kit. It has been up and down the road with me and I will never ever sell it.
Although these sound great, your kit was Tama's flagship of its day, and much better quality. All of Rush's albums from 1979 through 1987 was recorded with Neil's superstar drums. Also, your kit was made in Japan, where this one is Chinese made. You've done good in not selling them.
Cheers 👍
Okay I've never really paid much attention to Tama but those drums sound amazing. Easily as good as DW's
I can't believe how good these things sound with the cheap heads on.
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This is a 1200$ entry level kit. And u just compared it DW. GET A GRIP
These sound killer! Especially when you consider they've got the stock heads.
Love my superstar classics! Great value maple kit for the money.
As always, fantastic video and playing Nick!
Nick is the man! Such a great and talented drummer! I want this set now!
Seriously, that drum sound amazing. Killer kick and thé toms have a nice tome, floors wow,. As usual, Nick is the men.
Love me some Tama drums and of course Nick is the best. Thanks!!
Love TAMA. Great review Nick, ♪
Nick is a AMAZING DRUMMER !! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
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Nick,
tht ending wuz BADDASS
Great playing and great description and demo of the kit. Thanks Nick
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Thats my favorite choose at all my life this set are amazing so far 🥁🥁🥁👏🏻👏🏻
Tamas toms just always have a beautiful note center and tonal spread that no one else does. so melodic
Have this same kit, I put 3.0 mm triple flanged hoops on the snare and 2.3 mm triple flanged hoops on toms...great resonance and tone..Tama does it again
These shells look as nice as many DW customs. If nobody told me I would think they cost several thousand.Amazing sound!
Wow...this sounds better than some super-high end kits. Really sings.
Yup agreed
Nick is awesome 😎. Love those drums.
Always love the drum demo videos. Is it possible to demo all of the different brands of "octobans" ?
Damn you can play any kind of music and pull it off!
I personally love the wide open sound on my bass drum I love my Tama superstar classic drums
It's always great when the sellers representative can actually play drums! Very cool sounding Tama´s. Especially the bass drum. Enough playing to hear the the set and enough information to get a picture about the set. A very good demo. Again.
Monster drummer! Too good!
Grate Drums, bravo Tama !!!!!!!!!
Great as always. Would be extra wonderful if Tama went back to the 83 Superstar birch with power toms for a limited run.
The finish is beautiful... 😍
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I have this exact kit coming.
I played a set of these at guitar center a few weeks ago and they sounded EXACTLY the same in person.
best drums and the color is unbeatable got the same one on the way
Much better than the Gretch you demoed recently in both looks and sound!
My Pros & Cons: I like that this is a 7-piece kit at a great price. I also like the sizes of the toms and that there is a tom mount on the bass drum and the floor toms have legs. I find that configuration to be faster for me to set up than using floating toms mounted on stands, that sometimes get top heavy with the floor toms. However, I would prefer that it came with a 22 x 16 bass instead of an 18-inch-deep bass. I have an 18-inch-deep bass on my Tama Starclassic and a Pearl Session bass drum that is 16 inches deep on my Pearl set, and I find the shorter bass drum to be easier to move, carry, and take up less room in my vehicle, especially since I use cases. In fact, I miss my 14" bass drums that I had with my Ludwig set years ago. :-) I'm also not a fan of the finish, but the other finishes don't have the reduced price. Thanks for your demo!
I adore these kits
That snare would sound so beautiful with some moon gels👌
No it wouldn’t I love the ring in the snare cuts through the other instruments
I have set up drums as a tech for many of the elite session players in L.A...Trust me when i tell you it's all about figuring out the angle of the bearing edge,head combos and good ears..This kit sounds as good as many D.W.,Yamaha.and any other company you want to mention..My point being that plenty of people i know spent over $5,000.00 on a kit that does not come close to sounding like these...
I know right ? What a waste on money I will take these over more expensive drums
I got this exact on Black Friday! Evans UV2 heads on top with EMAD2 bass and HD Dry snare help make this kit sound amazing! maple shells are great. I play Meinl too.
Awesome! 🔥
@@sweetwater Cole Madley hooked it up with a great deal and price match! I'm a die hard Sweetwater fan and free candy is always nice too
Great playing Nick 😍
I bought that kit 2 weeks ago (Same Finish) and then they filled all of the back orders so I canceled the order and got a Pearl Decade Maple. That kit he's playing right now is probably the one I bought lmfao
Superstar is superb in sound and quality
the drums sound good.but these cymbals,sound awesome!
nick has the best job in the world
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I don’t play drums but even I can see that this is a nice kit - in a treated room and miked up well - mmm
I love that you demoed the kit without anything in the bass drum
This boy got some style
Great set and great drumming!
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Amazing sound and amazing review (as usual, great job Nick!) Love the wide open sound, however I’d use clear emperors instead.
That’s the best ride I’ve heard. I wonder what meinl it is
I put the Remo emperors on the snare and it sounds amazing .
Do a video on the Sonor AQ2 stage set pls
Sounds like they were tuned to notes! What is that c major?
very good! nick thanks so lot.
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Great demo Nick. I’m sorry if I missed this but what are the models of the Meinl cymbals? They sound awesome too. Thanks!
Does this kit only come with kick drums with tom mounting hardware preinstalled? I can't seem to find this kit with virgin kick drums. I do not plan to mount toms using the kick drum.
Hi, interested in this drum set but I can’t choose between this one Māpex armory drum set. Which one would you recommend, also what snare wire do you use?
Nick makes every drum set sound great, so how is this a fair representation? LOL
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Aww beautiful
great kit for the money.
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I really wish you guys would have put quality heads on those for the sales pitch. Night and day difference in sound.
great to hear these in a 'lower' tuning ....
Which mic was used to record the kick drum?
The sounds amazing Nick . I got a starclassic never sell it mate
Great video. These drums sound good, but for the Money you can Buy a Mapex Armory, add the 8" tom and the Mapex sound better. But still a good sounding kit.
When you played the bass it sounded like the song from Space Balls when the druids waltz thru the dessert
I dunno, Mapex Saturns have some gorgeous finishes 🔥🔥🔥
Mapex is not nowhere as good as Tama .
@@erictorres4889 you take that back 😆😆😆 Mapex Armory, Saturn, Black Panther. The quality is just sublime
@@St_Mindless nope not takeing it back Tama is the best Pearl are the best .
@@erictorres4889 I love my Mapex
@@St_Mindless well that’s you not me if you got these trust me you would love these more . You would also get rid of your Mapex drums the videos never do these drums justice in sound . In person these sound fantastic.
One of the best kits for $1200. Are there kits that sound better? Yes. But change the heads and tune them up and muah. They sound like a $3,000 kit
Which drum kit will be the best mapex armory or tama superstar classic?
My first kit I saved up for was a Tama Swingstar. I went Tama because of Stew. ?Back in those days, you got the whole thing, not a shell pack. This was 1982.
If this kit was in dark blue, just add 4 otabans and et viola, Copeland look alike.
Does Nick give private lessons? I've checked his website and don't see any info about it.
Why are these sounding better to me than most star classics, wth? Wow.
Because they do .and your getting these at a great price point more cheaper then the star classics .and getting more toms then you would get with the star classics
To be honest I would love a 20 inch bdrum with this kit .
I can't tell, are those drums purple?