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TAMA Fibrestar Kit start of the restoration!

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Hy guys,

i just scored that very seldom TAMA Fibrestar. It´s the forgotten series from Tama 70s/80s.

It has 8 mounted toms one 18" Floortom and 2 pieces of 24"bassdrums.

I trade it for an old TAMA Swingstar i restored!

i am sure this will be fun to restore even when it will take quite a whileYes Sir

All the stands and hardware are with it, the former owner was tired of doing the job to re-wrap and clean it. He just want a Set to play - so we made this trade.

I will keep you guys informed how the restoration goes along.

best regards

Christian

Posted on 9 years ago
#1
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Cool! What are your plans about wrapping?

Are you gonna keep it as one set? Or make two sets of it?

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Posted on 9 years ago
#2
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Hello bartw,

About the wrap i have no idea at the moment! i think some something crazy looks cool:-)

i want this set to be as one:-) Yes Sir

regards

Christian

Posted on 9 years ago
#3
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Wow! what a great project, I think you got the better half of the deal. I love projects like this. It will be fun to watch it go together!


Thank you!
Jeff C

"Enjoy every sandwich" Warren Zevon
Posted on 9 years ago
#4
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That will be an amazing project, Christian. I'm sure the end result will be stunning! Please keep us posted.

Brian

Just a drummer who loves all things about vintage drums! Nothing more, nothing less.
Posted on 9 years ago
#5
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So...i started with giving the lugs(and they are a lot:-)) a good soak in a dawn bath. They turned out very well as you can see on the pics.

Then i cleaned the 6"-8" and 10" Rims and the bracket for these three toms:-)

I decided to go with a very crazy color...as you can see on the pics. Three Toms are finished by now...but there is a lot more to do:-)

I`ll keep you guys informed how it goes along:-)

regards

Christian

Posted on 9 years ago
#6
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Before you cover the rest of the drums, could I please see a pic of a naked shell? These are Fiberglass right?

I would like to see the natural color and texture of a sanded shell.

Thank You

Great Project. lots of drums!!!!

BLAEMIRE DRUMS
Thanks to Mr. Jerry Jenkins
Posted on 9 years ago
#7
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Here some pics of the shells before wrapping;-) Yes sir they are fibreglass:-) I found out in video on youtube that in 1978 Simon Phillips was involved in the making of the Fibrestar Series:-)

regards

Christian

Posted on 9 years ago
#8
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Got a link to that video?

Posted on 9 years ago
#9
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[ame]https://youtu.be/ETDLGkh0MN4[/ame]

Here it is. He asked Hoshino Ghaki to make a Fibreglass kit for him! It´s quite at the start of the video:-)

regards

Christian

Posted on 9 years ago
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