Greetings All,
This is my first post…ever to anywhere, so forgive me if I make some lame, should have known better mistake in my posting etiquette!
First, it has been really cool reading through old posts and learning so much about drums I never knew. I am an old rocker from the 70s-80s, cutting my listening teeth on bands like Chicago, Doobie Brothers, then into Rush, Deep Purple, ELP, Dixie Dregs, UK and so on.
I recently purchased some drums for the first time in 28 years. Sold an old 10-piece kit of Royal Pewter Tama Imperialstars back in 1983 because we couldn't afford Christmas gifts for the kids that year.
Since hanging up the bar band life, I have really only played in churches. Back in 2000 I got involved in Psalmdrummers, an international Christian drumming network and was fortunate enough to have traveled to the UK 3 years to attend international conferences and meet some awesome people/drummers from around the world.
Anyway, back to the new drums. I bought a double kick (22 inch) set of Wine Red Tama Imperialstars with 12, 13 mounted toms, 16 floor tom and an awesome 6-1/2 x 14 Imperialstar snare for $300. They are in very good condition, minor marking from toms rubbing bass drums, etc. I had to travel 3 hours from home to get them. A week later I found another kit, same time period, with two kicks (26 inch) 14, 15 mounted toms, 16 and 18 floor toms for $300. This kit was several miles from where I work.
According to the info I read throughout the posts these kits are from the 84-85 timeframe. T-Badges with the "T" in front of word Tama as slanted. Interior of shells have the zolla (sp?) coating without reinforcing rings.
I posted a small pic that shows them all setup quickly as I found room to set them up. The two 26" kicks are one out in front of the set just beyond the white floor tom and the other at the very rear with the black dot head on it.
A friend of mine told me the 26" kicks are quite rare. Is that true?
Anyway, thanks for reading, forgive me the long story, and I look forward both to hearing your thoughts and playing these beauties!
God Bless,
Jim Stroud
