Greetings,

Found these on ebay for $80! They are from a forum member (I asked the seller), but he/she said they have not been on here in years.

The floor tom is a double lug, and the wrap is a little more plum than red. The rack and bass have the familiar "Made In Japan" with the blue printing and star. The floor tom is unbranded. Curiously, all three interiors are different. The rack tom is natural interior with no re-rings. The floor is natural with re-rings. The bass is painted gray with no re-rings.

I think this will be a fun project. I am going to "convert" the floor tom to center mounted lugs as well. The good thing is that the rack tom lugs are the same as found on many MIJ style snares, so I already found an MIJ snare on ebay for cheap, and I'll just use the lugs off of that.

I already have a red sparkle kit, so I am going to most likely re-wrap these (that way, I can cover the original lug holes for the floor tom). I am NOT concerned about resale value; I just like to have fun fixing them up and have fun playing them! Any suggestions for my choice on wrap? I want to keep it authentic as far as MIJ colors/wraps were concerned. I was thinking wither WMP or Blue or Aqua sparkle. I already have MIJ Kits in Red Sparkle, Blue Onyx, Red Onyx, BDP, Gold/Orange Sparkle and white satin flame, and other kits in Silver Sparkle and Green sparkle. Other than what I mentioned above, did I miss any "traditional" MIJ wrap choices? Was Aqua Sparkle even available back then?

Another question: is the cymbal holder pictured "THE" elusive Star cymbal mount? I have not seen one like that before.

Final question: I have seen a fair number of these club date style MIJ kits. All the ones I have seen, either didn't come with a floor tom (rack, snare, bass) or the floor tom is always different (i.e. double lugs). Were these MIJ Club Date kits not available with a floor tom?

I'll keep this thread updated as I progress along.

V