There is currently a set of 7 Tama Mighty lugs for sale on eBay for $120 w/ free shipping. I spent years buying used Tama King Beat and 8056 "parts snare" off the net and rebuilding them into solid snares, that is definately the cheapest way to get parts for these drums but might not make sense if you need just one lug. I will say that I think it makes good sense that if you are going to be a long term owner of these snares to have a few replacement lugs on deck, they do fail with some regularity, even the Mighty lug which was designed as an improvement to the early Imperial lug.

Either way, I could use a few spare Mighty lugs myself so if you want to split this auction then I'm game or you could just buy them yourself and sell what you don't need individually to recoup your money. http://www.ebay.com/itm/7-lugs-for-vintage-Tama-Superstar-Kingbeat-6-5x14-snare-drum-VG-/152115653094?hash=item236acca9e6:g:vqwAAOSw9eVXUwEx

Hello Nacci Thank you for the heads up

I found a seller that "may" have just the one needed snare lug

as a throw-in to our deal on a 10" 14" and 16" toms

He is not sure but is looking into the lug

otherwise of course I would be more motivated

I am almost afraid to check the other lugs

for fear they may have been distorted via over tensioning them

If the drum was ever cranked up pretty high

and I will assume that at some point it has been

Then chances are good there are other failed lugs

that may be hanging on by a thread (literally) ...Too bad about this

I did not realize these mighty lugs are improved from my originals

and that they still fail regularly

I wonder if the voids around the threaded mounting posts inside of each lug

could be filled in with some sort of tough resin material that would add strength and support

directly around the threaded posts

I have seen several examples of the failure in the few weeks since buying this drum

and it always involves the threaded posts shifting and becoming distorted by the high tension

Hello Kenwood, good news about finding the lug, even at that though I would keep an eye out for a few spares. I would say that of the two dozen or so King beats and 8056 snares that crossed my modest work bench 40% of the lugs were compromised in some way...usually from, like you said, over tensioning but usually over tensioning on one side...say, like the reso absolutely cranked and the batter medium or vice ver-sa and they they were just left to sit forever. I have seen several snares like this where the screw holes just kind of deformed and flowed like lava. Second way is that all is good but when you go to un-screw the lug the lug screw casting breaks because it has just been sitting for so long and the threads just kind of fused together. I learned to develop and torque wrench warning alert in my wrist and leave it. I have employed all types of methods to try and save and repair lugs but enough about that. These are great, great snares. I love all of mine. Congrats and good luck.

So odd, after i posted the last comment I went to Vintage TAMA Drums on Facebook to see what was going on and saw this. Happens more often than not. If your not using your 80's Tama snare take the tension off those heads, they're not making these lugs anymore.

Hello again Nacci and many Thanks

well the guy did not get back to me on the one lug

or the drums I was interested in either

I sent an inquiry to this seller with the seven

Yes Anthony over at Village Drum here in little Rhody

showed me a bunch of lugs like those all damaged in just the same fashion

I am really wondering about filling those voids with epoxy resin or something thereabouts

It seems to me those female threaded mounting posts

would have a lot less chance to shift and distort under tension if they were surrounded in a solidified resin of sorts

Hello Kenwood, we must be neighbors, I am out of East Lyme, CT. and love my occasional visits to Village drum in Little Rhody. I agree with you entirely, the lugs are fixable, Dremel out the bad, JB weld in some steel rod, re drill and tap and save those lugs. Those are the types of projects I love, sitting at my workbench with a cup of coffee and some Allman Brothers L@TFE playing just fixing drum gear.

Hello Nacci

yes we are slightly distant neighbors as I am in Warwick R.I.

I drive through your area fairly often on my various courier runs

I like your idea of repairing already damaged lugs like these

My thoughts were more about taking preventative steps to lugs of this sort

that have not yet been damaged by high tension by providing more support for those

threaded posts on the inside.

I just missed out on buying five on the bay for 61.00

I might be weighing in a bit too late on this, but I had this same snare drum in the 5" depth. I ordered it with the rest of my Super Star kit in the mid 80's. The interior of the snare drum was stained the same color as the outside Cherry Wine, as were all the toms and bass drum.

As to the lug, yes, they can be difficult to find. This longer lug for snare drums was prone to cracking. I have an article about Craig Krampf who became a Tama endorser after being with Rogers. He even mentions about collecting as many of these lugs as he could find, due to the cracking issues!

-Mark

You bought that from a local guy here in the Portland area who scooped me on this particular drum deal! :D That particular eBay seller is well known for chopping great vintage drum sets and selling off the parts too, ugh...

BTW, my same version of this snare drum is also stained inside :) Picked mine up from used Guitar Center a few years ago for about $200 but it had some lacquer scratches...