The warm, thick and personal sound the Star Maple makes this drum without a doubt, a personal set that will make you distinguish by its spectacular sound and appearance. Like everyone the drums Star, it's handmade in Japan.

The shells
Although manufactured with one of the most popular and traditional materials shells of the Star Maple has some features that differentiate them from the rest. Them shells 5-layer and 5-mm ultrafins are composed of a central layer of solid wood of 2 mm. of thickness, intercalated between 1.5 mm cross laminated layers thickness on both sides.
The shells traditional maple rings usually sound bright and open Star, to which the series Star Maple adds a great dynamic, body and warmth by using a solid wood core. This innovative design gives the shells Star Maple the expected tone of the maple as well as a great sound character of the drums Shell solid, which results in a truly unique and exceptional combination.

Heads
The Tama Star Includes heads Remo USA

• Tom Toms & Floor Toms: Remo Ambassador Coated for batter and Remo Ambassador Clear for resonants
• Bass Drums: Remo Powerstroke 3 Coated for Batter and Remo Fiberskyn Powerstroke 3 Diplomat for the resonant
• Snare Drums: Remo Ambassador Coated for batter and Remo Ambassador Hazy for boarding

Hoops foundry
The hoops are a fundamental element for the sound of a drum and for the ease and stability the tuning. The toms and snare drums Star has hoops zinc casting made injecting cast metal into moulds. Them hoops casting are more dense and more consistently than the hoops triple flanged, which are manufactured by folding metal plates.
Regarding the sound, the hoops casting provides a sharper attack, a greater projection and a more focused and powerful tone. They also facilitate the tuning and keep this tuning longer due to its density and consistency the shape. These hoops combined with shells Star gets a very balanced sound and a lot of body.

Arandelas Hold Tight
The hold Tight washers are designed to prevent screws tension loosen up. They are a cup-shaped stainless steel washers containing a rubber ring.
The vibration caused when you touch creates a space between screws tension and the hoops, which can make the screws loose over time. Them hoops rubber the hold Tight washers help absorb the impact of the vibration and keep the screws in constant contact with the hoops to prevent them from loosening.

Minimum contact Shell
Every piece of hardware than of shells affects the resonance and sound the drum. By developing the star line, each detail was carefully considered to maximize the resonance and optimize sound.
The new design the lugs for the star pieces have a spectacular look as well as an extremely low mass construction for minimal contact with Shell. The claws of the bass drum follow the same principle as "float" in the surface of the hoops of the bass drum. The Star drums also feature a printed sheet and a small wooden decompression hole that further reduces the weight of the materials in the Shell improvement the resonance and sound.

Legs of bass drum
The leg of the bass drum adopt the same concept as the leg from the floor toms. Given that the leg of the bass drum receive the horizontal impact of the pedal, properly absorbing this impact is fundamental the natural resonance of the Shell of the bass drum and for a comfortable feel of the pedal bass drum. That's why they have been designed with leg soft rubber and large mass.
There is more important consideration. The majority the leg of bass drum have metal tips at the end to prevent the bass drum move as you touch. This is an important feature for many drummers, so to achieve the same principle of impact absorption while using metal rods, the leg of bass drum Star has a unique construction of 2 pieces. The it is separated from the rest of the the rubber sole, which absorbs the impact without transferring it to the itch, allowing the Shell of the bass drum live and resonate more freely.

Legs of the floor tom
In general, the floor tom is placed vertically and pertains down. This means that the leg the tom receive this impact down directly. The tips the leg of the floor toms Star have a soft, hollow and special rubber that helps absorb this impact in a way that emphasizes the resonance and the natural sustain of tom.

Stands tom "Quick-Lock"
The stands of tom "Quick-Lock" equipped in the Super Resonant assembly system and on the floor toms Star have some very innovative features.
First, as your name suggests, these stands allow a quick and easy configuration and disassembly. But the special and unique feature of these stands is that once the tom is placed in a stand of tom or leg base tom, it is not necessary to place and adjust separate memories to save the configuration. Just slipping the switch on the stand tom, the stand separates in two parts. When the tom is removed, the part of " memory block" remains in the stand of the tom or the leg the base tom. This keeps its position and makes it the next setup is quick and easy.
These stands quick-Lock tom also have some additional acoustic benefits. Following the same principle of reducing the transfer of vibrations the drum to the stands of the toms or the leg of the floor toms, these stands also use a rubber coating to isolate even more the drum and improve the resonance.

Bearing blocks
The vibration produced when hitting a drum is transferred to Shell through the point of contact between the head and the Shell. So, the shape of the edges is one of the most important factors in the sound of a drum.
The Star drums have a bearing edge shape as shown in the diagram. Its peak is more round than the traditional support edge of Tama. This rounded peak provides more contact between head and the Shell, allowing the vibration spreads from the head up to the Shell more effectively. Plus, the maximum position of the edge is 3.5 mm from the outer surface Shell, which further improves the contact between the head and the drum.

Interior finish
In a process that takes a long time, the edges and the interior of all shells of the Star drums end meticulously by hand with oil to achieve a luxurious look. Them shells Star Bubinga have an inner layer of Cordia with oil finish, while the Star Maple have maple interiors with oil finish

Super assembly system resonant
To maximize the natural resonance of the drum, the tom must be mounted with one tension minimum the shells and hoops. The Star drums feature a mounting concept called Super Mounting System Resonant.
This system has three contact points with the drum. Two are located in the hoop mass (A and B) and one is located in the hoop lower (C). These three points create the greatest theoretical triangle possible on the drum. The two contact points in the mass frame (A and B) support the drum weight vertically. The third point of contact (C) supports the horizontal weight of the drum, once the angle is set. According to the physical, the further this third point is found, the less support requires by setting an angle. Therefore, by placing the third point of contact as far as possible in the hoop lower, using the arm stand, we could drastically reduce the tension and the tension in the Shell and the hoop and increase the natural resonance. If you tilt the drum beyond a certain angle, which should only apply to a small minority of drummers, this assembly system works a little differently. If a drum bends beyond a certain angle, the hoop no longer in contact with the lower point of contact (C) nor will it be supported. In that case, a different point of contact (D), located in the hoop the batter. Although the triangle formed by these three points is much smaller, it does not exercise more tension on the hoop mass due to the angle of the drum. So, the natural resonance of the drum is still preserved in this case.

To maximize the resonance of drums, it is very important to avoid the vibration of the shells transferred to the stands from the tom. Therefore, besides the engineering described above, also Tama uses rubber at each point of contact between the Shell and the assembly system, which helps to isolate the shells and greatly reduces the vibration transfer.

Inlay option
Star drums come from series with a beautiful central wood inlay on the outside the shells. Tama Star also offers you the embedded inside the Sound Focus Rings, or without any incrustation.

Color option hoop of bass drum
The bass drums they come from series with hoops wood with finish to play. You can also choose a natural matt finish or a dark brown matt finish for hoops, available for the most colors drum.

About Tama Drums
What else can you say about Tama besides that for decades it has been the preferred by the most “dogs”?. For several years now Tema has continued to maintain its classic models for rock and metal but has expanded its palette drums with models perfect for all types of styles and have models for all pockets. Artists of styles as different as Peter Erskine, Stewart Copeland, Robert Sput, Simon Philips or Mike Portnoy enjoy the Tama sound. Something will be.
In addition this brand manufactures a wide range of hardware and accessories drum with some names mythical like the Iron Cobra.