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@@dr2675 thank you. No rehearsal just asked the guys to help. We run an open mic every Wednesday there. My cousin's wife is finally home after two months in the hospital and rehab but she has a very long road ahead of her. This song means a lot to my cousin because it describes exactly what he went through and how his wife stood beside him.

Thanks. I'm about to upload Basket Case from the same gig. Check it out when it's up.

Thank you. I've been very fortunate. They give great pleasure. I worked hard to get them which makes me appreciate them even more.

The set came with maybe 10 of the black Tama signs. They're have adhesive backing. I set drums up then applied, they're thin embossed metal. Allows them to fit nicely on the radius of the toms. I chose not to put on floor toms, I have the grommet badges facing out.

It's too strange, I don't have these Tama logos at all. on the other hand I have a rack, which I don't like I would like to be able to have a support for 2 toms, easier to move but I can't find it in any store even on ebay@@golfnut033

Yeah, but your comment was that you were the first to comment which isn't really a comment about the video as much as it's a comment that no one has commented.

I'm trying to remember, at that time I'm thinking the pedals that came with the set. Full set of hardware was included, stands, pedals, snare drum too. I use the snare stand to this day on my gigging 4 piece. I wish I could include pictures cause I have them but don't know the name. I did own a King Beat, think that's the name. It had the internal compression spring. I also had 2 of the pedals that the spring connected up on the arm that was adjustable back and forth. Then 2 pedals that were a bit lighter with the footboard that had the "U" bolt for the toe stop. I'm sorry I'm bad with knowing the names and model numbers. Never been one to rattle off model numbers like I was saying my ABC's. There may be a "foot" shot in there, somewhere.

@@golfnut033 Tama’s pedals that were available at the time were the Flexi-Flyer (strap drive), the Camco, and the Pro-Beat.

Thank you. This video was made before the Zildjian's were vintage. Lol I still have the 18" rock crash, 16" med crash, and the 20" med crash. That 20" is a beast and needed the Vic Firth American Classic Rock stick to make it explode. I also still have the 14" Rock hi hats.

@@golfnut033 Do you still have the Tama Granstar drumset 🥁??

@@SuperheroJunior yes, I still have them. 34 years now. I was gigging with a 4 piece config from 2014 to 2020. After pandemic I got a custom drum set made for me by a good friend that has a drum building business. I'm currently try to set to Tama's back up but with work and weekend gigs it's been difficult. One day, one day. 🤞🙂

I have a set of new beat hats from this Era, still my favorite hihat. I also have a granstar kit, gun metal gray.

I worked at a music store and used the hell out of my 50% teachers discount. Lol But today I gig with a small 4 piece but I have 6 cymbals and a set of hi hats. I did a "what if I had to replace my gig cymbal set up" and the cost is over $2,000. A's 18" rock crash, 18" med thin, 16" custom crash, 22" med ride, 12" meinl trash splash, 8" Dream splash, and 14" A Custom hi hats. I still have the 22" Ping Ride and couple 16" med thin crashes, and a 18" rock crash I got in 1992. I've accumulated quite a bit over the last 43 plus years.

Firestorm Red wrap. I also have a Lipstick Red lacquer snare drum, 14 x8 with Freedom lugs. Bought used around 1991 or 92.

That sax solo was hot! Second time I played that and you're throwing two extra solos at me! Lol I think I had 2 maybe 3 hours of sleep after before I had to be at work! It was a great night and as always a treat and pleasure to play along side you!

Remember I put a little reverb and some EQ on the video, it's a small room and the Sony Handycam has a great mic for such a small camera. I was having a heck of a time trying to get my new LM402 to sound good to my ears. My cousin has one from the mid 80's and it sounds great, I couldn't get mine to sound like his though they are identical in size and shell type. The new ones come with rubber gaskets on every lug, his doesn't have them. I decided to take the gaskets off. I'm not concerned with the lugs scratching or marking the shell. I plan on having this until the day I die. Anyway, to answer your question, I use a ratchet torque wrench from Cannon Percussion (it has a digital read out of numbers 3.0 up to 16.0 or more I haven't tuned anything tighter) to tune all my drums. It's not perfect but it gets me close and I can make any fine tuning adjustments with a regular drum key. I don't know how it works but when you make a tension rod tighter the number on the torque wrench goes higher. I tuned the bottom fairly tight, wrench says 10.0 to 11.0. The top head I also tune fairly tight but not as tight as the bottom. The torque says 8.0 to 9.0. Tama has a Drum Dial and the equivalent to my torque's number on the Dial are around 90 to 95 for the bottom and 80 for the top. I like a 2ply for the top head on all my snares and I like the thicker bottom head. Some people think the thicker bottom chokes the drum. I don't know. All I know is that I like it and many drummers have said they like the way my snare drums sound. To each his own. It just what sounds good to my ears. Remember not to over tighten the snare wires.

At 11:22 I hit the gong.

Oh damn i stopped early ! Good solo 14 min , my hands hurt lol

Big kit you weren't kidding .

Yes, Granstars are birch. Granstar Customs also birch but with a lacquer finish vs the plastic color wrap. I have the Granstar's with the Firestorm Red wrap.

What color was this kit? A little hard to tell in the video

@@maddog0342 Firestorm Red.

That is awesome. When I returned to the music scene in 2012 I found it hard to believe that I was the owner of a "Vintage" set of TAMA's. LOL To maintain the chrome on these I use "0000" steel wool, the finest grade. Just rub the chrome hardware with it not using any creams or pastes, JUST THE STEEL WOOL, and chrome comes back to life. Of course if chrome is damaged, pitted or missing, it won't help. It also, removes and permanent marker you may have used on cymbal stands or legs to mark set up locations.

thnx

I set drums up then I placed the black metal ones so they would be seen from the front of set. The badge air vents aren't always visible. There were enough extra (2 or 3) that I put a TAMA metal label on both sides of the 12" and 13" just in case I did a set up change like removing the 14" and putting the 12" and 13" on bass drum to make a "5 piece" set. The large TAMA decals I would put on the front bass drum head to make it a "Logo" head. I just used the last one I had from this set a few months ago to put on a new front bass drum head. You can search amazon.com for decals.

That Lipstick Red finish was awesome! Loved that color

Sorry this took so long to answer. A crazy year and didn't see the notifications. In 1989 the 9 piece set I bought listed for $4222.00. I was giving drum lessons at a music store then and use a "teacher's" discount so, with tax I paid $2836. I use a four piece from this kit. 12" tom, 16" floor tom, and one of the 22" bass drums. I gig pretty much every weekend now and the kit sounds great. I'm using a 6.5"x14" metal Ludwig snare I got in December of 2015.

A hell of a lot more than most of us had thats for sure...Yamaha's were pretty big in our little scene, maybe Ludwig as well but Tama? I don't recall anyone having a solid Tama kit until the mid 90's. These Granstar kits are badass! Lars is a douchenozzle shit drummer but nobody can argue his earlier kits weren't monstrous sounding..the white/black one is my favorite!