TAMA Starclassic Walnut/Birch Lacquer 4-piece Shell Pack Demo
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- Опубликовано: 21 июн 2019
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TAMA's Starclassic Walnut/Birch Lacquer drums take the basic design of their acclaimed Starclassic Maple series and put a cool twist on it. These drums feature the combination of mellower birch with the stiffness of walnut. This results in a supremely dynamic sound that features the characteristic warmth of birch shells enhanced by the heavier attack of walnut plies. Beyond that, Starclassic Walnut/Birch Lacquer drums come complete with all of the outstanding hardware that sets the Starclassic series apart.
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Nick is a phenomenal world class drummer.
He's unbelievable
Not to mention great at doing the reviews. Top notch. Very thorough. I love how he demos sounds with and without snares engaged.
hallahh lebay lah lu njing !
Instablaster
heard him on Steve Thorne's crimes and reasons first time. Great drumming and sound
Wife just bought me the 4 piece shamrock oyster. Absolutely amazing!!!!!!
Who better to musically demonstrate the sound ANY drum kit than Nick!
Best drums reviewer ever, i see Nick, i click 😂😂
He's great, but he's not reviewing, he's selling. Everything is awesome.
@@TuplexGaming I agree, they're not reviewing, they're selling. I find Drummer's review does much better reviews, impartial and honest... but hey, I enjoy anyway watching Nick play, he's a great drummer...
Facts
YEP YEP YEP!! No doubt!
Yeah man, I had TAMA Rockstar-DX Misty Chrome for 32 years, then upgraded to this TAMA Starclassic Walnut/Birch with Piano Black finish 2 years ago and I matched it up with a 6.5x14 snare with this Phantasm Oyster Laquer and it’s awesome! This is a shoutout to my parents when I was 6 I got a little Muppets drumset and the shells had a red and blue shell and this finish really reminded me of where I started!
The floor tom! Holy sh*t
RIGHT!!!!
That’s a nice floor tom 👍🏽
Bought the 3 piece in a different finish, and it is literally the best sounding kit I have ever played/heard
What finish was it?
I got it too in the Piano Black baby!!
@@SoonerAce311 charcoal onyx. Very pretty buts it's just a wrap
I feel that the piano black is good for any style. You can place it next to a Grand Piano for lounge Jazz or pop, or can put it on stage for rock/funk/fusion/punk all that and just enjoy as it becomes whatever you need it to be. I got the 3 up and 2 down and 22x16 Bass Drum. Just got the double tom mount, because it’s so heavy duty and this video really inspired me to get the double tom mount again! I also just got the single tom mount as well, because I’ve had one tom up for 20 years. I was also inspired and “sold” by this video as well like you were! My first real set was Tama back in 87’ and I was checking out other brands to maybe buy like Yamaha, Ludwig (I’ve had my Zeppelin snare 6.5x14 Supraphonic forever and will keep it forever) Mapex, Pearl and DW. I’m going to get the snare that is the Walnut/Birch nice wood shell to compliment the set and get the Phantasm Oyster Laquer! I love that color on a snare and as we see here in this great video with Nick, everything is Phantasm Oyster Laquer EXCEPT the snare to promote the 4-piece toms and bass drum pack.
@Billy Martinek Jr I like how passionate you are about it. I was the same way when I got mine, I just played the kit for a little while right before seeing this lol. I love the kit, I only have the 3 piece (rack,floor,kick), but I desperately want to get a matching 18x16 floor Tom but you have to special request them through Sweetwater for the right wood and finish etc etc. I also really want to see if they ever release a 13" snare in the walnut birch. I have the 13x7 G Maple snare and I love it. I think the walnut/birch could bring really cool sounds to a similar sized snare.
This is my dream drum kit
I bought the 5 piece Shamrock Oyster Lacquer, and is incredible. Best purchase ever. 💚
Nice! I got the 5 piece too and added the 8 rack tom and 18 floor Tom in piano black Laquer! I love the White Tama on the black drum head on the black finish! I also going to match the set with the 6.5x14 snare walnut/birch with the phantasm oyster too cause I do love that color and our hybrid wood!! Walnut and birch together is badass!!
Best drum review Nick has ever done for you guys Sweetwater. EVERY REVIEW SHOULD BE LIKE THIS. Thanks as always
I could watch Nick review drum gear all day haha! Love this kit! Tama is the best.
Right???
I really enjoy how detailed Nick's reviews on the drums are. The Tama birch walnut is the kit I'm thinking of upgrading to. Keep up the awesome work Nick
Nick, I can listen to you play all day! You are the "Dave Weckl" of prog. Absolutely gorgeous sounding kit.
That sound is what my ears have been waiting to hear in reality forever.
The sound I hear in my head has been realised in this kit and THAT FINISH 😱😍
I have found my dream TAMA
Great sounding kit, the best for live work IMO. And Nick ripping it up as usual. Phenomenal drummer!
this mix of woods is fantastic...great sound
Love the color of that set.
Unbelievable Nick so smooth drum sound great Such a natural
I just got this kit for my Birthday, last week ….I love it!!!
Nick really is quite thorough in his reviews, the best info in my opinion.
this is your best demo tune yet... Love this
Great video! Very well shot with some great playing as well! Also the drums sound amazing!!! 🤘🏻
Dang Nick! Love the song! BEAST MODE
Great sounding Kit! Good looking.
That kit looks and sounds cool! 😍
Tama should seriously use this same finish for different models. It's absolutely gorgeous.
Great review Nick! I just picked up a three piece with hardware and a BB snare in great condition for a ridiculously low price. Can’t wait to get them set up!
Nick is freakin amazing and such a humble and loving human
Drum Center of Portsmouth has a really great comparison video showing the difference in sound between these and the birch/bubingas. In their video the B/W kit sounds warmer, while the B/B is punchier. Personally I like the B/W but they're both great. Not better or worse, just different!
They also show you what the room mics sound like.
Bubinga wood is just so difficult to harvest and mass produce these days so I totally understand why it's only available on the super expensive Star series of Tama now. But hey, walnut definitely holds up to bubinga. Very solid tone-wood.
I absolutely love the way this guys musical brain works.
Fabulous sound and a great review
great review, best i've ever seen!
What a beautiful drum set
Great demo Nick.
thanks nick beautiful drums
Easy kit to add on to. Any phantasm oyster drum will match perfectly.
Very cool set, I got one ! 😊
Nick's back! more Nick please! I wish he'd upload his drumming videos on Big Big Train.
Nick you KickAss!🤘🥁🤘
Killer colour ..would brighten up any gig.
this dude is king of a monster, excellent player
Nick is an amazing reviewer 👍👏👏😁
Such fluency in Nick's playing!
Great playing.
THESE JOINTS SOUND AMAZING I will be putting mines on Laway
Just bought this kit...DW who?
Dw way better than this thats who
Just picked up this kit two weeks ago and wasn't truly happy until I swapped the batters for ec2 and bottoms for g1s and emad kick head. It really sounds fantastic now
Yep. Same here. Clear pinstripes for me. They may be evans g2 but i thi k they are a lower quality g2
@@bruceperkins2921
I think they're just regular G2's. I've tried (store bought) G2's and EC2's and I think the EC2's just work better for these Starclassic Performer kits, because, I dunno why
@@eastbaymauiboy The G2's are USA produced, exactly the same as all standard USA produced G2's. Produced in the Evans USA factory, same production specifications, just with the Tama brand name on them.
Just bought this shell pack in molten brown burst along with the dark meinl cymbal set and a copper symphonic snare soooo excited.
Same. Thoughts so far?
@SuperPapajew love to hear that. Mine ships this week. Got the 5-piece. Until this set I’ve always felt my kits were just “until I can get a better one” but now finally feels like “the better one”
Cool sound love it!
Imo, Walnut & Maple are the best sounding woods, I don’t know what it is, but I just love them. Great review, Nick.
Awesome kit!! The lower level high end kits by all of the major manufacturers are really becoming popular, and the new ones are really something else. Didn't know that finish was a lacquer, it's fantastic!! Any plans to make videos on the Tama SLP drum sets, the 2016-present Gretsch Renown RN2 and USA Custom kits (and USA/Full Range snares), Yamaha Live Custom Hybrid Oak, the Pearl Masters Maple Complete/Reserve (and Sensitone snares), DW Eco-X drums, Sabian AAX Unbound, and pedals such as the Gibraltar Stealth G-Drive, 9700 G Class Chain/Direct, Pearl Redline Eliminators and Tama Dyna-Sync pedals in the future?
Mapex had a Saturn kit that was walnut/birch years ago. Now they use walnut/maple, another great sounding kit.
The walnut/birch Saturn was a special edition (SE). Mapex made walnut/maple Saturn kits before these SE kits and still makes them. I have a Saturn III kit, the sound is big, deep, fat, and so musical. It has less attack than this Tama kit, but much more tone imo.
Sorry bro, but you're hiding behind fake YT account. You are just another Mapex promoter and salesman.
@@aleksandarmarkovic2790 never been a salesman my entire life. That's odd that you would say my account is fictional and I'm a salesman. I'm a drummer since 1983 who's owned 7 different kits and happen to love my saturn kit. Mapex is not the mapex of the 90s, they have their feet under them now and make killer drums!
@@aleksandarmarkovic2790 if I was a Mapex salesman I would be proud and would use a mapex RUclips account. I've got to say, your comment was the oddest comment anyone has ever left me. Lol
It's been between the Starclassic BB and the Mapex Saturn's (also Gtetsch Renown kinda) for me for years. I finally picked up the BB kit, but only because of the deal I found. Although I am a tiny bit partial to the Tama's, the two are pretty much even-steven.
Incidentally, I play a Mapex Black Panther snare with my Tama Starclassic shell pack. They really compliment each other!. If I find some smokin deal on a set of Saturn V's, I'm runnin right up in it!
I followed Nick's instructions step by step even though I don't own this kit.
Hi drum kit awesome I bought My Tama Starclassic Walnut Birch from Sweetwater best music store to buy from
Wow I like the tone
Grande Nick!!!
So the floor is one of the best sounding drums I’ve ever heard. The kick sounds good as well. The 10” rack sounds seriously choked and so does the 12” but to a substantially lesser degree. Though I think that is easily fixed by changing out the junk bottom heads they ship with and tuning them a little lower. The hardware is also the best by a mile that you’ll get in this price point. I desperately want this kit + the 14x12 floor tom.
Don't be like me and buy exactly this and try to aquire the 14.....
Why didn’t you just buy the 5 pc shell pack to begin with?
Because of my American impatience and drove an hour so I could have it now instead of ordering online. I usually play a 4 piece anyway but now kinda want the extra tom
I have the bbs and they are by far my favorite drums I’ve ever played or owned. The walnut birch I’ve played in the store and they are awesome as well. I prefer the bb but these are amazing drums for the money. This video I agree the rack toms don’t sound as good. It seems they didn’t tune it as well. If you check out the drumcenter of Portsmouth video comparing the wbs to the bb’s that video gives a much better representation of both drums. But I agree they should’ve tuned the rack toms better in this video. They definitly don’t sound that choked usually.
I don't think the 10" is choked, in my opinion it's just out of tune, and even like that sounds absolutely beautiful.
damn nick your on fire.. nice!
Nick is one of the greatest drummers out there...I prefer the maple Starclassic...but is not the arrow, is the indian. Greetings from Colombia Sir
I love Tama star classic drumset
Love me some Tama drums :)
sounds good wow
How do you score this job? I want to review and talk about drums all day!
Finally! We’ve been waiting 7 months for this review!!! Awesome as always Nick!!! I have a set of B/B’s and I have to say, these sound a little punchier and fatter? Especially that kick drum!!! May have to trade up?
I bought a similar set last week with 8,10,12,14,16 toms. Curiously, as I like lower tuning, my 8" sounds like Nick's 10", 10"=12" and 14"=16". Just compared. :)
I feel like these drums would work even better with 1-ply heads. I've had a birch kit and a bubinga/birch snare in the past, and my theory is that since birch is much more of a "pre-EQ'd" sounding wood than maple, 2-ply head is a bit of an overkill for an already "EQ'd" birch drum, making it just quieter and more muffled sounding. I tested a lot of heads on my birch kit and i came to the conclusion that 1-ply was the best for them.
Also with the bubinga/birch snare the 1-ply that it came with (Evans G1) was perfect for it, no disturbing overtones even with zero damping, which is pretty rare for a snare.
This is my only issue with the toms. They sound wonderful, but they're missing that attack and clarity in most of the videos I've watched on this kit. Does the 1-ply make a big difference with those?
@@colinchang1543 At least with my Tama Silverstar birch drums the difference was pretty big. The toms came stock with clear 1-ply heads and when i switched to clear G2 they became noticably quieter and less cutting in the band mix, kind of tame sounding. With the 1-plys they sounded actually quite thunderous. I believe it is due to the pre-EQ'd quality of birch.
Then again my current PDP Concept Maples with 1-plys on toms felt very out-of-control, lots of overtones. I would love to switch back to Tama at some point. I wanted a mid-tier maple kit but Superstar Classics weren't available in Europe at that time so i ended up going PDP.
@@seitsen I really need to get to a store and listen first hand, cause I like the "pre-EQ'd" sound, the hardware is amazing and there's so many configurations. Would hate for a choice of heads to determine the kit. It's just weird that most of the videos I've watched, sound so muffled, but then everyone goes on to say how crisp and articulate they sound.
@@colinchang1543 To me, in all the videos of the Starclassics that I've watched, the drums sound choked. Very little sustain.
Luv that finish!👍 😰 💥
tama the best ever
I have this kit in the red fade!
Great detailed review. I have 2 B/B kits, and it's all love baby. These W/B kits are awesome no doubt, and the hardware is all identical to the B/B's.
I have a few minor gripes about em though. The B/B kits have 6 plies (same as the W/B's), but the B/B's are 3x-birch and 3x-bubinga. The W/B's loose 1 ply of "exotic" wood with only 2 plies of walnut, and now 4 plies of birch. Not a huge deal I guess, but it would have been nice if they had kept em at 50/50. I'm not feelin the candy cane finishes either, but they have a few others to choose from. Also, I still like the 18" deep kick drum (with the B/B's) and not so much the 16" depth on the W/B. That's prolly a deal breaker for me, but these are all personal taste gripes. Like I said, these kits will be overall great.
Many of the mega-kick drummers out there use 14-16" drums; John Bonham being the classic example, but also folks such as Thomas Lang. The 16" kick allows for a bigger punch and attack, a fatter sounding kick, and a much faster response time in both heads. I find it's easier to get a huge low tuning and resonant high tuning with a 16" or 14" kick drum. Also it's easy to play faster doubles and triples on these size kicks whereas an 18" or bigger width takes longer for each head to react creating an almost negative rebound.
Of course at the end of the day each person is going to have their own individual preference, and I wouldn't look down on anyone for having different taste from myself. I have no idea as to what makes you choose an 18" over a 16", but I'm sure you have good reason to.
Yeah Nick!!!!
better than official TAMA channel
I've been a Tama fan boy since the early/mid 1980's, with my first & last double bass kit. In the 90's I had a custom ordered Rockstar kit. I haven't played since I sold them & joined the Army in 98. I wish I knew then what I know now about tuning, & playing techniques. I would have went down a different path most likely. Love your vids Nick.
adam brown I have a Rockstar bass drum that refuses to sound good no matter the tuning or heads. I think basswood probably sucks for drum wood?
@@justinlee2268 Mine were 100% maple.
adam brown I guess that was your custom order. All the research I did when I bought the drum last year said Rockstars were basswood.
@@justinlee2268 I'm not positive on the date. It was late 80's to mid 90s. 24" kick, 14", 15" rack toms, 16", 18" floor toms. 6.5×14" snare. Had a white rap. Photos are long since lost. In all it was about $7,000 at the time. I sold it all for $600.
No way!!! Walnut/ birch Starclassic! I ordered the maple Starclassic in Oct 2019 and my kit sounds incredible with clear ambassadors. These drums do not sound like $6-$900 drums. Whoa!!!! And these sound even better I can already tell. I wonder if they are going to remain in the same price bracket???
The walnut birch starclassic is not the same price as the maple.. you probably know this 3yrs later, but yea
This geeza could sell me anything. 😂
Great demo.
Last video I watched of his was for a DW MDD single pedal.
He totally sold me on it.
I’m broke now.
But the pedal is exactly as he said it was.
It’s hard to buy stuff when all you have is a photo and some phoney corporate blurb.
And I couldn’t find anywhere I could try it out.
Nick deffo knows his stuff tho and can really play too.
So I trust his judgement.
Hey Nick those are nice drums and I know they're expensive yes or no maybe I'm wrong or those are pretty drums has some nice set of crumbs up, and it sounds very good to me it sounds very nice and I'm watching in my RUclips in my in my cell phone three thumbs up 3/8 on the timer
I want them!!!!
The floor Tom is a killer vibe
Nothing can replace Bubinga. BUT, these are definitely unique. Punchy but rather dry, not as resonant as maple. You can hear the birch but the walnut definitely mellows it out. I could see this replacing the b/b for pop/ funk music. Quick decay seems to be in these days.
The kick sounds amazing, I’m curious to know what the 22x14 sounds like and can’t find any sound clips or videos
Kick ass song ;)
I like that 22 inch bass drum
That finish gives me flashbacks to the one on my Ludwig Standard kit from 1971! (Well, you have to replace the silver streaks with black streaks to get the accurate Ludwig Standard finish, but the finish reminded me of that old kit anyway.)
Ludwig had some wild finishes back then. I remember looking at the samples that my local drum store had there was so many to chose from. And you had Vista lites and the God awful Butcher Block. Oh God was that hideous. I had friends that had all 3. I had White Marine Pearl (vintage) and they had Walnut shells. I am so glad Tama made the Walnut/Birch. I've been waiting over 40 years to find that sound in a drum again.
I just realized your name was Bill Martin. I had a friend named Bill Martin who was a drummer back then. You from Flint Michigan?.
can have it in different hardware finish? like "smoky chrome" or Black Chrome?
I think it's good to have mounting options on your kick drum. You can mount all kinds of stuff on there, not only toms.
All the way. Bass drum mounts are so much better. You mute the bass drum anyway..most of the time
Great video.
Can you tell me what cymbal you are using from 5.19 to 5.28?? It’s filthy fun!!😂😮
What is this left side Byzance crash? Sounds so beautiful! Not talking about the china, of course, if anyone might think I'm a newbie:)
Great review as usual. Which are the titles of the opening and closing music, please?
Where can we find music like that to practice with. I have this exact kit but added an 8” and another 12” tuned down.
Nick I have birch/ walnut, I just need that right snare to go with it.. what do you recommend?
It was a nick it will sound very good and jazz music and pop and soul music or any kind of music here in my RUclips my cell phone and you're playing the drums it sounds very good and clear it does not sound like tin cans like other drums I don't like the sounds another drums believe me it sounds very clear right on the money that's my opinion it's a drummer for so many years
Nick could play and review a phone book and I would watch.
These sound much much better than the B/B's Not even close IMO. Sometimes a bad thing like not being able to get a wood (bubinga) anymore turns out for the better as these are much warmer and much fuller. 3:13 says it all. If these came in a nice black or white sparkle I would be all over it. The only ones who think the B/B's sound better are the peeps who own them so ya gotta take into account their obvious bias.
Hello! Does anyone know exactly which cymbals did Nick use as a stack on his right? Thank you!
Can you add to the description the mics and cymbals you used?
Love his this MF’er plays.🤘🏻
any idea what tension or note you tuned to? I have been trying in vain to get my Starcasters to sound like this and can't
When are you gonna review the Tama Star Walnut?
what's that backing track in the beginning? I love it!
Can anyone tell me from what song is he playing in the last minute of the video? Please
Do these come in any smaller configurations?