Hey guys, I recently got an old 2nd Tama Rockstar from the late 80's early 90's era and I really want to find out what year it was made. Here are some of the serial numbers if anyone can help because I'm not very clued up on this. Thanks 552 Cheers.

All of our guitars have a serial number on the back of the headstock (or the neck plate on older guitars). The serial number represents the date and time your guitar was built, in a specific format. Please enter the full serial number, with dashes. Parts Number Lookup This link will open in a new tab Thank you for your recent purchase and taking a few moments to register it online. Your registration helps us. All of our guitars have a serial number on the back of the headstock (or the neck plate on older guitars). The serial number represents the date and time your guitar was built, in a specific format. Please enter the full serial number, with dashes. Unfortunately, Tama does not publish a serial number identification guide. I did find a site which features the Tama catalogs and includes specs for each Superstar set. Please see: Tama Catalogs Scroll down to the second catalog and click on the first panel, then click to enlarge the specs.

ProductsWebsiteTama Drums, (from Japanese 多満 (Kanji) タマ (Kana), read tama) is a of and manufactured and marketed by the Japanese musical instrument company,. Tama's research and development of products, along with production of its professional and most expensive drums, is done in, while its hardware and less expensive drums are manufactured in,. Hoshino has several offices around the world for marketing and wholesale distribution.

Drums destined for the U.S. Market are assembled and stocked at Hoshino (U.S.A.) in. Subsidiary also contributes to Tama's market research and development. Contents.History Hoshino Gakki began manufacturing drums in 1965 under the name 'Star Drums'. Hoshino, the family name of the founder, translates to 'star field,' thus the selection of the 'Star Drums' brand name.

The drums were manufactured at Hoshino's subsidiary, Tama Seisakusho, which had opened in 1962 to manufacture guitars and amplifiers. While the production of guitars and amps was moved out of the factory by 1966, the production of drums there continued to grow. The two higher lines of drum models, Imperial Star and Royal Star, were introduced to the American market and were successful lower-cost drums competing against more expensive American-made drums offered by, and at the time.By 1974, Hoshino decided to make a concerted effort to make high-quality drums and hardware and start marketing its drums under the Tama brand.

Tama was the name of the owner's wife, and is also a homophone with the Japanese word meaning 'jewel'. 'Star' continues to be used in the names of Tama's drum models to this day.Tama and (DW) jointly bought the bankrupt. As part of the deal, DW received the Camco tooling and manufacturing equipment while Tama received the Camco name, designs, engineering and patent rights.At the time, Camco was producing what was thought to be the best drum pedal on the market. DW continued production of the pedal using the original tooling, rebadging it as the DW5000.

Tama began production of the same pedal under the Camco name. The Tama version of the Camco pedal is commonly referred to as the Tamco pedal to distinguish it from an original Camco pedal. Tama integrated all the engineering from Camco into their production process and the overall level of quality of their drums increased virtually overnight. The original plan was to market the low-end Tama drums to beginners and use the Camco brand to sell high-end drums to professional musicians. However, even the professionals were starting to use the Tama drums because of the low cost of the Asian-made drums with the (now) high quality of hardware. Tama was one of the first companies to offer super heavy-duty hardware, and drum mounting systems that did not intrude into the shell like most brands in the 1970s. They also invented unique tubular drums called.

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Octobans are 6-inches in diameter and are manufactured in eight different lengths (hence the prefix 'octo-') up to 600mm (23.5 in). They vary in pitch by using different shell lengths, rather than widths.Products Drums. Side View of a Speed Cobra single pedal Beginner and professional kits.

Imperialstar – Tama's mid-range entry-level drum kit named after the previous Imperial Star line. Ms office 2016 super highly compressed for pc. Like their less expensive Swingstar counterparts, these drums are made with poplar shells in a wrap finish and feature Accu-Tune bass drum hoops.

These drums include HCS brass cymbals as standard equipment. Superstar Classic – Although originally discontinued, Tama has brought back the Superstar series to their lineup in 2015. The original Superstar and Superstar Excel were made up of Birch shells. Currently, the Superstar Classic series is made of all maple shells.

The Toms and Snare are made of six ply of 5 mm maple while the bass is eight ply of 7 mm.Starclassic series The Starclassic series is one of Tama's high-end line of drums. Originally hand-crafted in Japan until late 2009, most of the Starclassic lines are now made in TAMA's Chinese factory. A notable difference is that pre 2009 Japanese production Starclassics have their badges painted on the drum's shell, while Chinese-made Starclassics feature badges fitted onto the shell with screws. Pre 2010 Japanese production Starclassics have a mix of paint-on and screw-on badges depending on the model. Performer Birch have metal badges while Starclassic Maple and Bubinga lines have decal badges. All Starclassic series drums come with a more streamlined version of Tama's Star-Cast mounting system made from aluminum, air-cushioned floor tom legs, 'Hold Tight' washers which keeps the tension rods in place (Starclassic Maple to Starclassic Bubinga Elite), die-cast hoops, and drumheads as standard equipment.

The drums are also available in a Hyper-Drive configuration, with individual snare drums also available. Starclassic Maple – Drums made from 6 ply-maple shells (7 on bassdrums) and come in lacquer and Duracover wrap finishes.

Starclassic Walnut/Birch – Drums made from hybrid walnut/birch shells and come in lacquer and Duracover wrap finishes.STAR series Since 2013, it is Tama's flagship line, and are available in bubinga, walnut, and maple shells. New features for the STAR line include 'Super Resonant Mounting System', unique shell construction, and the Quick-Lock Tom Bracket. Bubinga shell drums are made with 5 plies of bubinga plus one inner ply of Cordia and have 9mm Sound Focus Rings. Maple shell drums are made with 5 plies of maple and have 5mm Sound Focus Rings.

Walnut shell drums are made with 6 plies of walnut on the rack toms, floor toms, and snare drum, and 7 plies on the bass drum.Discontinued. Fibrestar – The 'forgotten' series. They were produced for only a short time in the late 1970s to early 1980s. The shells of these drums have been made from fibreglass and were covered with one ply plastic-foil, available in various colors.

A notable user of the Fibrestar series was Simon Phillips. Phillips played a large silver drumset at that time with prototype drumshells. These were deeper than the standard shells at the time.

The series did not perform well commercially and was discontinued after three years, leaving few still in current use. Royalstar – Introduced in 1975 with different lugs and lower quality hardware than Superstar of the same era.

Beatstar. Granstar – Drums made from 100% birch 7-ply shells. Starworks – Introduced in 2009, Starworks is Tama's mid-range line of drums aimed for rockers. These drums are made from birch and comes in two different configurations: a rock kit with a 20' deep bass drum, and a fusion kit, both included with black hardware, a unique bass drum head, and four unique finishes. Due to slow sales, however, the Starworks line was discontinued the following year.Camco by Tama: Camco sets were re-introduced in the late 1970's.

They were made of Asian Mahogany with 9 ply shells. These were released in a very limited supply for a 2 year run. Rockstar – Drums made from Philippine mahogany shells. Later models made exclusively for Guitar Center had birch/basswood shells. Artstar – Drums made from birch wood sandwiched between two plys of South American Cordia wood.

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