Tama Starclassic Bubinga Elite B42FS (Nightfall Green Cordia)

Tama Starclassic Bubinga Elite B42FS (Nightfall Green Cordia) Overview

Starclassic Bubinga ELITE has created a completely new standard of sonic and visual excellence. Exquisitely grained outer-plies are carefully hand-selected for their extraordinary beauty and to ensure astonishing drum-to-drum consistency. Where different sections of woods or covering are joined, you can touch where each piece meets and experience the feeling of "seamlessness" found in no other drum. There are ten new and very different handcraft-intensive finishes in Bubinga ELITE including two of rare cordia, one of beatifully-grained quilted bubinga, two new lacquer finishes, and three multi-sparkle covered finishes.

It was time for something new in drums. We found that something in African bubinga wood, which is approximately 53% harder than maple and birch. Acoustically speaking, this provides an interesting anomaly.... Very sharp and aggressive attack combined with unbelievably rich, fat lows. Unexplainable, you would think the sound would be leaning one way or the other. But bubinga delivers both! Our bubinga shells are slightly thicker than our maple drums, we determined that this allows the drums to speak their fullest.

To achieve the sound and response you are looking for, Starclassic Bubinga offer a choice of six different depths ranging from the shallow Hyper-Drive to the cavernous X-tra Deep.

Also, the 20"x22" Ultra Deep bass drum size. This size provides thunderous low end combined with maximum resonance.

The Star-Cast Mounting System has always provided maximum resonance and stability for TAMA's pro-drums. A streamlined design makes it easier to position toms closer together for greater ease and comfort than ever before. In addition, a switch to aluminum provides lighter weight and even truer tonal vibration. Last but not least, Star-Cast is now plated to match your drum's shell hardware!

Hoops not only affect drum tuning; they also affect drum sound. That's why the choice of hoops was so important to the designers of TAMA's professional drum lines. For our Starclassic Series, we choose zinc die-cast hoops, which are manufactured by injecting molten metal into molds. Die-cast hoops have more density and are more consistent in shape than triple flanged hoops, which are manufactured by bending metal plates. Die-cast hoops make tuning more consistent and easier to achieve because the tension bolts always contact the hoop properly. Drums fitted with die-cast hoops also offer crisper attack, clear and resonant highs and much more powerful rim shots.

Starclassic Bubinga ELITE/Bubinga's claw hooks feature rubber spacers that help protect wood hoops from damage. The hooks and hoops work as one unit and won't separate or rattle, even on loose tunings.

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