Shell model number and dimension chart:

bass drums16" x 18" SOB1816

18" x 20" SOB2018

18" x 22" SOB2218

18" x 24" SOB2418

floor toms14" x 14" SOF1414

16" x 16" SOF1616

16" x 18" SOF1816

tom toms7" x 8" SOT0807

8" x 10" SOT1008

9" x 12" SOT1209

10" x 13" SOT1310

11" x 14" SOT1411

12" x 15" SOT1512

13" x 16" SOT1613

snare drums5 1/2" x 14" SOS1455T

6 1/2" x 14" SOS1465T

“It's time for something new in drums—and I believe that’s what this is.”– John Blackwell

bubingastarclassic

drumsomni-tune

bubingadrumsomni-tune

tama.com

Drum Specifications- 9-ply 100% Bubinga shell 7mm(TT & FT), / 8mm (BD & SD)

- Genuine hand-laid abalone center inlay - Natural Bubinga (NBG) finish- Brushed Nickel Hardware- Star-Cast mounting system on each tom tom- Omni-Tune system lugs- Die-cast Hoops on toms, floor toms and snare drums.

Heads- TT/FT: Evans G2 batter / G1 bottom- BD: Evans EQ4 batter / coated front head- SD: Evans G1 coated batter /Resonant 300 Snare Side

Drum Keys- Each drum includes one Omni-Tunetwo-way drum key

- BD & SD include Omni-Tune key holder

It is time for something new in drums, because for

the professional drummer, nearly everything is about

time. Of course, drumming is about keeping time. But

for the drummer at the highest levels in studio and stage

performance, it's also about making time—being on

at the right time, every time. Every minute, in some

cases every second, is critical.

Getting the right tuning for the gig is a must. And

getting the right tuning can use up those critical minutes

and seconds. However, for those who demand and can

afford the very best, achieving precisely tuned drums

is about to take less time. A lot less.

Presenting Starclassic Bubinga Omni-Tune Drums.

These superb Japanese-crafted drums feature the

Tama Omni-Tune system which allows all tuning

from the batter side of the drum. No more lifting

and turning over toms. No more getting off the drum

stool and walking around the set to tune the front

bass drum head. You play one side of the drums.

And now that's where you tune them. Finally, you

can spend less time tuning, and more time playing.

You'll also spend more time playing because these

new drums will make you want to play more. Bubinga's

rich, warm, punchy, and powerful tones will satisfy

and keep satisfying you—just as they satisfy your

most demanding engineers and producers. If you've fully

explored maple and birch, and have been searching

for something with the best qualities of both and unique

colors of its own, this is it.

Bubinga Omni-Tune drums are for the player who is

serious about tone and tuning. These are drums for

the drummer who has decided it's time to have it all.

bubingaomni-tune

starclassic

drums

Bass Drum Claw HookStarclassic claw hooks feature rubber spacers that

help protect wood hoops from damage. The hooks

and rods work as one unit and won't separate or

rattle, even on loose tunings.

High Resonance Two-Point LugsTama's Omni-Tune lug has only two contact points

with the drum shell which allows the 100% Bubinga

shells to resonate much more fully.

Omni-Tune Three-Way LugThe Omni-Tune Lug and Omni-Tune Drum Key allow

you to tune both the top head and bottom head from

the batter side. The Omni-Tune system expands and

improves on the lug system invented in 1930 by drum

designer William David Gladstone, which he created for

snare drums. Starclassic Bubinga Omni-Tune features

the Omni-Tune lug on every drum so the entire set

benefits from faster, easier and more precise tuning.

Bubinga WoodDrummers tend to bring out their best adjectives

when describing the experience of playing on a

Bubinga drum set. Bubinga has been described

as a wood that provides tones that are both

"dark and mysterious, but with incredibly high

over tones . " Others aver tha t Bubinga

offers the powerful project ion of

birch with the warmth of maple.

"Bubinga has so much punch,"

says drummer John Tempesta,

a long time Bubinga aficionado.

"When you lay into i t , i t has so

much bot tom—real ly warm, but

punchy , w i th a g rea t response .

Bubinga rules!" While other companies

have flirted with the idea of drums

using Bubinga merely as an outer-ply,

Tama is the first major company to

craft 100% Bubinga shells.

The bot tom head can a lso betuned from the bottom side in thetraditional fashion, by turningTension Bolt A' counterclockwiseusing the hex head key.

Square Head Key(For A)

Hex Head Key(For B & A’)

Tension Bolt A’ (for bottom head)

TTuunniinngg TThhee BBoottttoomm HHeeaaddFFrroomm TThhee BBoottttoomm SSiiddee

To tighten the bottom head fromthe batter side, you simply turnTension Bolt A counterclockwiseusing the square head key.

To tighten the batter head from thebatter side, you turn Tension Bolt Bclockwise using the hex head key.

Tension Bolt A (for bottom head)Tension Bolt B (for Batter head)

TTuunniinngg BBootthh HHeeaaddssFFrroomm TThhee BBaatttteerr SSiiddee

johnblackwell

Star-Cast Mounting SystemWhen you pick up a tom by the rim and hit it, it resonates much more fully and freely than a tom mounted

on a tom holder. Tama's Star-Cast mounting system uses an ingenious combination of features to provide

the same kind of unrestrained resonance.

Omni-Tune Two-Way Drum KeyThe Omni-Tune drum key features a square head

for standard tension rods and a hex head for the

Omni-Tune hex tension rods.

Omni-Tune Key Holder Al l Starc lass ic Bubinga Omni-Tune indiv idual

bass drums and individual snare drums include

the Omni-Tune key holder. This holder can be

attached on tom or snare drum batter hoops.

I love the look of these drums. The look alone is

beautiful, but you can't stop at the look. It's the

sound that counts, and if Bubinga sounded like

maple or birch, there really wouldn't be anything

to talk about. But Bubinga is different. It's kind of

a combination of maple and birch—it's all of those

kits—yet there's something special about it. You

get the complete sound palette. It's punchy, yet

it still sings out.

And the Bubinga toms just sang to me. That's

what I love, drums that sing. Very warm. They

didn't need any muffling. I could play them wide

open. The bass drum was sol id, a nice punch.

A very big sound, with a very big bite.

The Omni-Tune system is a great system. I t 's

another thing that seriously puts this kit into a

class by itself. The system saves you time from

having to switch the drums over to the bottom and

back after you've tuned the top. In a concert situa-

tion, this could really benefit me. If I'm doing a

cross-tuning and I'm looking under the bottom of

the tom and Prince makes a signal, I'm going to

miss the cue. But with this system, I can just tune

from the top real quick and I'm ready to go. I wish

all my kits had this system. Besides, it's time for

something new in drums, something new to burst

ou t on t he scene and surp r i se eve ryone—

and I believe that's what this is.

kennyaronoff

Brushed Nickel Hardware and Abalone InlayTama's brushed nickel shell hardware augments the dark beauty of the Bubinga wood shells.

The rich visual textures of the wood are enhanced by a hand-laid inlay of genuine abalone.

Bubinga is a very aggressive, yet still very warm

tone wood. The kick drum on this set is extremely

powerful and punchy, with a lot of body and a lower

frequency than Starclassic Maple or Performer Birch.

I real ly l ike the new tuning system. Once you

get familiar with it, it's very easy to use. The cool

thing is you don't have to turn the drums over to

tune them—you can tune both heads from the top

of the drum. In the studio, I'm always tweaking

my drum heads, top and bot tom. This system

makes the process faster so you won't slow down

the recording session. I can tune all the heads,

inc lud ing the f ron t bass d rum head , w i thou t

getting off the drum stool.

On top of all that, I think the drums look gorgeous,

the wood, and how the hardware goes across the

shell. They're really vintage looking, classy drums.

Traditional Front Bass Drum HeadFor a vintage appearance, Omni-Tune bass

drums are equipped standard with a traditional,

"aged-white," coated front head, which features

a smaller, classic-sized Tama logo.

johntempesta

Air Pocket™ Floor Tom Rubber FeetA special chamber eliminates the escape of vibrations to the floor

(which chokes sustain and sound) and absorbs shock for a better playing feel.

Bubinga is the best sounding wood I've ever played.

It's so amazing to record with. The drums are just

so meaty. When I was tuning the 18" floor down,

it sounded like a gong drum—just massive. There's

something about Bubinga that just gives this certain

tone. Bubinga has a rich sound, with a lot of bottom

ends—but without ringing. With maple you have a

lot of volume, and a birch you have a more mellow

sound. But Bubinga, I'm not quite sure how to describe

it, but it just holds its note really true. With the thicker

shell, I can really lay into the drums because I play

pretty hard. They just don’t go "boing." The kit just

has a solid punch to it. Pretty heavy, baby.

It's kind of cool tuning the bottom heads from the

top, especially with big drums. Not having to lift

them off the mounts makes life a bit easier. There's

no having to hit the drum, flip it over and flip it back

over to play the top head again. I kind of wish I had

this system on my own Bubinga set. Damn, every time I

get something, you guys come up with something

new! Always ahead of the game.

I really like the look and design of the long lugs.

The tubular lugs just add so much more depth to

the drum. And the finish is beautiful as well. The

brushed nickel lugs really complement the wood.

It's just a real classy look.

Omni-Tune Three-Way LugThe Omni-Tune Lug and Omni-Tune Drum Key allow

you to tune both the top head and bottom head from

the batter side. The Omni-Tune system expands and

improves on the lug system invented in 1930 by drum

designer William David Gladstone, which he created for

snare drums. Starclassic Bubinga Omni-Tune features

the Omni-Tune lug on every drum so the entire set

benefits from faster, easier and more precise tuning.

Bubinga WoodDrummers tend to bring out their best adjectives

when describing the experience of playing on a

Bubinga drum set. Bubinga has been described

as a wood that provides tones that are both

"dark and mysterious, but with incredibly high

over tones . " Others aver tha t Bubinga

offers the powerful project ion of

birch with the warmth of maple.

"Bubinga has so much punch,"

says drummer John Tempesta,

a long time Bubinga aficionado.

"When you lay into i t , i t has so

much bot tom—real ly warm, but

punchy , w i th a g rea t response .

Bubinga rules!" While other companies

have flirted with the idea of drums

using Bubinga merely as an outer-ply,

Tama is the first major company to

craft 100% Bubinga shells.

The bot tom head can a lso betuned from the bottom side in thetraditional fashion, by turningTension Bolt A' counterclockwiseusing the hex head key.

Square Head Key(For A)

Hex Head Key(For B & A’)

Tension Bolt A’ (for bottom head)

TTuunniinngg TThhee BBoottttoomm HHeeaaddFFrroomm TThhee BBoottttoomm SSiiddee

To tighten the bottom head fromthe batter side, you simply turnTension Bolt A counterclockwiseusing the square head key.

To tighten the batter head from thebatter side, you turn Tension Bolt Bclockwise using the hex head key.

Tension Bolt A (for bottom head)Tension Bolt B (for Batter head)

TTuunniinngg BBootthh HHeeaaddssFFrroomm TThhee BBaatttteerr SSiiddee

johnblackwell

Star-Cast Mounting SystemWhen you pick up a tom by the rim and hit it, it resonates much more fully and freely than a tom mounted

on a tom holder. Tama's Star-Cast mounting system uses an ingenious combination of features to provide

the same kind of unrestrained resonance.

Omni-Tune Two-Way Drum KeyThe Omni-Tune drum key features a square head

for standard tension rods and a hex head for the

Omni-Tune hex tension rods.

Omni-Tune Key Holder Al l Starc lass ic Bubinga Omni-Tune indiv idual

bass drums and individual snare drums include

the Omni-Tune key holder. This holder can be

attached on tom or snare drum batter hoops.

I love the look of these drums. The look alone is

beautiful, but you can't stop at the look. It's the

sound that counts, and if Bubinga sounded like

maple or birch, there really wouldn't be anything

to talk about. But Bubinga is different. It's kind of

a combination of maple and birch—it's all of those

kits—yet there's something special about it. You

get the complete sound palette. It's punchy, yet

it still sings out.

And the Bubinga toms just sang to me. That's

what I love, drums that sing. Very warm. They

didn't need any muffling. I could play them wide

open. The bass drum was sol id, a nice punch.

A very big sound, with a very big bite.

The Omni-Tune system is a great system. I t 's

another thing that seriously puts this kit into a

class by itself. The system saves you time from

having to switch the drums over to the bottom and

back after you've tuned the top. In a concert situa-

tion, this could really benefit me. If I'm doing a

cross-tuning and I'm looking under the bottom of

the tom and Prince makes a signal, I'm going to

miss the cue. But with this system, I can just tune

from the top real quick and I'm ready to go. I wish

all my kits had this system. Besides, it's time for

something new in drums, something new to burst

ou t on t he scene and surp r i se eve ryone—

and I believe that's what this is.

kennyaronoff

Brushed Nickel Hardware and Abalone InlayTama's brushed nickel shell hardware augments the dark beauty of the Bubinga wood shells.

The rich visual textures of the wood are enhanced by a hand-laid inlay of genuine abalone.

Bubinga is a very aggressive, yet still very warm

tone wood. The kick drum on this set is extremely

powerful and punchy, with a lot of body and a lower

frequency than Starclassic Maple or Performer Birch.

I real ly l ike the new tuning system. Once you

get familiar with it, it's very easy to use. The cool

thing is you don't have to turn the drums over to

tune them—you can tune both heads from the top

of the drum. In the studio, I'm always tweaking

my drum heads, top and bot tom. This system

makes the process faster so you won't slow down

the recording session. I can tune all the heads,

inc lud ing the f ron t bass d rum head , w i thou t

getting off the drum stool.

On top of all that, I think the drums look gorgeous,

the wood, and how the hardware goes across the

shell. They're really vintage looking, classy drums.

Traditional Front Bass Drum HeadFor a vintage appearance, Omni-Tune bass

drums are equipped standard with a traditional,

"aged-white," coated front head, which features

a smaller, classic-sized Tama logo.

johntempesta

Air Pocket™ Floor Tom Rubber FeetA special chamber eliminates the escape of vibrations to the floor

(which chokes sustain and sound) and absorbs shock for a better playing feel.

Bubinga is the best sounding wood I've ever played.

It's so amazing to record with. The drums are just

so meaty. When I was tuning the 18" floor down,

it sounded like a gong drum—just massive. There's

something about Bubinga that just gives this certain

tone. Bubinga has a rich sound, with a lot of bottom

ends—but without ringing. With maple you have a

lot of volume, and a birch you have a more mellow

sound. But Bubinga, I'm not quite sure how to describe

it, but it just holds its note really true. With the thicker

shell, I can really lay into the drums because I play

pretty hard. They just don’t go "boing." The kit just

has a solid punch to it. Pretty heavy, baby.

It's kind of cool tuning the bottom heads from the

top, especially with big drums. Not having to lift

them off the mounts makes life a bit easier. There's

no having to hit the drum, flip it over and flip it back

over to play the top head again. I kind of wish I had

this system on my own Bubinga set. Damn, every time I

get something, you guys come up with something

new! Always ahead of the game.

I really like the look and design of the long lugs.

The tubular lugs just add so much more depth to

the drum. And the finish is beautiful as well. The

brushed nickel lugs really complement the wood.

It's just a real classy look.

It is time for something new in drums, because for

the professional drummer, nearly everything is about

time. Of course, drumming is about keeping time. But

for the drummer at the highest levels in studio and stage

performance, it's also about making time—being on

at the right time, every time. Every minute, in some

cases every second, is critical.

Getting the right tuning for the gig is a must. And

getting the right tuning can use up those critical minutes

and seconds. However, for those who demand and can

afford the very best, achieving precisely tuned drums

is about to take less time. A lot less.

Presenting Starclassic Bubinga Omni-Tune Drums.

These superb Japanese-crafted drums feature the

Tama Omni-Tune system which allows all tuning

from the batter side of the drum. No more lifting

and turning over toms. No more getting off the drum

stool and walking around the set to tune the front

bass drum head. You play one side of the drums.

And now that's where you tune them. Finally, you

can spend less time tuning, and more time playing.

You'll also spend more time playing because these

new drums will make you want to play more. Bubinga's

rich, warm, punchy, and powerful tones will satisfy

and keep satisfying you—just as they satisfy your

most demanding engineers and producers. If you've fully

explored maple and birch, and have been searching

for something with the best qualities of both and unique

colors of its own, this is it.

Bubinga Omni-Tune drums are for the player who is

serious about tone and tuning. These are drums for

the drummer who has decided it's time to have it all.

bubingaomni-tune

starclassic

drums

Bass Drum Claw HookStarclassic claw hooks feature rubber spacers that

help protect wood hoops from damage. The hooks

and rods work as one unit and won't separate or

rattle, even on loose tunings.

High Resonance Two-Point LugsTama's Omni-Tune lug has only two contact points

with the drum shell which allows the 100% Bubinga

shells to resonate much more fully.

Shell model number and dimension chart:

bass drums16" x 18" SOB1816

18" x 20" SOB2018

18" x 22" SOB2218

18" x 24" SOB2418

floor toms14" x 14" SOF1414

16" x 16" SOF1616

16" x 18" SOF1816

tom toms7" x 8" SOT0807

8" x 10" SOT1008

9" x 12" SOT1209

10" x 13" SOT1310

11" x 14" SOT1411

12" x 15" SOT1512

13" x 16" SOT1613

snare drums5 1/2" x 14" SOS1455T

6 1/2" x 14" SOS1465T

“It's time for something new in drums—and I believe that’s what this is.”– John Blackwell

bubingastarclassic

drumsomni-tune

bubingadrumsomni-tune

tama.com

Drum Specifications- 9-ply 100% Bubinga shell 7mm(TT & FT), / 8mm (BD & SD)

- Genuine hand-laid abalone center inlay - Natural Bubinga (NBG) finish- Brushed Nickel Hardware- Star-Cast mounting system on each tom tom- Omni-Tune system lugs- Die-cast Hoops on toms, floor toms and snare drums.

Heads- TT/FT: Evans G2 batter / G1 bottom- BD: Evans EQ4 batter / coated front head- SD: Evans G1 coated batter /Resonant 300 Snare Side

Drum Keys- Each drum includes one Omni-Tunetwo-way drum key

- BD & SD include Omni-Tune key holder