Hello everyone. I just purchased one of these kits for $75, (I should say rescued) without the snare and stand but with everything else I assume. I have the Kick (22"), two rack toms (12 & 13") and the floor tom (16"). I do have the HH stand too. No other hardware besides a kick pedal and he threw in a cowbell! LOL.

The two rack toms do not have bottom hoops. Where could I find hoops that would fit? I looked on TAMA's website and they make new chrome hoops that have the same specs, but I was wondering if they would indeed fit?

I am also looking to get a vintage snare to complete the set (with stand). It would be nice. There isn't a ton of information available online. I also cannot find any sort of serial number on the thing. Any advice as to where that would be?

I would love to find the age. There is a thread here with a gorgeous copper-wrapped one that the owner said is from the 1970's; my kick drum has that same pitted striped large hoop on both sides as this one, but the TAMA insignia is the German-Cross looking one.

Anyway, that's all I have for now. I am in the process of cleaning it. It was filthy and needs heads throughout of course, but I am relieved to see that it is REALLY cleaning up nice! No rust on any of the metal parts, and even the original Black wrap just has a few scratches. The wood is in excellent shape with no divets whatsoever. That chrome REALLY looks gorgeous all polished up!

I will post some pics of the before-and after when I get them together.

Thanks for reading!!

PS: The badge I attached is similar to mine, except mine says ROYALSTAR; hopefully this helps with age. Unfortunately there is no serial number at bottom. I believe it is an RS695 by the research I've done.

Cool! Here they are! BTW, my drummer played the heck out of them last night, and minus the heads they sounded great, and held up to his relentless pounding!!! Sorry for not the best pics, but I wanted to make sure to include pics of the hardware. The final pic you can see the insides of the drums on the rack toms:









So how old is this puppy?

Late '70's?! Holy Vintage Batman! Very cool! So what's something like this worth? Just curious. Not selling it, just going to give it lots of love. IT doesn't have the snare, just the pieces you see here.

Thanks for your help!!

Wow! Thank you for all that!
Well, you know, just telling people you have a Vintage Tama they get those warm fuzzies. My drummer put it through its' paces last night and it really didnt' sound bad. I think with some nice heads it will really sing. I'm using it for my recording studio. More of a novelty than anything else, but honestly, it sounds better than some of what comes in here, so having clients use it will definitely be to my benefit sometimes.

So I basically got it for 75% off! LOL. I'm good with that. Even with the improvements and fixes, I'm still under $300, so I can't complain. Plus, it came with a kick pedal, single braced high hat stand and a nice cowbell.

Thanks for all your help!!!

Red,
No, I'm not unhappy at all. I wasn't looking for rare or anything, just a good useable kit I could make money with. That happened with this one! I'm pairing it with an early '80's LUDWIG Maple snare 6½"x14". My customers are already drooling!

RESOURCEFUL!

No I didn't hold out much hope for the stock snare, that's why I went with the vintage Ludwig, I got a good deal on it so it's now in my arsenal!