Believe it or not, it uses the same throw off and butt as the Bruford snare! It's one of my best snare drums In fact, it would later become the basis for the Stewart Copeland Signature model. I actually own two Tama snare drums One of them being a 14" x 6" chrome steel, Tama "Power Metal" Snare. Now I could've used newer Tama parts, but I wanted the authentic parts used in the Bruford snare.
Through the vintage drum forums, I learned that these two Tama parts are some of the most sought after, vintage drum parts around. I searched everywhere for them, even as far as Greece! I finally scored a throw off from Trimis Music in Athens, however the butt plate proved to be the most difficult. These two items are discontinued and seemingly impossible to find. It was then that I ran into the biggest problem, one that had me vexed for a while: The Tama MCS50A and MCS50B Snare Throw Off and Butt.
So far so good, as everything could be gotten via ebay, Reverb and a variety of drum part stores, Salt City Drums, Drums Etc., Portsmouth Drum Center, etc. I was able to find the following parts: Tama's MFM14-10 and MFM14S-10 flanged hoops, batter and snare side A Tama MS20N14S Snappy Snare Strainer, and 20 Tama MSL-SCT Starclassic lugs. With the original drum now completed, my plan of building a one-of-a-kind, 6 Ply, 14" x 6", all-Maple shell, chrome wrapped, with all chrome hardware version of Bill Bruford's snare was also about to come to life!Īs I mentioned in the previous blog, I began researching all the parts of the original Bruford snare and set about seeing if I could collect what I needed to build one.
Bruford's preference for a snare drum with all-black hardware and flanged hoops had begun to convince me of the aesthetic merits and appreciate the darker look of this iconic snare drum. I now had a completely restored, "Bill Bruford Signature Palette Series" snare drum, #405 signed by Bill Bruford himself! A very satisfying project to say the least, and one I couldn't wait to put it into action. With a little bit of tuning to get that patented Bruford rimshot sound, I was good to go. Bubinga snare drum with Tama Starclassic " MSL-SCTBN" Black Nickel lugs which I stripped off of it and added them to the Bruford snare.
Vintage tama snare throws series#
As fate would have it, I happened to come across an unusual find A 14" x 6" Bill Bruford Signature Series snare drum that was missing all of its original, Tama Starclassic Black " MSL-SCTB" lugs and 14" Snappy Snare Wires. In fact, all of my Gretsch, Mapex and Yamaha snares were 100% Maple, each warm and wonderful sounding. Not exactly the same, but as close as I could get. My version would use a 6 ply Keller VSS Maple 14" x 6" shell. As I had mentioned before, Bruford's Tama snare was unique A 14" x 6", 6 ply shell consisting of 2 ply Maple, 2 ply Birch and 2 ply Maple. Eventually, I found them (I even had to search as far as Athens, Greece and Lindau, Germany Thank you Trimis and Thomann Music!). Most of the parts I was able to find quite easily, however the vintage Tama MCS50A Throw Off and MCS50B Butt proved to a real challenge to obtain. In my last blog, I was preparing to build a replica of the Tama "Bill Bruford Signature Palette Series" snare drum from scratch, with all-chrome, authentic Tama parts.
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