Tama Starphonic Bubinga 14" x 6" Snare Drum

The Tama Starphonic Bubinga 14” Snare Drum features a thinner shell than Tama’s standard Starclassic Bubinga drums and offers a softer, warmer sound as a result. Fitted with Tama’s Grooved Hoops to pronounce the snares sharp projection, this stunning snare features a beautiful Matte Natural Cordia Wood outer ply.

Tama Starphonic Bubinga Snare

The Starphonic Bubinga Snare is part of Tama’s popular Starphonic snare series which consists of a variety of stunning snares made from a range of different materials.

From Maple and Bubinga to Aluminium, Brass and Steel there’s a sound for every situation in the Starphonic Snare range.

All fitted with high end components offering convenient setup and maintenance, each of these snares has a different tone to offer.

The Starphonic Bubinga 14” x 6” Snare drum features an 7mm / 8ply construction consisting of 7 plies of bubinga and 1 outer ply of Cordia.

This thin shell built serves to produce a super soft, warm tone that emphasises the massive rich, low-end tone and full resonance of Bubinga.

Grooved Hoops

The Starphonic Bubinga is fitted Tama’s patented Grooved Hoops.

Following extensive research into the evolution of drum hoops over time, Tama developed their Grooved Hoop to blend the essence of vintage design with modern technology.

Offering a stick cutter style hoop design typical of vintage snares combined with modern production techniques, the Tama Grooved Hoop have a diecast style look and offers a robust, durable design that provides secure tuning and cutting cross sticks.

Super Sensitive Hi-Carbon Snappy Snare

Fitted with Tama’s Hi-Carbon Snappy Snare Wires, the Tama Starphonic Bubinga provides a crisp sound with great sensitivity.

Redesigned to incorporate a new material and customised plate shape, the Tama Super Sensitive Snare Wires also feature a new wire coil winding pattern.

The result is a snare wire that fits much more closely to the snare side head for improved sensitivity and a brighter, crisper playing tone.

From delicate snare rolls to full on volume filled hits, the Tama super sensitive hi-carbon snappy snare wires provide the response you need. 

Bearing Edge

Tama know that the most important factor of a drum shell is the bearing edge.

This contact point between the shell and the vibrating drumhead determines and defines the sound produced. Get the bearing edge wrong and the whole snare will sound wrong!

Tama have, therefore, worked extensively to achieve a bearing edge that provides the optimum sound to represent their snare shells.

The peak of the bearing edge of this Tama snare is set at 2.5mm away from the inside of the shell. The edge is then cut to a round collar in order to follow the natural shape of the drumhead.

Tama believes this design creates a better fit between the drumhead and the bearing edge to maximise the drums resonance.

The result is a snare drum with clear, tone-filled, resonance and projection.

Freedom Lug & Claw Hook

Another patented feature of this Tama bubinga snare is the innovative freedom lug design.

Simply loosen the tension rods and tilt the claw hooks backwards away from the shell to quickly and easily release the grooved hoop.

This quick release system allows for simple, super speedy drum head replacement.

Removing the need to completely loosen the tension rods from all the lugs, a quick partial loosen and tilt of the hooks allows instant access to the drumhead.

Spend less time maintaining your snare and more time drumming.

Linear-Drive Strainer

This brass snare also features a patented linear-drive strainer design to offer greater control your snare wire adjustment.

The Linear-Drive Throw-Off provides more precise control of the strainer motion thanks to smooth design of the lever adjustment arm.

Whereas most strainers speed up right before the wires hit the head, resulting in that common “slap” sound, the Tama Linear Drive creates a linear motion to provide a consistently smooth movement throughout the strainer adjustment.

Much like a sprocket on a bass drum pedal, the Linear Drive throw off ensures a seamless motion across the adjustment spectrum.

Tama have also tilted the butt plate away from the snare shell by 30 degrees. This offer a more secure hold of the snare wire cords / tape, which in turn releases unnecessary pressure on the strainer and snare.

Non-Loosening Rubber Gasket

Yet another patented feature, the Tama Starphonic Bubinga features rubber block gaskets within the claw hooks.

These gaskets prevent the tension bolts from loosening during play to ensure a consistent tuning throughout your playing session.

When the tension rods are tightened, the claw hook is pressed towards the hoop. This movement also presses the rubber block gasket inside the claw hook, which creates added pressure to the tension rod, holding it firmly in place.

What this basically means is your tension tuning will remain in place much longer for a consistent snare sound from start to finish.

Detachable Butt Plate

Being able to detach the butt plate from the snare drum means that you can easily access the snare side head without needing to release the snare wire.

This means you can quickly and easily change your snare head without losing your snare wire tension setting.

Simply loosen two screws and detach the butt plate with the snare wires still attached, change your snare side head and replace the butt plate to maintain the exact same set up you have before you removed anything.

Normally finding your perfect snare wire setting sweet spot only lasts for as long as the time between head changes. With the Tama Detachable Butt Plate you have a consistent snare setting every time, even if you change your snare side head.

Ratchet Style Snappy Tension Adjuster

The racket style snappy tension adjuster has been specifically designed to prevent the snappy snare wire from loosening.

The rachet system is positioned on the strainer’s tension adjustment mechanism and works to achieve high-pressure retention to ensure your snare wire stays at the tension you’ve set it to.

The single click adjuster also pulls the snare wire vertically at 0.083mm of wire motion per click, enabling super precise, fine adjustments of your snare setting to create an ultra-sensitive snare response.

Stunning Aesthetic

Fitted with chrome hardware and adorned with the circular black Starphonic badge, the bubinga is a stunning snare.

The luscious grained Matte Natural Cordia outer ply provides a stunningly rich aesthetic.

Offering an appearance that’s as noble as it’s tone, the Tama Starphonic Bubinga is a head turner as much as it is an ear-grabber.

Summary

For a snare drum with a stunning aesthetic, a super soft, warm, rich resonant low-end tone and brilliant functionality for precise adjustment, the Tama Starphonic Bubinga is a great choice.

Packed with innovative features like the Freedom Lug and Claw Hooks, Linear-Drive Strainer and Detachable Butt Plate, the Tama Bubinga Starphonic offers high end functionality to allow you to easily fine tune your tone.

Grab this stunning snare at a great price today at PMT Online!

Tama Starphonic Bubinga 14” Snare Drum Key Features:

• 14” x 6”
• 10 Lug
• 8 ply Bubinga / Cordia Shell
• Soft, Rich, Warm Resonance
• Stunning Low-End Tone
• Specially Designed Bearing Edges
• Grooved Hoops
• Freedom Lugs & Claw Hooks
• Non-Loosening Rubber Gasket
• Supper Sensitive Hi-Carbon Snappy Snare
• “Linear Drive” Strainer / Detachable Butt Plate
• Ratchet Style Snappy Tension Adjuster
• MS20RL14C Snare Wires
• Chrome Hardware
• Beautiful Aesthetic