In my experience, most standard, professional-quality 14″ x 6″ snares are extremely versatile when compared with other sizes. EAR DRUM DESTRUCTIONĪll the Warlords come in one size, 14″ x 6″. Personally, I think the Warlords look stunning, and I appreciate Tama’s willingness to try something new. My wife, though, described the Warlords as “very masculine.” Another friend, who drives a bright red Porsche, called the Warlords “gaudy.” Whatever the case, the drums are anything but subtle, and if you show up with one on a gig, the other musicians will almost certainly take notice (except for maybe a few totally self-absorbed guitar players and singers). This lack of in-your-face branding gives the drums, dare I say, an artistic look that is clean and classy. What you won’t find on the Warlords, though, are any huge logos. I would prefer to see Tama either place the seam closer to a lug so that it is less noticeable or sand the seam smoother before finishing the shell. One pet peeve: The welded seam on the steel shell lies directly between two lugs and is visibe on the shell’s exterior, which detracts from the otherwise high-quality look of the drum. The snares I received came in a sunburst-figured maple shell, a quilted bubinga shell that faded to black in the middle, and a mirror stainless steel shell with a matte inner stripe. I particularly like the strainer because it’s easy to use and has tension adjustment knobs on both the strainer and butt ends – an excellent feature that allows for much more precise tensioning and positioning of the snare wires.
The drums also come outfitted with Tama’s die-cast hoops (top and bottom) and its MUS80 lever-type strainer (the same one that you see on many Starclassic snares). To accentuate that medieval look, the Warlords’ hardware comes in a special Antique Black matte plating that makes for a similar look to weaponry, pewter chess sets, or those collectible Dungeons And Dragons figurines (yeah, I know you know what I’m talking about). The Warlords’ lugs and badges, on the other hand, feature unique and detailed, Gothic-looking crests adorned with real Swarovski crystals. Similarly, most drum badges are circles, ovals, or rectangles with etched or painted writing. (Remember, you read that prediction here first.) Up until now, most lugs that I have seen are relatively simple-looking tubes, circles, squares, rectangles, ovals, or some slight variation of those shapes. Tama’s approach to the Warlords’ lugs and badges has, in my opinion, quite possibly commenced a new trend. My mission with these Warlords is to describe how they look, sound, and feel.
That is to say, these Warlord snares rule the sonic spectrum, but only in limited areas. Having now met the Warlords on the battlefield (in other words, having now played them), I think that the moniker is quite appropriate. More likely, though, Tama realized that if you’re willing and able to spend that much money on a snare, you probably don’t care what I think about it. For whatever reason, Tama’s $2,599 bell brass Praetorian did not join the fray. Ultimately, the maple, African bubinga, and steel shell Warlords – each of which list for $899 – invaded my home. With that probably in mind, Tama gave each snare its own military-style moniker: (1) the maple Valkyrie, an old Norse name for maidens who sent heroes to be slain in battle (2) the African bubinga Masai, a name attributed to hunters in Africa (3) the stainless steel Spartan, a Greek name for persons of great courage and self-discipline and (4) the bell brass Praetorian, a name for members of the Roman imperial bodyguard. And as it turns out, a warlord is generally understood to be a military commander that uses force to rule a limited area. Well, not really, but I did think that I should probably look up the word warlord to be absolutely sure what it means. When I first learned I would be critiquing the Warlords, I feared for my life.
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Delivering a deathblow to average, run-of-the-mill drums everywhere, Tama recently unleashed a new series of snares named the Warlord Collection.
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