tama bubinga drums

im wondering about the new tama bubinga drums. how do they sound with single ply heads? how does bubinga compare to maple? birch?

I've heard Bubinga is a LOT harder and denser than maple. They're supposed to be really fat when you lay into 'em.

Just what I've heard:wave:

i play the tama b/b's which are birch with 3 inner plies of bubinga. I use remo coated ambassadors on top and clear diplomats on bottom, and i can tell you they sound warmer and a lot bigger than plain old birch shells. My 20" b/b kick can put out just as much or more low end than almost any other kick ive played. I would imagine the all bubinga drums would have a lot more low end than the b/b's do.

I've been playing Tama kits since the 80's. The last few years I've been playing a Starclassic Performer kit (100% birch). I recently bought a Tama SCP birch/bubinga kit and it most definitely is much fatter/deeper sounding than the birch and maple kits. I use coated G2s over G1s right now, but I want plan to try some coated Ambs and/or Emps as well.

I imagine the 100% bubingas are even nicer

When i first got my b/b my dad told me that the entire upstairs was vibrating when i played double kicks on it.

Peace make a full on 100% bubinga kit.

Bubinga is much deeper sounding than maple or birch. It's pretty cool. There's a full tama starclassic bubinga review here that goes into more detail about the sound.