Models

Canopus Neo-Vintage

Reinforcement-ring shells built to 1960s specification

Drum kit · Japan

The Neo-Vintage series builds thin three-ply shells with reinforcement rings and rounded bearing edges — the 1960s American construction — with modern tolerances and Japanese hardware.

Starclassic Maple is part of Tama's flagship Starclassic line, built with all-maple shells for a warm, full-bodied tone and a broad tuning range. Over its history the Starclassic family has been offered in maple, birch, bubinga and walnut/birch shell formulas.

Pearl Reference Pure

Hybrid-wood professional drum kit series

Drum kit · Japan

Pearl's flagship professional drum kit series using blended shells of maple, birch, and African mahogany, with thinner shells than the original Reference line, engineered so each drum size produces its optimal voice.

Gretsch White Falcon

Hollow-body electric guitar model family

Electric guitar · Japan

Introduced in 1955 as Gretsch's luxury flagship, the White Falcon (G6136) is a large 17-inch single-cutaway hollow body finished in white with gold sparkle binding and gold hardware. It carries twin Filter'Tron humbucking pickups and a Bigsby vibrato, and remains one of the most recognizable and prestigious electric guitars ever made.

Gretsch Country Gentleman

Hollow-body electric guitar model family

Electric guitar · Japan

Developed with Chet Atkins and introduced in 1957, the Country Gentleman (G6122) is a refined hollow-body electric, later offered as a 17-inch double-cutaway. It features twin Filter'Tron pickups, an Adjusto-Matic bridge, and a Bigsby vibrato, delivering the warm, articulate Gretsch voice favored in country, rockabilly, and pop.

Gretsch Duo Jet

Single-cutaway chambered solid-body electric guitar model family

Electric guitar · Japan

Introduced in 1953, the Duo Jet (G6128) is Gretsch's single-cutaway, chambered solid-body electric, built with a mahogany back and an arched laminated maple top that retains some hollow-body resonance. It carries twin Filter'Tron pickups and a Bigsby vibrato and was famously played by George Harrison.

Pearl Masters Maple Reserve

All-maple professional drum kit series

Drum kit · Japan

A professional Masters-series drum kit built on a 4-ply 100% maple shell with maple reinforcement rings, delivering the warm, full, classic Masters maple voice for stage and studio.

Shigeru Kawai SK-EX

Concert grand piano

Piano · Japan

The Shigeru Kawai SK-EX is a 278 cm (9'1") concert grand piano, the flagship of the Shigeru Kawai range and one of the most-chosen instruments at international piano competitions. Hand-built in Japan in very limited numbers, it features a solid tapered spruce soundboard, a Konsei Katagi maple rim, hand-crafted hammers, and the Millennium III action.

Canopus The Maple

Thin maple snare with vintage-spec edges

Percussion · Japan

"The Maple" is Canopus's standard professional wood snare: a thin maple shell, rounded bearing edges, and the company's own throw-off, in the sizes the vintage catalogue used.

Canopus Yaiba

Japanese birch and maple kits in vintage sizes

Drum kit · Japan

Yaiba applies Canopus's thin-shell brief to a production kit, in birch and maple, with the small bop and medium sizes the company favours over modern rock dimensions.

Yamaha CSM Concert Snare

Maple orchestral snare

Concert percussion · Japan

The CSM series is Yamaha's concert snare: a thin maple shell, a choice of strand sets, and the tolerances that make a section of them match each other.

Yamaha YFG-812 Custom Bassoon

Professional bassoon

Bassoon · Japan

A Yamaha Custom bassoon with a heavier 4 mm body wall that yields a darker, authoritative tone blending well with a modern symphony orchestra; favored by players who want a round, warm and powerful sound.

Tama Starclassic Performer

Maple and birch hybrid drum kit series

Drum kit · Japan

A Starclassic drum kit series built on a hybrid maple/birch shell (6mm 4-ply birch + 2 inner ply maple on toms), combining maple warmth with birch clarity for a complex, powerful, expressive sound.

Tama Superstar Classic

All-maple mid-range drum kit series

Drum kit · Japan

A popular mid-range drum kit series with all-maple shells (6-ply, 5mm toms; 8-ply, 7mm bass drum), reviving the Superstar name with a full, powerful, balanced maple tone.

Pearl Free Floating

Shell-isolated snare drum system

Percussion · Japan

Pearl's Free Floating snare uses a design in which the shell is completely isolated from the hardware so it can resonate freely; it is offered in aluminum, brass, stainless steel, maple, and mahogany/maple shells with die-cast hoops and Pearl's Click-Lock strainer.

Pearl Decade Maple

Thin-shell maple drum kit series

Drum kit · Japan

A mid-range drum kit series with thin 6-ply, 5.4mm all-maple shells, the Opti-Loc mounting system, and low-mass hardware, offering an affordable all-maple Pearl kit.

Pearl Masters Maple Complete

Maple drum kit series

Drum kit · Japan

The Masters Maple Complete is a professional Pearl drum series built on the EvenPly-Six shell, a premium six-ply North American maple shell with reduced-thickness, cross-laminated plies. It blends the tonal purity of Pearl's Masters MMX with the projection of the thicker MRX, and ships with triple-flanged SuperHoop II hoops for resonance and articulation.

Pearl Championship CarbonPly Marching Snare

Carbon-reinforced field snare

Marching percussion · Japan

Championship CarbonPly snares add carbon fibre plies to a maple shell so the drum survives the extreme head tension marching lines use without going dead.

Pearl Philharmonic Concert Snare

Pearl's orchestral snare line

Concert percussion · Japan

The Philharmonic series covers maple, African mahogany, and brass concert snares with gut, cable, or wire strand options, and is Pearl's contribution to the orchestral catalogue rather than the drum-set one.

Sakae Trilogy

Three-timber hybrid shells

Drum kit · Japan

Trilogy shells combine maple, birch, and beech in one lay-up rather than choosing between them, which Sakae argued gave the attack of birch with maple's low end.