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Are these really Imperialstar Shells? Last viewed: 1 hour ago

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I believe the shell plies are Luan.

Posted on 8 years ago
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Barry -

If this is true, then it's news to me. Cordia was on the original Artstar line, 1983-1986 here in the US. There was also a wood finish for a short while offered on the Royalstars, can't recall the name.

AFAIK, 70s 'catalogued' imperialstars were only and always wrapped drums, with zolacoat on the interiors. There is a very very early exception where some imperialstars were clear-finished on the **inside only**, but their provenance is hard to verify.

From barryabko

There was a line of Imperialstars that had exterior and interior finishes like the one in your pics. The badge grommet looks original. They called the wood finish Cordia.

John/Levelpebble

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Posted on 8 years ago
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Posts: 214 Threads: 25

Hi John,

I first saw one if these TAMA Imperialstar Cordia drums at a friend's house. He bought them new back in the day for his daughter and it was pretty thrashed by the time I saw it. Even so, I liked the Cordia look and did some investigating since I wasn't previously aware of them. I have seen them come up from time to time on eBay.

Barry

Posted on 8 years ago
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