There is a serial number on the Tama badge - 151646 and has 10 tuning lugs per side with plain chromed hardware, plain varnished wood finish and Starclassic 20 strand snare. It sounds great to me - much better than the one with my Pearl Forum starter kit. I fitted an Evans G1 batter I already had and a Meazzi Reso (shop old stock for £5 - very thin), possibly not the best heads but I'll think of them when my tuning ability improves. The heads were shot but everything else is good. Tama Serial Number Lookup I bought a Tama Snare on impulse on Friday for £45 but have no idea what model it is. Any leading zeroes are replaced by centered dots.
The bottom line contains a hiragana character and a four-digit serial number divided into two groups of two digits separated by a hyphen. The top line contains the name of the issuing office (Tama, shown, is in Tokyo) and a vehicle class code. The illustration shows what a plate might look like.
