#Camco vintage drum sets install
#Camco vintage drum sets skin

This kit was no exception as it was originally aВ вЂњtri tomвЂќ kit and had that god forsaken, less than desirable, triple tom mount on the kick.

It was usually too lightweight and prone to failure at the wing screws and at pretty much any threaded area or area that had the center of gravity working against it. IвЂ™m sure we can all agree that pretty much all early 70вЂІs hardware kinda sucked. I used the existing Slingerland hole pattern violation so as not to further harm any more maple trees from 1971.ДЎ4вЂі rack tom were not modified and is shown belowвЂ¦still having the original Camco mount intact.

#Camco vintage drum sets install

I was forced to install custom fabricated 304 brushed stainless steel cover plates to somewhat re-virginize them. Sadly, this kit had been modded back in the 70вЂІs with the decidedly abominable Slingerland Super Set-O-Matic mounts on the kick and the 12вЂі and 13вЂі rack toms.

#Camco vintage drum sets skin

This was a next level typa jawny yoвЂ¦so it was more like a G spot, so I do have some skin in the game here. When I say вЂњreasonableвЂќвЂ¦I donвЂ™t mean the three or four hundo I usually shell out for vintage Tama kits. I was initially brokering the sale of it for the owner, but after getting only a few low ball, вЂњitвЂ™s not worth muchвЂќ (uhвЂ¦wrongo!) offers from the usual suspects, I was fortunate to eventually score this kit at a reasonable price. This kit was seriously about to be donated to the church and is about as close to an honest to goodness вЂњgarage findвЂќ as they get.ДЄs a matter of fact, hereвЂ™s the garage picвЂ¦ Hence the resemblance of the current DWВ вЂњturretвЂќ style lugs to the old school Camco lugs. Kustom moved the company from Oaklawn, Illinois to Kansas and owned Camco from like 71-73 ishвЂ¦just prior to the big move to Los Angeles where they ultimately became Drum Workshop. These are the Chanute, Kansas era drums when Kustom Electronics briefly owned the company.

I am certainly no fan of vintage American drums, but as I found out, there is a very dedicated group of die hard fans of these drums. Needless to say, this refurb was quite the learning experience. This one would be a bit of a challenge for a change. Everyone knows that I am somewhat knowledgeable about vintage Tama gear and what a sucker I am for forlorn, dusty, dirty, orphan Tama drum kitsвЂ¦but I seriously had no clue about anything Camco related. Okay so it isnвЂ™t a vintage Tama kitвЂ¦but I figured IвЂ™d post this awesome kit because of the Camco, Tama, DW connection.