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Do Vintage Drums "Require" Vintage Cymbals?
For me cymbals are a very personal thing. Unlike drums you can't manipulate the sound if a cymbal, what you hear is what you get. Unless you take a ha...
14 years agoCamco LA Walnut Stain
Ok in these pics your kit looks like a dark walnut. If that's the case they might be Ebony Stain.
14 years agoGeorge Way Snare w/ Camco 701 Super Strainer
The 701 Super is Camco's first attempt and a super strainer. The model name was confusing as it was the same for the standard version. Since the COB v...
14 years agoGeorge Way Snare w/ Camco 701 Super Strainer
A couple more....
14 years agoGeorge Way Snare w/ Camco 701 Super Strainer
When I got this drum the original knobs for the 701 were missing and a bolt and a tension rod were in their place. I thought "where in the hell am I g...
14 years agoDo you guys gig your vintage drums?
From OldSchool...
14 years agoDo you guys gig your vintage drums?
Of course I play my gear out at gigs. I started collecting for the tone and that's why I play mostly vintage Camco and George Way drums. Now if I'm pl...
14 years agoQuestions and diary about restuaration of my LA Camco
Not as far as I know. I bought an L.A. kit but it was just the shells. I outfitted it with generic hoops and they all worked fine with no splay. But...
15 years agoQuestions and diary about restuaration of my LA Camco
No, the hoops are not undersized. The head is meant to float more on that shell than normal. They used a generic hoop by that point so there is nothin...
15 years agoQuestions and diary about restuaration of my LA Camco
The ones on my Oaklawn kit don't rattle but I think I just got lucky. Most of the ones I've seen rattle. Those hoops should fit better than that. I...
15 years agoQuestions and diary about restuaration of my LA Camco
I'm not sure about your hoops but they don't look original to me as there is a lot of splay going on with those hoops on your drums (the tension rods...
15 years agoQuestions and diary about restuaration of my LA Camco
The color swatch you posted is from the Oaklawn era. Stradivarius was only available in the L.A. era. Your drums are definitely walnut as stradivarius...
15 years agoWhat Era would you choose?
I love my George Way drum kit although it's a '59 but I picked 60's as GW made drums in '60 and '61 and I can also play Oaklawn Camco '62-'69 Clapping...
15 years agoQuestions and diary about restuaration of my LA Camco
That number on the floor tom is usually hand written in red ink. The #600 probably refers to the outfit number in the catalog. The numbers I've seen h...
15 years ago60's American Drum Poll
George Way and Camco. Clapping Happy2
15 years ago