Try Aquarian Medium Modern Vintage heads top & bottom (or a thin on bottom works well too). The sound is unbelievable!

here is the stuff I am waiting for.

I guess it was a 22 12 13 16 and the 12 is missing.

no big deal, I a ma two-tom kit player

and the snare is an early DW so maybe a Keller similar to the LA Camco shells considering what Camco experts told me once on this forum.

OK.

I will try that on my Luds.

It seems the Camco will be set with Aquarian satin finish heads.

I have an Aquarian vintage head on my Ludwig floor tom. Very nice tone!

That's a beautiful kit that will only get better over time. Nice Score!

The Tama/Camco (Hoshino) LA's actually had six-ply Keller Maple shells not birch. I know, I own them!

The Keller Maple shells were part of Tama's plan to "match" American quality for marketing purposes to professionals. They were made in bop sizes, one of the reasons Elvin Jones was contracted in 1978 for commercial advertising of the Hoshino/Camco drums. For two years this was Tama's "High-end" line of drums. After this, Tama adopted the Camco bop sizes for their "Swingstar" line of jazz kits. Very Cool history...

"Tama integrated all the engineering from Camco into their production process and the overall level of quality of their drums increased virtually overnight. The original plan was to market the low-end Tama drums to beginners and use the Camco brand to sell high-end drums to professional musicians. However, even the professionals were starting to use the Tama drums because the low cost of the Asian-made drums with the (now) high quality of hardware was a great combination." Harry Cangany

-kellyj

nice piece of history here!

I played once on a Tama Imperial Star (the one played by Stewart Copeland) and it was a great work of craftsmanship! re rings, great hardware, ...

but if I remember well, the kit was HEAVY...

Wow! Always great to try out famous gear...

Here's a pic of the Elvin Jones 1978 bop size 12X8 tom

this was not (unfortunately...) THE stewart kit, only the same model...

your tom is BEAUTIFUL!

Thanks,

I found the whole kit in this condition. The laquer finish they put on 33 years ago now is like new. Pollux, your kit with nice Aquarian vintage heads as recommended here will sound great! Can't wait to see your pics!

-kellyj

great craftmanship!

I love old things that keep being even more beautiful years after years...

It is very difficult to distinguish maple from birch as the differences are very subtle. The biggest difference although still subtle is the grain pattern. The tom in this pic has a grain pattern typical of birch.