I've been working on this kit for a few months now and just got it completed today. Last year i found an all original '67 White Marine Pearl 14x18 bass drum. This size was not cataloged, but I've seen a few. The Jazzette kit shows up in the '67 catalog. But it is a 12x18 bass with no cymbal arm. The 14x18s have the conventional bass mounted cymbal mount. This drum just needed some tlc and some missing parts. No extra holes. Has original hoops/paint and inlays. Had to add a period correct batter head to complete it. The drum is stunning. My good buddy Surface hooked me up with the needed parts to complete the bass drum.

I then found a '69 8x12 on ebay that turned out to be a nice drum. But it has the clear maple interior with round knob muffler and i wanted a resacote interior with bat muffler. So i found a nice "64 8x12. It too is a very nice drum but just a shade more yellow than the bass.

I found the '67 Jazz Festival this past month. The kit came together this past weekend as a DFO forum friend came through for me with a very nice '65 14x14 floor tom. The drum arrived today and i snapped a few quick pics tonight. Couldn't decide which ride tom i liked best, so I took a pic with each.

I really like the sound of the 18. The whole kit sounds nice as it should. Always fun to put a bunch of orphans together like this. Period correct heads on all of the drums. I also included a before/after pic of the bass drum as well. Hope you enjoy.

Mike