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Camco vs DW lugs
Early DW lugs are very similar to Camco lugs. One of the main differences I've noticed is that the spring in the DW lugs has wider coils, wheras the...
5 years agoCamco Restoration - a labor of love.
Another vote for the Rogers mount. It was not uncommon for Camco kits to have Rogers mounts if asked for by the purchaser. There are promo photos of...
7 years agoCamco - What is this?
Keep an eye out on Ebay. They can be sort of pricey, but it's worth it when you have a drum like that. There might be some in the Camco community wh...
7 years agoCamco - What is this?
That's a nice drum! It isn't clear from the catalogs, but you could order a drum with a "super" parallel strainer, a wood shell, and aristocrat lugs....
7 years agoShell I.D.?? George Way?
That is a really interesting shell. As DolFan54 said, not like any George Way shell I've seen, either. A Way shell would have had horizontal grain a...
7 years agoHappy St. Paddy's Day! Let's see your green.
Here is my only green sparkle drum, a 1961 George Way Tuxedo snare. One of my favorites.
8 years agoGeo Way Snare What's worth what's it's age?
These are different from many of the George Way 6-lug Studio models that you tend to see. The 1961 Studio models had: - 4 ply Jasper shells with re-...
8 years agoCamco BD Spurs & Mounts
From red66charger...
8 years agoCamco BD Spurs & Mounts
From stedi...
8 years agoFamous non-drummer musicians behind the kit
When I saw this thread I immediately thought of Gary Burghoff as Radar on Mash. Even as a kid I remembered the scene where he does the drum solo, as...
8 years agoA pleasant surprise with a kit or bunch of drums/parts you bought?
I bought a late 50s George Way kit and had to shell out. It was, for the most part, a "time capsule" kit, although the descriptions of the component...
8 years agoCamco Value
Mario, I think we are in the same ballpark and just suggesting different marketing strategies. My initial thought - due to how nice the kit looks (an...
9 years agoCamco Value
FYI, an early Camco kit (20/14/12) in silver sparkle (that had really faded and yellowed), but that appeared all-original including the tall COB hoops...
9 years agoCamco Value
They do look killer, and I know they must sound great! It could be that they exceed the $1250 mark, but it is really hard to say exactly what they...
9 years agoCamco Value
Boy, that's a tough one. Good looking player's kit in popular sizes, pieced together and modded, without a matching snare or the desirable tall COB O...
9 years ago