I think they smell "eucalyptus-y" though I guess that's what maple smells like - sorry, I'm Australian.
Camco drums are rare,... but how rare? Last viewed: 48 minutes ago
I think they smell "eucalyptus-y" though I guess that's what maple smells like - sorry, I'm Australian.
Ahhh... eucalyptus trees... the smell after a rain. Incredible. However, I don't ever remember buying a kit for the smell. Now I wonder if aroma therapy would promote good rudiments?
I've never owned any Camco drums nor do I know a lot about them. I'm not a fan of the look of the round turret lugs so I never paid a lot of attention to them. Of course if a nice set fell into my lap I would definitely buy it.
Here's my one Camco anecdote. My high school band director (in the 70's) was a drummer from Chicago (so we student drummers worshiped him at the time and I'm still close friends with him today). Growing up in Chicago he was friends with the Lishons who owned Franks Drum Shop. At one point they had even asked him to work at the store although he decided to continue on his chosen career path and become a music teacher. After a weekend visit to Chicago he told us that at Franks, as an experiment, they had pulled the heads off of each brand of bass drum in stock to compare and see which one was the best made. The winner was Camco. He said the bearing edge and woodworking on the interior was superior to any of the others (at least on the drums they were looking at). Of course we 15 year olds, who were all thoroughly Ludwig men at the time, said "Camco? with those goofy round lugs", and never gave them another thought.
I don't think I've ever personally seen a Camco set in use or for sale around these parts (100 miles west of Chicago) outside of the Chicago drum show, although surely there must have been some of them sold to this area.
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