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Camco Newb And Loving Them

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Hey everybody. Hope you all are finding yourselves well in these strange days.

Over the course of my 48 years, I've owned just about every make and model of drum out there. Lost count of how many sets, snares and cymbals I've owned over the years. After all these years, however, I've never owned any Camco drums.

Came across this beautiful example and knew I had to have 'em. As I swapped out heads to my preferred coated Ambassadors top and bottom, I took the time to really soak in the build quality of these drums. I gig often (well, before all this), so the Rogers Swivo tom mount is definitely a bonus for me. It's all original, no extra holes or anything.

They are Oaklawn badged. The tone is absolutely stunning. I don't know the science behind shell design, bearing edges and all that... I just know that these drum sound amazing and, IMO, are as beautiful as any drums I've ever seen.

[img]https://i.imgur.com/ffdFfaJ.jpg?1[/img]

[img]https://i.imgur.com/aXm7Lw9.jpg?1[/img]

[img]https://i.imgur.com/3dUuze1.jpg?1[/img]

Posted on 4 years ago
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Wow, sorry for the pic size. Not sure how to change that to something a little more screen friendly. Any help would be most appreciated.

Posted on 4 years ago
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OK, got the pic size thing figured out. Excited

Posted on 4 years ago
#3
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Those are very beautiful drums, congrats 12,14 ,20?

Posted on 4 years ago
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Those are very beautiful drums, congrats 12,14 ,20?

Thank you! Yessir, 12-14-20.

Posted on 4 years ago
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Congrats, condition looks fantastic and the sizes very desirable. Dare you say best sounding drums you've ever owned?

Posted on 4 years ago
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From slingerfan

Congrats, condition looks fantastic and the sizes very desirable. Dare you say best sounding drums you've ever owned?

Interesting question, slingerfan, and I don't think I could answer it objectively. I will say, however, that these drums produce a familiar, "classic" vintage American drum tone.

Over the last several years, I've made a conscious decision to home in on specific sounds that I've decided are my personal favorites and that are also applicable to the music I play, which is popular music from the 1960's through today, with a focus on '60's through the early '80's. My favorite drum sounds are from all the old '60's soul records (Muscle Shoals, Stax, Motown, etc...) and from pop records made in the late '70's to early '80's (Lionel Richie, Michael Jackson, Toto, etc...). To get even more specific, I'll give examples of both. "In The Midnight Hour" from Wilson Pickett perfectly captures that '60's old soul drum sound for me, while "All Night Long" from Lionel Richie perfectly captures the '80's pop sound.

Each drum sound is very different, yet equally pleasing to me. So for me, these Camco drums easily achieve the old soul drum sound I'm looking for. Took me less than 10 minutes to get "that" sound. I wouldn't expect them to then try to achieve the '80's pop sound I'm also after, so for that I have my early 80's Yamaha 9000GA drums, which are the drums that many of those cats used on those hits... think Gadd, JR Robinson, the Marotta brothers, Andy Newmark, Ndugu, etc... Just as with the Camco drums achieving the old soul sound so easily, so too do my Yamaha drums achieve the '80's pop sound so easily.

All to say that, while the Camco drums produce a beautiful and easy to achieve tone, I don't think I could call them the best I've ever heard, because there simply is no best to me, only different.

Whew, sorry for the long-winded response!

Posted on 4 years ago
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Beautiful set!! Looks to be in excellent condition...

Cheers

1976 Ludwig Mach 4 Thermogloss 26-18-14-14sn
1978 Ludwig Stainless 22-22-18-16-14-13-12 c/w 6-8-10-12-13-14-15-16-18-20-22-24 concert toms
1975 Sonor Phonic Centennials Metallic Pewter 22-16-13-12-14sn (D506)
1971 Ludwig Classic Bowling Ball OBP 22-16-14-13
1960's Stewart Peacock Pearl 20-16-12-14sn
1980`s Ludwig Coliseum Piano Black 8x14 snare
1973 Rogers Superten 5x14 & 6.5x14 COS snares
1970`s John Grey Capri Aquamarine Sparkle 5x14 snare
1941 Ludwig & Ludwig Super 8x14 snare
Posted on 4 years ago
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From grantro

Beautiful set!! Looks to be in excellent condition...Cheers

Thank you!

I had to do the rubber band trick on the mounted tom muffler. When it dries up, I'm going to use your fishing line hack.

Posted on 4 years ago
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From rculberson

Thank you! I had to do the rubber band trick on the mounted tom muffler. When it dries up, I'm going to use your fishing line hack.

You only have to do it once when you use fishing line and you can use whatever amount is needed since it comes in a large spool...

How long have you owned the set?

Cheers

1976 Ludwig Mach 4 Thermogloss 26-18-14-14sn
1978 Ludwig Stainless 22-22-18-16-14-13-12 c/w 6-8-10-12-13-14-15-16-18-20-22-24 concert toms
1975 Sonor Phonic Centennials Metallic Pewter 22-16-13-12-14sn (D506)
1971 Ludwig Classic Bowling Ball OBP 22-16-14-13
1960's Stewart Peacock Pearl 20-16-12-14sn
1980`s Ludwig Coliseum Piano Black 8x14 snare
1973 Rogers Superten 5x14 & 6.5x14 COS snares
1970`s John Grey Capri Aquamarine Sparkle 5x14 snare
1941 Ludwig & Ludwig Super 8x14 snare
Posted on 4 years ago
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