Beautiful, simply beautiful! And the 'perfect' set-up. I can hear them from here!

John

Great job! A lot of work but the end result is stunning.

I like those! I like those a lot!

Classy

Jim

Enjoy the fruits of your labor and thank you for breathing life back into a vintage set that could have easily fallen into the wrong hands.You`ve given a wonderful little drum family a second chance! Super job !!!

Wayne

Yep, very nice job. Really impressed (read: jealous) of your staining and lacquering skills.

Stef, they have got to be the best walnut stain finish I've seen so far. Getting them to all match was my fear and the reason I didn't have my LA era's done that way. You showed it's not only possible, man they're drop dead gorgeous!

Thanks people for all the nice comments.

It’s been a challenging but indeed very gratifying project.

The thing with this set was that the finish was so far gone, that a bit of risk could be taken and things could only be improved.

Slingalud, a quick question for you.

You’ve seen probably more LA Camco shells than anybody else here,...

These shells all had threaded lug holes, was this something that Camco did from 1972 till the end or only at a certain period?

As close as we can pin it down is 1975. Camco not only began threading all the lug screw holes in the shells, but they also changed the interior hardware (Lug screws etc) to aircraft grade aluminum. It's an easy way to date your kit to pre 1975 or 75-77 time frame. I am sure Antipodes, Dolfan, Fishwaltz, and VintageDrumBug have seen as many if not more than I have since most of us are here in the state of Ca. (Bay Area & LA) which seems to have the lions share of L.A. era Camco drums. Everyone has their favorite era, and for me it's the L.A. era drums. Similar to DW's Collector Series Maple but with custom bearing edges, machined hardware, and that aged Keller maple...Like DWs on steroids..Lol...