I realize this is an old thread... But!.. I must say, I absolutely love my 66/67 Club Date blue sparkle kit I got from Surface (Nevin)! I currently use coated ambassador for the 12 and 14 toms, coated powerstroke 3 on the kick, and a controlled sound -x (bought by accident but worked out nicely) on the jazzfest snare.
What I have found is that the floor tom sounds fantastic at nearly any tuning. I have settled on a medium to lower tuning I would say. This drum just sings!
With the 12" rack, I was having a lot of problems with tuning it at first when mounted on the rail mount. Sounded great off the mount, but as soon as you put it on there, drum choked off drier than the Sahara Desert! You could actually feel the resonance be absorbed into the rest of the bass drum and into the BD pedal. I opted to purchase a RIMS mount I found on ebay for really cheap, and this fixed the problem. Although it takes away from the vintage look, it sure does make this drum sound fantastic! I've gotten used to the look of it, so it's not much of an eye sore to me any longer.
Overall, this has become my favorite set of drums that I own. They look absolutely fantastic and sound the same!
I am so glad that I forked the money to purchase these back in December. Walking
