The 14" floor tom has the original (Oaklawn) Camco Badge, but the 12", Snare Drum and bass drum were missing badges. New edages on snare side (someone had badly messed them up) but these are original specs from a vintage drum. The snare side bearing edge did need to be re-cut, but we were able to reference the new edge off of another vintage Camco snare drum in our store so it matched the original bearing edge specs. We also replaced the internal muffler in the snare drum with a vintage Grestch/Ludwig muffler.
The hoops on the 12" tom and the snare drum are original brass hoops, while the 14" tom (that was purchased at a later date) has the original steel hoops. We replaced the L Arm with a newer L arm. The throw off on the snare drum needed replaced, so we installed a Dunnett beer tap throw off. Our repair shop did some great restoration work on this kit. This snare is 10 lug, die cast hoops and a rediculously large throw off mechanism. but on the logo it doesnt say imperialstar like the one's I see online. I can't really find any info on it, except that it look's like a tama imperialstar mastercraft.
VINTAGE TAMA SNARE THROWS FULL
Hopefully I can recoup some of the dough I spent on the whole shebang.Ĭlick the pic for a link to the full photo set.This 1960s Vintage Camco set in Sky Blue Pearl is in very good condition. So I just got this snare and have no idea what it is. Like I said, it isn’t perfect and certainly nowhere near mint, but it might be a treasure trove of parts for someone, especially those roller assemblies. I’ll be posting this assembly to eBay shortly, so keep an eye out for it. If anyone needs these parts, give me a shout and make me an offer. The roller assemblies came out pretty nice though…considering the sorry shape they were in. There is significant pitting, some discoloration and chrome loss on both the throw body, lever and butt end.
Although it cleaned up nicely, it definitely won’t win any blue ribbons at the County Fair. Now this strainer was in decidedly rough and rusty shape. Hence they make you shout “Jesus!” when you are trying to get them back on without them flying across the room, never to be found again.įortunately, in a rare moment of clarity, I eventually figured out how the throw assembly went back together and I am 98.9% sure it’s correctly done! Yay! For those of you who aren’t familiar with “jesus clips”…these little bastards are tiny spring clip/washers that are infernally difficult to remove and reattach. The throw side assembly has a bunch of “jesus clips” holding the internal lever mechanism together. Somehow, I remembered to take lots of pix of the rusty roller assemblies and tedious spring clips during the break down process…but I dove right in on disassembling the throw and forgot to take ANY pix! Putting it back together a few days and many cocktails later is a completely different story! This turned out to be one for the files of “biting off more than one can chew”! If there is one thing I have learned in life…it is this: I figured I could keep the lugs and clean up the badly rusted strainer parts for resale. There were nine good lugs on it, a partial muffler assembly and a complete roller strainer assembly. It was pretty much a straight up part out shell from the jump…rusty shell and bearing edges, missing both die cast rims (no!), snare wires, and all the tension rods and washers. I had been looking for some spare double ended snare lugs to have on hand for various rebuilds and was happy to find this drum (Thanks Salli!). I recently had the good fortune to come across an early 80’s Tama 8055 5"x14” steel Mastercraft parts snare on eBay. “The Anatomy Of A Vintage Tama Mastercraft Roller Assembly"
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