I know this may make some of you cringe but ......... the story behind these are kind of interesting. In 1977 Jim Corder of Corder drums gifted me these 14"x22" and 8"x12" Chanute Camco shells. He knew I had silver sparkle drums because I had bought my first nice set, "Ludwig Hollywood's" from him in 1971 when he had a small music store. The only hardware on them were Gretsch bass drum spur mounts, "which fit nicely", and the straight double rubber ended Gretsch spurs. Unfortunately not knowing any better I put large Ludwig lugs on the reso side of the Bass drum and small Ludwig lugs,"which fit the holes" on the batter side of the tom and played these drums for years as a second set in small clubs or places where I did not want to leave my A set. The last 20 years the bass and tom sat in cases in my attic. In the last 2 years I decided to fix them up to play. I bought a Keller hoop and aftermarket lugs and tension rods for the Bass and lugs for the tom which fit all the existing holes. and they sound great. I was looking for a matching floor tom but one day I see this vintage 16"x16" stop sign badge 1973 floor tom in matching wrap on CL. Had all the lugs and leg mounts. Got it for $50 and restored it. So I have this little Vintage Jasper shell Frankenkit. All wraps are super nice. I did make some new spurs from aluminum rods.
They sound great. The tom can still be restored to original as no extra holes. The bass, wellll... It is still nice just the extra hole for the lugs and the Gretsch is really nice. I use this kit on jazz gigs sometimes.
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