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| Brand: | GEORGE WAY | MPN: | Does Not Apply |
| Exact Year: | 1959 | Country/Region of Manufacture: | United States |
GEORGE WAY PRE CAMCO DRUM SET,3 PLY JASPER SHELLS,W/WHITE SEALER PAINTED INTERIORS.GEORGE WAY WAS THE MOST INTRIGUING FIGURE IN AMERICAN DRUM SET HISTORY. RHYTHM MAGAZINE DID AN ARTICLE ON A COLLECTOR FROM THE UK, WITH TWO WAY DRUM KITS,ONE IN BLACK MARINE PEARL,ONE IN WHITE MARINE PEARL WITH UNORIGINAL HARDWARE.ARISTOCRACT OR TURRET LUGS ARE A GEORGE WAY DESIGN WHICH IS STILL BEING USED TODAY BY dw DRUMS BACK OVER 50 YEARS.THE HOOPS ARE ALL CHROME OVER BRASS,THE FINEST EVER MADE, BYT DOUBTLESS EXPENSIVE TO PRODUCE TODAY.CAMCO DRUMS ARE ESSENTIALLY WAY DRUMS,THEY TO ARE RARE,BUT NOT AS RARE AS THEASE WAY DRUMS. THESE DRUMS ARE SO RARE PARTICULARY IN THIS WHITE MARINE PEAR EXAMPLE.THE SNARE DRUM HAS A WAY PARAMOUNT "BEER TAP" STYLE STRAINER,WORKS GREAT BUT WHEN O PURCHASED THE KIT THE ORIGINAL ONE OWNER PROPPED A POP CICLE STICK ALONG THE BEER TAP,I HAVE NOT MESSED WITH IT AND HAVE LEFT IT ALONE,SINCE IT DOES OPERATE LIKE IT SHOULD. THE FLOOR TOM LEG BRACKETS ARE LEEDY DESIGN,LEFT OVER FROM THE LEEDY FACTORY THAT GEORGE ADOPTED TO MAKE HIS OWN DRUMS.THE BLACK ORIGINAL PAINT IS STILL ON THE BASS DRUM HOOPS AND THE INLAY HAS A TINY PIECE MISSING.THE SPURS ARE THE WAY BEST,RECTRATABLE CURVED EXAMPLE. THE LUGS AND HOOPS RIMS ARE ALL SOLID BRASS WITH TRIPLE A CHROMING,THE SHELLS HAVE THE WHITE PAINTED INTERIORS,WITH REINFORCING RINGS THROUGHT THE SET.THE BEARING EDGES ARE ROUNDED GIVING THE KIT A REALLY TRIE VINTAGE SOUNDING SET. THIS KIT SOUNDS LIKE NO OTHERE I PLAYED,I HAVE OWNED AND PLAYED EVER VINTAGE DRUM MANFACTURER DRUM SET OUT THERE,MAN THESE ARE REALLY FINE MAN. THERE ARE NO EXTRA HOLES PERIOD OR MODS EXCEPT AS I MENTIONED EARLIER ABOUT THE SNARE DRUM BEER TAP,NO PARTS MISSING,THE KIT COMES WITH AN UNORIGINAL FREE BASS DRUM RIDE CYMBAL HOLDER.THE ORIGINAL WRAP HAS NOT YELLOWED THROUGH THE YEARS BECAUSE THE ORIGINAL OWNER KEPT THE IN CASE IN A KOOL ROOM.I HAD THE LUCKY OPPORTUNITY TO PURCHASE THIS KIT AND FEEL THE NEW OWNER WILL BE TOTALLY DELIGHTED WITH THEM AS I HAVE THESE GEMS ARE REALLY " THE HOLY GRAIL OF VINTAGE DRUMS "SHIPPING WILL BE 350.00 IN THE LOWER 48 STATES. PACKED SEPERATELY ANF FULLY INSURED AS WELL OF COURSE.THANKS FOR LOOKING.
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