Your shell, your sizes, your finish
Custom
Custom drums
If you have a sound and a look in mind, we'll build it. Choose the shell, sizes, bearing edges, hardware and finish, and C&C builds the kit by hand in Gladstone, Missouri.
Shells
Ten shells to build from, including the ones behind each C&C line. Hover over a shell to see it in profile.
7-ply mahogany
The Player Date I shell
7-ply maple/mahogany/maple
The Player Date II shell
7-ply maple
The Gladstone shell
6-ply maple/gum
The Maple Gum shell
Maple/poplar/maple
A 12th & Vine shell
Mahogany/poplar/mahogany
A 12th & Vine shell
Walnut/poplar/walnut
A 12th & Vine shell
Maple 6 & 6
Luan 6 & 6
Acrylic
Sizes
Diameters from 10 to 26 inches, in a range of depths.
Diameter sets the pitch of the drum. Depth sets the fullness and length of the note. Tell us what you play and where, and we'll suggest sizes, or start from one of the shell packs in the standard lines.
Bearing edges
Four C&C edge profiles, each cut and sanded by hand.
Oaklawn
A very rounded edge, full of warmth.
Los Angeles
Warmth with a quick decay. The 12th & Vine edge.
Bread and Butter
A versatile tone that suits almost any style. The Gladstone edge.
Full Contact
Warm, round tones with lots of body and control, and a subdued attack.
Hardware
LugsDeco or tube lugs, single or double-ended.
C&C's Deco lugs are die-cast steel, plated in chrome, and come single-ended or centred double-ended. Tube lugs come single or double-ended too. Choose 6, 8 or 10 lugs per drum.
Single-ended Deco lug 
Centred, double-ended Deco lug 
Single-ended Deco lugs on a tom 
Full-length tube lugs on an acrylic kit
HoopsTriple-flanged steel, or wood with or without an inlay.
2.3mm or 3mm triple-flanged steel, or wood hoops in natural or aged maple, satin or vintage gloss, with or without a 5/8" wrap or wood inlay. Wood hoops come with tension rods and mini claws.
Natural maple wood hoops 
Wood hoops on a snare 
Wood hoop with a wrap inlay
MountsRail mounts for the rack tom, and a cymbal arm.
Gibraltar or DW 7771 rail mounts with a mounting bracket and L-arm for the rack tom, and a bass drum cymbal arm.
HeadsRemo heads with the C&C logo.
Coated and Vintage Coated Ambassador, Clear Ambassador, Powerstroke 3 and Fiberskyn, with the C&C logo on bass drum, tom and snare heads.
SpursModern telescoping, or vintage fold-out.
Modern telescoping spurs, or vintage fold-out spurs on the C&C bracket.
Modern telescoping spur 
Vintage fold-out spur with the C&C bracket
Snare strainersTrick, Deluxe Classic, Inde Regular or Inde Mini.
The Trick throw-off, the Deluxe Classic strainer used on the standard lines, or an Inde throw-off in regular or mini size.
Trick 
Deluxe Classic 
Inde Regular 
Inde Mini
Finishes
Every drum is hand sanded and finished in Gladstone.
Natural and stained
Painted, gloss
Duco
Wraps
Oyster, sparkle and deco
Genuine abalone
Hand inlaid, shell to shell
- From the C&C range
- Any stain, paint, Duco or wrap from across the four lines, on any shell. From Honey Lacquer and Olive Drab to Sea Foam, Sky Blue, Black/Gold Duco and Peanut Butter Swirl.
- Matched to your sample
- Send a sample of the finish you want, at least 5×5 inches, and C&C will match it in satin, paint, hi-gloss or a specialty wrap.
- Hi-gloss
- An auto-grade hi-gloss clear coat over any finish.
- Shell inlays
- Single, double or triple stripes in wrap or wood veneer, abalone or woodcraft.
How it works
Tell us your idea
Email us the sound and look you're after. Reference photos help.
Spec it together
We work through shell, sizes, edges, hardware and finish with you, then quote in AUD. Custom kits cost more and take longer than the standard lines.
Built and shipped
C&C builds your kit by hand in Gladstone and ships it to you.