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Gretsch Stop Sign restoration-help!!
My lacquered walnut kit was totally shot - too far gone to restore to the original finish. Eddie Ryan originally quoted me £350.00 using Gretsch qual...
10 years agoGretsch Stop Sign restoration-help!!
There's something odd about the rail consolette, which appears to me to be back to front, unless the badge is the wrong way round, and that cymbal po...
10 years agoFor Interest ...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3069645/Jimi-Hendrix-s-drum-kit-memorabilia-sold-pittance-repossessed-lock-wife-didn-t-pay-fees.html = $9,000...
10 years agoGretsch Kit Walnut Finish Stop Sign HELP!!!!
Zyn were a budget brand made by Premier in the 1960s (and not very good ...) Super Zyn were a step up, but still nowhere near any Zildjian or Paiste...
10 years agoGretsch Stop Sign Badge
I bought my Stop Sign kit in Mannys, NYC in 1971, and have had it ever since. it was lacquered walnut and the BD hoops were wooden with a black nitro...
10 years agoRefinished 60s Gretsch RB kit
It's ironic that you can only do that with a kit that wasn't natural walnut to begin with, as I found when I tried to restore mine - the original fact...
10 years agoLudwig Top Hat & Cane Wrap
From Dan Boucher...
10 years agoNeed Help W/Gretsch FT legs ID.
Not early StopSign, which have a very small splay in the final inch, otherwise straight all the way, and no plain banding ..
10 years agoIrrational restorations
Not really - it always sounded great to me!: the improvement is simply cosmetic .....
10 years agoIrrational restorations
The hoops really make a difference - I did the same with my really scabby, badly pitted 1971 Supra 400 which I had sand blasted & powder coated, then...
10 years agoPratt BD muffler.
Can I put the head back on then? :-)
10 years agoPratt BD muffler.
Does this help?
10 years agoHelp needed on vintage Gretsch two-piece
Funny mix - I don't remember Gretsch having T-rods like that - look more like Rogers ... ... and did they do triple flanged hoops? Happy to be corre...
10 years agoGretsch Stop Sign - what to look for?
This is 100% genuine, bought in Manny's NYC, and has been beautifully restored by the #1 man in the UK - The full Monty, including re-cutting of beari...
10 years agoNeed some help here. What are these?
No idea what a gunnel is, but we'll take your word that these will attach to it. Guess you know boats. Mike[/QUOTE] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gu...
10 years ago