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Rik_Everglade

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Uber collectable kits.

I don't think that it is all original though. The picture showed machine head lug attachment screws, the cymbal mounts are missing, a tom hoop is repl...

11 years ago
Gretsch snare date

Yup. Mid to late fifties. I would bet '56 or later.

11 years ago
Beware of virus

It doesn't effect my iMac...in case you are worried about what platform this will affect. I've been to his site several times, no problems.

11 years ago
The innovation of Billy Gladstone

Incredible set. Loved the man's thinking, I'm a tinkerer myself. I hope that you will post more photos, that set is sweet!

11 years ago
Tom to Snare

It's a great hobby. Just do it. Get a flexible, accurate six inch ruler, my most used tool for precise placement of parts. A calculator, drill n bits,...

11 years ago
What is YOUR Top 10 Drummer's List of All Time

I'm just glad that I didn't see that Metallica and Dream Theatre drummer listed. The Hanson kid has some better beats than each of them.

11 years ago
Old Gretsch drum set

Cool color, but no copper mist. Maybe a good repaint, the dings have paint in them, and I've never seen hoops with hoop mounted accessories without an...

11 years ago
Old Gretsch drum set

Agree, no floor tom is a big sticking point nowadays. One doesn't see many with a single mounted Tom, a single floor tom maybe, but mounted?

11 years ago
Gretsch Experts - HELP

Are they green with gold hardware?

11 years ago
Old Gretsch drum set

Thanks for providing us with that well informed notion about Gretsch sets not usually being sold with floor toms. Where was that information gathered.

11 years ago
Crash and Ride on one cymbal stand (Ian Paice style)

We used to do that before I knew who he was. Just a neat property of the old flat based stands. Just throw a felt and cymbal over that section and the...

11 years ago
Max Roach on eBay?

Thanks for that. I was actually planning on building a similar snare, I'll have to avoid that throwoff.

11 years ago
Steve Maxwell?

Buy low, sell high. And I don't judge him for it, that is how business is done. Good for him.

11 years ago
Max Roach on eBay?

When does a drum have so many parts replaced that it no longer has the identity of the model claimed? This eBay for a Max Roach already says new tensi...

11 years ago
50's Three ply Gretsch Bop

more pics of process. And I made sure the outer seam lined up from top to bottom. After these pics were taken, I redid the sanding on the inside so it...

11 years ago