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Using NOVUS for the 1st time: nervous as hell!
Hey Hobbs, I recently completed restoration of a mid 60's Gretsch set. I initially considered replacing the wraps but decided otherwise. I used the No...
11 years agoProject: Gretsch Mid 60's Round Badge
Wow, Retrosonic- thanks for the reply, I greatly appreciate it.
11 years agoProject: Gretsch Mid 60's Round Badge
Thanks for all the comments. I think they turned out very nice. I am glad I did not replace the wraps. I have shown them to my father since the clean...
11 years agoProject: Gretsch Mid 60's Round Badge
Thanks guys, they did turn out better than I expected. Initially I thought I'd need to replace the wraps because of how old and worn they looked.
11 years agoProject: Gretsch Mid 60's Round Badge
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11 years agoProject: Gretsch Mid 60's Round Badge
Finally got everything finished. The last step was repainting the bass hoops and reattaching the wrap inlay on the hoops. All in from start to finish...
11 years agoRe-Wrapping My Gretsch
Hey man those look great, I am nearing completion of a restore of a set of Gretsch as well (waiting for the damn sun to come out and take some pics ou...
11 years agoProject: Gretsch Mid 60's Round Badge
Finishing up the bass hoops tonight, should be back together soon.
11 years agoProject: Gretsch Mid 60's Round Badge
I am getting down to the end now, I was able to peel the aqua satin wrap off the one bass hoop, and am looking to replace the wrap on the one missing...
11 years agoAnother Wat to Clean Tension Rods
Good call on the cleaning- I have been restoring an old Gretsch set, needed to clean everything and was really dreading having to clean all the rods....
11 years agoProject: Gretsch Mid 60's Round Badge
No problem hardbat. I just finished cleaning up the wrap on the bass drum tonight. I started the novus by hand, and after about 5 minutes knew it was...
11 years agoProject: Gretsch Mid 60's Round Badge
mcdrummer- no the bass looks the same, the toms and snare have been cleaned, i have not had a chance to do the wrap cleaning on the bass- they all loo...
11 years agoProject: Gretsch Mid 60's Round Badge
From gwm...
11 years agoProject: Gretsch Mid 60's Round Badge
Thanks for all the kind words guys. They have come a long way, and I am excited to get them all completed. Good call orangemi on the hoop wrap, I can...
11 years agoProject: Gretsch Mid 60's Round Badge
Here are some progress updates, snare and tom are complete, hardware is cleaned/ polished, 3 stage novus on wraps, new heads installed. There is also...
11 years ago