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Maxwell's Caddy Green Gretsch Set Recently Used By Charlie Watts
They are nice - as Steve says ...the bd is not an original finish...that's part of why they are $7000. The cadi green snare on his site is more than...
13 years agoDoes anyone here have a compete Gretsch cocktail drum?
It's actually a 6ply shell. I was hoping all the time that it was a 3ply...I thought it was - looking at the photos it's not really clear. The one p...
13 years agoDoes anyone here have a compete Gretsch cocktail drum?
Thanks - it does help. Yesterday I tried my best to salvage the tacks on the center metal band....no way it was happening. Those tacks were rusted...
13 years agoholy crap I got a Super Classic set...
Congratulations! A very sweet looking kit. I like those old Ludwig kits even better than the new ones. I don't know much about Ludwig drums but some...
13 years agococktail drum
Thanks Yes, please - if you see a 3ply 14" Gretsch floor tom please let me know right away. If you don't buy it I certainly will. I've been looking...
13 years agoDoes anyone here have a compete Gretsch cocktail drum?
I have a 14x24 cocktail drum - 6ply (much to my own disappointment - long story there). I may want to restore it. I can see pictures of the drum in t...
13 years agococktail drum
Those dang 6ply edges !!!!! There is NO doubt that this is a 6ply shell haha. The quest for 3ply continues..........until the grave if necessary......
13 years agococktail drum
The folks at Gretsch say the 6ply showed up (at the factory) in the mid-50's. But all the records I've been able to nail down shows they were introduc...
13 years agococktail drum
I was WRONG ! again...... This drum is a 6ply NOT a 3ply..........dang..... I went into the USA and brought my cocktail drum home today....long day....
13 years agoAnyone here collect old catalogs?
Hi Blair Not in a hurry here but if you have any old Gretsch catalogs 68/69 and pre 60's let me know what you have. Thanks,
13 years agoCarlton Badge
Ya - I hear ya. It is good to have friends in the music industry to look around for you there. We're probably still going though. My wife has relat...
13 years agoCarlton Badge
No I did not - thanks for the link. I'd love to go over to 'Jolly old England' for a holiday and look up some relatives. I've never been over there....
13 years agoCarlton Badge
Now - just very carefully - remove that badge and send it to me! Lol Very nice! I'm looking for one for my late 30's (39 I think) 14" tom. What a bea...
13 years agoI think I got a Gretsch Snare....I think...
If you try to sand each and every vertical line out - carefully and going with the lines - you may be able get rid of them. I had a lot of these on t...
13 years agoI think I got a Gretsch Snare....I think...
Have you considered Tung Oil ? I was going to rewrap this Gretsch 6lug Dixieland snare. This is the way it arrived - original wrap torn half off. Af...
13 years ago