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special resonant mount for floor tom?
i just had the same problem with a rg gretsch floortom. to get it ringing either: pin big (around 2 inches wide) styrofoam balls on the legs, or: get...
15 years agochico hamiltons drums
As to the purpose, you get a more attacky, timbale sound. this i was wondering, since i only knew the sound from the...
15 years agochico hamiltons drums
hi there, does anyone know what kind of gretsch drums chico hamilton played/plays? i noticed that he is most often pictured with concert toms... can...
15 years agode-rattling a rb gretsch floortom
since i did not want to participate in the senseless exploitation of the beloved moles i went with little pieces of felt attached to the rims and: rat...
15 years agogetting more resonance out of my floortom
Maybe, but a bigger help is the Pearl air suspension tips or whatever they call them. For about $11 you can buy a pack of 3...
15 years agohow to fix my micro-sensitive strainer
ok, with a bit of trying i found the culprit: the two metal plates, which keep a little metal ball in place to lock the strainer, were over time bent...
15 years agogetting more resonance out of my floortom
hi, after dealing with the rattling i also tried to get a little more resonance out of my rb 14x14 floor tom. compared to the rack tom it sounds a li...
15 years agode-rattling a rb gretsch floortom
hi there, i bought a great gretsch rb set recently and i have one practical issue with the floortom: the legs touch the lower rim of the drum and cre...
15 years agohow to fix my micro-sensitive strainer
hi there, i have a 60ies gretsch c.o.b. snare with the "micro sensitive" strainer. unfortunately the strainer always turns itself off while playing....
15 years agogretsch 60s round badge bearing edges
hi there, does anyone have information on why my rg sets bass drum has the "modern" 30° bearing edge and the toms have the roundover version? have th...
15 years agoputting felt where there has never been any...
Flick the lug with your finger... you dont want to know what my eyes wanted to read first .... :))
15 years agoputting felt where there has never been any...
ah, ok. well the lugs are definately more heftier than my gretsch late 80ies ones. actually i decided to leave thge felt out... i mean it was never th...
15 years agoputting felt where there has never been any...
hi there, i am restoring a round badge gretsch set from the 60ies. while taking apart the drums i noticed that there is no felt inside the lugs. now...
15 years agohow to store cymbals
hi there, i was comtemplating today on how to store my not-used cymbals. usually i have them leaned against the wall in my rehearsal room. is this ba...
15 years ago1961 gretsch head reccomendations-here we go again...lol
practise, practise, practise.... :) seriously, most famous drummers have the sound in their hands and feet, not the equipment. i use Remo Renaissanc...
15 years ago