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New gretsch project. Need help identifying!
Ok I must be completely drunk or dense.... But how do you get this tom mount system to lock without having the memory lock on there? You can put the p...
11 years agoNew gretsch project. Need help identifying!
No that definitely makes sense. Not sure if it's the route I would take but definite a neat idea. What other approaches have people taken to changing...
11 years agoNew gretsch project. Need help identifying!
Wow Thornbeck! That really is the sister set! These tubs don't have any labels inside, but they do have serials carved in the inside of the shells....
11 years agoNew gretsch project. Need help identifying!
Robbie, The link in your post doesn't show, but is love to see the kit. Also, can anyone identify which series of drums these are? I can't find an exa...
11 years agoNew gretsch project. Need help identifying!
I'm currently speaking with a drum maker in my hometown here (EPEK drums if it rings a bell) They make some pretty great stuff. Only problem is they d...
11 years agoNew gretsch project. Need help identifying!
Tested the heads and they seem to have quite a bit of spin room until you spin it about 3/4 turn as the shells are not completely round...the heads se...
11 years agoNew gretsch project. Need help identifying!
So I have determined that these are indeed not wraps haha...sorry for my confusion on that part. Now I need to decide if I'd rather just refinish or w...
11 years agoNew gretsch project. Need help identifying!
https://www.dropbox.com/s/2gjxpcxb4m6ba7e/5.jpg Here is a better picture of the seam on the 16x16. Maybe thats just the panels, I thought it was the...
11 years agoNew gretsch project. Need help identifying!
Purdie, This set is already a walnut wrap I believe as I can see the seams on all of the drums. If they were natural there's no way I would wrap them....
11 years agoNew gretsch project. Need help identifying!
Yeah, I'm not sure how soon I wan't to work on these, so they may be left as is for a while...However, eventually I'd like to get a nice sparkle wrap,...
11 years agoNew gretsch project. Need help identifying!
They were a hell of a deal indeed. I'm probably going to put new wraps on them as the current ones are pretty beat up.
11 years agoNew gretsch project. Need help identifying!
Also I should mention I paid 85 bux for these...
11 years agoNew gretsch project. Need help identifying!
So I recently picked up a pretty beat up set of 70's gretsch drums. Its a 3 piece kit (haven't measured the sizes yet). Seems to be a walnut wrap. I'm...
11 years ago