Looks like Slingerland's faux marble effect:
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Looks like Slingerland's faux marble effect:
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I don't know Gretsch history very well. So, I have no idea if that was a factory finish. It looks to me as though some individual might have applied kitchen counter top laminate to a drum that originally was painted, or stained, or had another wrap on it.
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