I recently recorded a number of drum tracks for a new project I'm working on. I decided to bring the vintage GW set out to hear what it sounds like under mics. I'm happy to report that they performed beautifully. The bass drum sounded especially good. I left both calf heads on the bass drum. Normally when I use calf on bass drums I will use a reso calf and a coated Powerstroke 3 on the batter side.
We changed things up throughout the day, moving some room and overhead mics around and I swapped snare drums a few times. I'll usually bring a minimum of 4 snares to a session. On this session two snares took care of most of the work . A 6.5"X15" 2 piece brass Ludwig 6 lugger (I think its a 30's era) and my orange peel Acrolite. The Acro sounds particularly great. I almost sold that drum a few years back, that was before I recorded it. It has Imperial lugs on it . I'm 99.9% sure it came out of the factory dressed like that, but regardless, that drum really shines and I wont go to a session without it.
I'd love to know when my GW set was produced. I believe late 50's, maybe 59? All the drums have lugs with the plugs on the end.., No stamps....Any help in that department would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
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