Okay, so I am getting ready to pull the trigger on the new set. I have it narrowed down to a Gretsch Catalina maple. Still not sure on the color. I am either going to go with the MR Cherry (the wife's choice) or the Red Sparkle Lq. Does anyone have the Red Sparkle lq. finish. I can't tell from the stock pics how good or bad it looks. The other question is hardware packages. I found one set that comes with a PDP hardware pack another offers a Sound Percussion hardware package. I would like your thoughts on those as well. Or I can get just the shell pack for 179.00 less. What do you guys think?