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My USA Custom showed up on Satudary. Its a pretty nice snare, sounds pretty good, could use some new heads for sure. There is a strange addition that I've never seen before. There are 2 extra air vents underneath the throw off and the butt. They look like they were factory installed, and the grommets are exactly the same as the one holding on the badge. I've never come accross a snare with these kind of vents, and I really don't see the point. I've searched up and down the internet and can't find any mention of a Gretsch snare with these vents. I emailed Gretsch this morning to see if they had any information about it, still awaiting a response. Does anyone have a USA custom snare with these vents, or seen one before?
Last edited by Gretschhead; 10-12-2009 at 08:51 AM.
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I still havn't found any information about the air vents, but I did find 2 or 3 other snares on ebay with the same vents, of course nobody mentioned them in their auction though . Atleast I know for sure that they are factory, and I didn't get hosed on a modded snare.
Got an email back from Gretsch:
"Ryan,Yes those drums did come from the factory like that, to allow the drum to "breathe" a little bit, and open up the sound.Regards,Gretsch Drums"
Good to know they are factory
Man that is sweet.
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I have a Gretsch Custom USA snare. I'll check it out and get back to you. I don't remember seeing that vent, but I'll confirm...
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Interesting. My snare does not have them, but I also have a Nickel Drumworks throw, so it may just be the specs for this config. I'll post some pics later on.
Can I ask where you purchased your snare? I found mine on eBay for what I thought was a great price.
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Dude that thing is sweet! I want a high end snare so bad! At least an intermediate.
Here's some pics of my snare... with different vent location.
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Hm... that is strange! I'm not quite sure. Be sure to post Gretsch's reply. Congrats on the snare though!
Me-thinks that they were boo-boo's made into extra vents. Believe me with Gretsch any thing is possible! LOL
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Purchased on ebay for just under $300. Very nice price considering the new ones are high $600s with a month wait time. It was a very nice snare, but the vents really threw me. I ended up putting it back on ebay last week and made $100 off of it. '62 Slingerland 1ply Artist model is on the way to replace it .
Gretsch did confirm that the vents were original and offered on some of the new models, still it just wasn't my cup of tea.
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