Great, great info....!!
News from Don Lombardi (DW) about the purchase of Gretsch Drums.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?featur...&v=5ukU_9LhQ3s
Does this mean DW will have to learn to make oversize shells??
hope I don't offend the Gretsch purest here.
here is my mostly Gretsch bop kit.
13 x 9 Gretsch
14 x 14 Gretsch
18 x 14 Tama custom (hahaha)
14 x 5.5 Ludwig
I just wanted to make a kit I could play at home, while my Yamaha oak customs were at the studio. I bought the 13 x 9 as a bare shell from ebay. it had the silver inner coating and the orange and white label. i restored it the best i could, but it never had that warm, deep sound i like. its bright, and it sounds great, it just lacks sustain, i guess is the best way to put it. so i have been pricing 12 x 8 Gretsch toms. i wanted a round badge drum, with 30 degree bearing edge. i started pricing the new Brooklyn series. best i could get from a shop, was $500.99, with a 3-6 month wait. Expensive. so i ask this person how my my 7 piece oak customs are worth, he tells me sight unseen, he would give $650.00, for the whole kit. i laughed as i hung up.
last Tuesday, i found a guy on ebay selling a Brand New 12 x 8 Brooklyn tom for $300.00. i pulled the trigger.
my mutt kit
it sounds amazing, and i am seriously thinking about taking the mutt kit to the studio and bringing the yamahas home.
Last edited by mussh; 02-02-2015 at 09:06 AM.
hahaha 40 hours and my first post, still hasn't been approved.
is this site dead?
or the mods just don't care?
Just be patient. It took some time before my first posts showed up, too, and pictures took a while yet. This is a good site, and the admins are quite dedicated to keeping that way. Once you are approved you will have smooth sailing from there on out.
Welcome aboard!
GeeDeeEmm
New Drum Day!
Finally after a year of wanting these drums I found a nice kit in good shape and in a beautiful color.
Sorry for the crappy phone pics. Better pics will come.
Here´s my "new to me" used Gretsch Renown.
*Yamaha Recording Custom
Congratulations on the "new" Renowns Daniel!
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If you enjoy them half as much as I do mine you will love them. The Renown’s are truly great drums.
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Awesome kit Daniel! Congrats!
They are beautiful..............very nice............you will love those.
Is your bass reso shot or just dirty ?
Gretsch USA & Zildjian(What Else Would I Ever Need ?)
I also going to change the tom heads. Think I'm going Emperor. I use to use them.
Haven't had the chance playing them yet. How is the 14" tom when it comes to bottom end? Will I miss a 16" tom for pop, rock, funk etc you think?
*Yamaha Recording Custom
Nice looking kit, Daniel! When I'm able to afford a good used kit, I want to try some Renowns, too.
When I eventually find a kit, my problem will be in finding an alternative for those RIMS-style suspension mounts. I hate RIMS! On my current kit I simply replaced them with Pearl ISS mounts, which proved to be ideal. That will not be possible with the Renown kit due to those gorgeous cast hoops.
Only alternative I've come up with so far is to use one of the new Ludwig Atlas receivers that replaces one of the lugs and allows the use of L-rod style arms.
Anyway, post some more pics when you get the drums set up, Daniel. And tell us how they sound with the Emperors.
GeeDeeEmm
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