Chicago Collection Gretsch 40s 13/16/24/6.5 Gretsch Gladstone Chicago Collection Craviotto Kit 349 12,14,18,5.5 NOS |_ 1 OWNER Gretsch Burgundy Sparkle RB 12-14-18-5.5 !NEW! STEVE'S CELEB AND ULTRA RARE DRUM GALLERY What The Hell Happened to Blood Sweat & TearsĬowbird Music - Illinois Recording Studio Steve's "From the Past" column for Modern Drummer Rogers Dyna Prototypes and First Two Drums Papa Jo Jones 4x14 Ludwig Black Beauty Snare Drum Lang Gladstone RARE 17lb copper snare drum Joe Segal, Jazz Showcase founder, passes away at 94 Salvador Dali original unique signed sketchġ. Louie Bellson's Rogers Set and WMP 5x14 Dynasonicġ. Larry Bunker’s Gretsch 50s Copper Mist 12 14 20ġ. Joe Morello's Ludwig drum set and Paiste cymbalsġ. CRAVIOTTO TIMELESS TIMBER SNARE DRUMS FOR SALEġ. Billy Gladstone 7x14 original owner snare drum for saleġ. Use keywords to find the product you are looking for.ġ. Top » Catalog » Museum Archives » Museum (Not for Sale) » Sold But Not Forgotten » Gretsch Gold Series. Both are presented in catalogs of the era as Sparkle finishes, so that name is used in this study.Steve Maxwell Vintage and Custom Drums Gretsch Gold Series. Certain colors are generally seen in the study period as Glass Glitter (irregular shaped particles) and others as Sparkle (hexagonal shaped particles). Gier, Dating of Vintage Gretsch Drums Based Upon Serial Numbers – Challenging the Legend, Lore and Lies, Rebeats Publications, Alma, MI, 2011. More information on vintage Gretsch serial numbers available at Richard E. Metal shell drums do not have the potential for having their wraps removed, so their numbers are considered to be very reliable. Although efforts are taken to exclude drums which appear to be rewrapped or refinished from this study, but some drums may be included which do not display their original finish.Ĥ. If they are all considered as originally wrapped, that would push the total of wrapped drums to 3,573, representing 88% of 4,072 drums studied.ģ. Four hundred and fifty-two (452) drums were excluded from the analysis. The number of wrapped drums is likely underrepresented, as many drums had wraps removed for rewrapping or refinishing without wraps. Finishes during earlier and later time periods likely differ considerably.Ģ. Although this study only involved 3,620 of the about 116,000 (3.1%) Round Badge drums with serial numbers, it appears to be a fairly representative sampling of the distribution of finishes and colors used by Gretsch in the 1962-1969 time period. The distribution of Satin Flame wraps by color is shown graphically below:Īll 65 of the Nitron wrapped drums were Jet Black in color, so no graph of Nitron Wraps is provided.Ī few notes of caution when considering these results:ġ. Gretsch Satin Flame wraps are a particularly good example of this situation. Catalogs have not proven to be completely accurate historical records regarding what colors of finishes were available during a particular time frame. For example, one non-cataloged color is known as both Salmon and Sunset. One problem with non-cataloged colors is that vintage drum enthusiasts do not always use the same name for them. Several of the colors in the study did not appear in catalogs at all - Olive, Salmon/Sunset, Blue and Green. There were no examples of Peacock Satin Flame wraps in the study group. The catalogs from the era showed Aqua, Gold, Silver options, while early 1970s catalogs showed Moonglow and Peacock as well. The most common color of Satin Flame wrap is Aqua (38%), followed by Gold (22%), Silver (20%), Moonglow and Olive (7% each), Salmon/Sunset (5%), Blue (2%) and Green (<1%). The Satin Flame wraps show a large number of different colors, some of which are not shown in catalogs of the era. These last two colors are seen more frequently in Stop Sign Badge drums. Red Wine and Emerald Green Pearl were introduced during the final year or so of the Round Badge era. Pearl wraps are almost all in three colors - White (aka White Marine Pearl), Midnight Blue (aka Light Blue Pearl) and Black (aka Black Diamond Pearl).
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