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Lare 50s early 60s gretsch cocktail shell
Gold paint with tape carefully removed and left to dry before taping off for the brown paint. This paint may not wet sand well I'm thinking because of...
8 years agoLare 50s early 60s gretsch cocktail shell
From vintagemore2000...
8 years agoLare 50s early 60s gretsch cocktail shell
Update for paint project: 2nd coat Home Depot indoor paint - Gold
8 years agoLare 50s early 60s gretsch cocktail shell
I settled on gold and brown. First coat today. I think i'll be doing 3 coats at least then wet sand to 1200g or more. Will have to see how this goes w...
8 years agoCool Drum
Sounds like a hang drum. Nice
8 years agoEd Shaughnessy
I saw him in a Drums Only! drum clinic in Vancouver Canada in the early 70's if I remember correctly. Yes.....an amazing drummer. He had experimented...
8 years agoLare 50s early 60s gretsch cocktail shell
I'm having difficulty finding someone here (I moved to a new city a few years ago) to match the paint......from a Gretsch Catalog photo. I may have t...
8 years agoLare 50s early 60s gretsch cocktail shell
From salty 1322...
8 years agoLare 50s early 60s gretsch cocktail shell
Yes - R. Adam. You could be right. The lug spacing and other hardware - especially with this Cocktail drum (tom/cymbal mount) may have made it necess...
8 years agoLare 50s early 60s gretsch cocktail shell
Some observations: I took a close look at the shell after I took all the hardware off. Man! .....the people (person) that drilled the lug holes slopp...
8 years agoLare 50s early 60s gretsch cocktail shell
I can use the hardware and the shell might be okay for a snare and tom project. I think thd shell is nice for a wrap and even a painted shell if a go...
8 years agoLare 50s early 60s gretsch cocktail shell
Yes i know. Maybe ill just hang onto it
8 years agoLare 50s early 60s gretsch cocktail shell
I have a gretsch cocktail drum shell - 6ply, no paper tag with silver sealer. Probably made from 59 to 61.....my guess. The original wrap has been re...
8 years agoI can't believe it's not Gretsch
Ì know what you're talking about. I have 5 gretsch kits and i like all of them. But, i have a small MIJ kit that's killer too. The drums are 1969 Pear...
8 years ago18 Slingerland ft conversion
I'll put it up here for sale first.
9 years ago