I have a Gretsch 50's I'm pretty sure, round badge bass and mounted tom in black diamond pearl, and I picked up a floor tom with no wrap. I want to try to match as close as possible. I know the color has faded or yellowed, but the new samples that I got from suppliers have a different pattern. Smaller shapes, diamonds and squares from the originals. I also picked a 60's MIJ floor tom and the wrap matches perfectly.
where can i get a wrap for a 16 X 16 that looks more like the 50's BDP wraps?
I have a Gretsch 50's I'm pretty sure, round badge bass and mounted tom in black diamond pearl, and I picked up a floor tom with no wrap. I want to try to match as close as possible. I know the color has faded or yellowed, but the new samples that I got from suppliers have a different pattern. Smaller shapes, diamonds and squares from the originals. I also picked a 60's MIJ floor tom and the wrap matches perfectly. where can i get a wrap for a 16 X 16 that looks more like the 50's BDP wraps?
Here's a pic.
Yeah,good luck with that-modern BDP just is not the same.Even between American brands they differed.Kent was the same as Gretsch.Slingerland BDP was different in it's surface texture,almost "wavy",and more silvery.
That's gonna be a tough one I'm afraid.
I did a patch up job on 1966 Ludwig bass drum once,...
Impossible to find a better match.
Stedi,
Nice job on that patch brother.
I get that, but you did a fine job with the parts you could actually control...as usual.
I have a 50's Gretsch BDP bass drum and 13" tom in excellent condition, all original, but no floor tom. I picked up a Gretsch duco 16"x floor tom, with decent hardware but scratched up shell. I just want to wrap it in a matching BDP wrap so I can play a matching kit. I don't expect it to be perfect/ collectors kit, but I'd like it to be close.
I went so far as to buy an MIJ floor tom with BDP wrap that is a very close match but I'm being told the wrap cannot be removed and reused. So now I have to floor toms for this kit. Not sure what to do.
I find that jammin sam and precision wraps have a smaller diamond pattern and the black is darker. Any help or thought would be appreciated.
As I said earlier,I haven't seen a good BDP match in modern wrap.Maybe the answer is to just buy a different brand BDP floor tom that closely matches while you wait for one to show up.
Well I can just use the MIJ for now but that's really unsatisfying. Anyone see the 60's round badge BDP 16x16 on ebay? It's got a ripped wrap. Is that fixable?
