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Gretsch Orphan 60's Progressive Jazz Green Sparkle

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This kit was a back burner project from a spare kick drum shell I had lying around, and since I completed it it has become my main gigging kit. It sounds wonderful.

The 14x14 floor tom was a shell that I snagged for very cheap off eBay because someone had converted it into a snare! Barf!

Here is an album with more details of how I restored these drums and put the kit together: http://imgur.com/a/4UCVm

I also made a faux/repro 4x14 matching snare from a Keller shell and a mix of modern and vintage Gretsch parts that I had laying around. No photos of that yet, I'll post at a later date...

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60's Gretsch Progressive Jazz Green Sparkle
'61 Slingerland Bop Kit Sea Green Rewrap
Round Badge Bop Kit Clone Red Sparkle
'67 Pearl President 13/16/22 Red Oyster Pearl
Posted on 8 years ago
#1
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Nice work and nice drums... now finish it off with a nice period correct Gretsch bass drum head.

~ A true Gretsch & Camco fanatic ~
Posted on 8 years ago
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Posts: 358 Threads: 90

From Osahead2

Nice work and nice drums... now finish it off with a nice period correct Gretsch bass drum head.

I've thought about getting one, but ultimately I don't like the way single ply bass drum heads sound. The front head is an Aquarian Regulator. I really wish they made these in white, glossy or coated. If so, I'd just buy a Gretsch logo sticker to complete the look.

If I can one day find a 20" Gretsch calf head from the 60's with a good hole cut in it for a decent price, I'll try that. Otherwise I'm after sound, not looks with the heads.

60's Gretsch Progressive Jazz Green Sparkle
'61 Slingerland Bop Kit Sea Green Rewrap
Round Badge Bop Kit Clone Red Sparkle
'67 Pearl President 13/16/22 Red Oyster Pearl
Posted on 8 years ago
#3
Posts: 1427 Threads: 66

Paint the front head and stick a sticker on it!

This is an awesome little kit!

Cobalt Blue Yamaha Recording Custom 20b-22b-8-10-12-13-15-16f-18f
Red Ripple '70's Yamaha D-20 20b-12-14f
Piano Black Yamaha Recording Custom Be-Bop kit 18b-10-14f
Snares:
Yamaha COS SDM5; Yamaha Cobalt Blue RC 5-1/2x14; Gretsch round badge WMP; 1972 Ludwig Acrolite; 1978 Ludwig Super Sensitive; Cobalt Blue one-off Montineri; Yamaha Musashi 6.5X13 Oak; cheap 3.5X13 brass piccolo
Posted on 8 years ago
#4
Posts: 10714 Threads: 579

Great restro job, they look very sweet !!!

Your drummers not much good is he!? What you need is someone that's as good as me. ! John Henry Bonham !!
Posted on 8 years ago
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From infiniteninjas

I've thought about getting one, but ultimately I don't like the way single ply bass drum heads sound. The front head is an Aquarian Regulator. I really wish they made these in white, glossy or coated. If so, I'd just buy a Gretsch logo sticker to complete the look. If I can one day find a 20" Gretsch calf head from the 60's with a good hole cut in it for a decent price, I'll try that. Otherwise I'm after sound, not looks with the heads.

Dang that's a great color on that kit! It looks very lively. How does it do under the lights?

And I too love the Super Kick/Regulator combo and wish they had a coated white Regulator. Really don't like the extra large logo they have gone with now either.

Nice job!

Posted on 8 years ago
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From SkiAz4Free

Dang that's a great color on that kit! It looks very lively. How does it do under the lights?And I too love the Super Kick/Regulator combo and wish they had a coated white Regulator. Really don't like the extra large logo they have gone with now either.Nice job!

Yeah, you can see I took off the front head's logo with some Goof-Off. I don't want newbs thinking I play an Aquarian drum set.

The green sparkle is way brighter in person actually, it always came out darker through a camera lens for some reason.

60's Gretsch Progressive Jazz Green Sparkle
'61 Slingerland Bop Kit Sea Green Rewrap
Round Badge Bop Kit Clone Red Sparkle
'67 Pearl President 13/16/22 Red Oyster Pearl
Posted on 8 years ago
#7
Posts: 545 Threads: 67

About painting a head (a drumhead I mean), I've had very good results with a high quality oil-paint. Good oil paint has a very high grade of pigments, so you won't have to use a thick layer (affecting the sound too much). You have to thin the paint with white spirit. Apply with a brush and than use a sponge and tab it, to make a nice even looking coat.

Take titanium-white, NOT zinc-white. You could use a tip of brown to mix it a little creamy.

These bass heads are all done like that:

http://vintagedrumforum.com/showthread.php?t=52163

http://vintagedrumforum.com/showthread.php?t=50393

http://vintagedrumforum.com/showthread.php?t=48248

http://vintagedrumforum.com/showthread.php?t=48266

Vintage and custom drum projects:
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php...2305272732%3A6
Posted on 8 years ago
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