Does anybody know what year Gretsch started mounting its key holders on the shells of its Name Band Model snare drums?
Should a Name Band snare with the grey painted interior shell but without the Gretsch label on the interior shell have a key holder mounted on it?
Finally, can anyone take a look at the pics of the shell that I've posted and confirm how many plies it's got?
As usual, thanks to all for your input!
Does anybody know what year Gretsch started mounting its key holders on the shells of its Name Band Model snare drums?Should a Name Band snare with the grey painted interior shell but without the Gretsch label on the interior shell have a key holder mounted on it?Finally, can anyone take a look at the pics of the shell that I've posted and confirm how many plies it's got?As usual, thanks to all for your input!
OldSchool, I can't answer your questions about how many plies. In fact, I have that same question myself regarding my own Gretsch set.
I can confirm that to my knowledge the key holder in the Name Band snare, painted grey but without a label would appear to exist--but I will confirm this with the seller since I am not able to look inside the snare myself (I still haven't picked them up as I am in Europe and the set is in Nevada). My set has that sort of snare and no labels in any of the 3 drums according to the seller, which I am assuming means pre 1962.
Here are the photos and you will see that the key is still in the snare holder--anyone who can confirm 6 ply, thanks in advance.
http://www.kodakgallery.com/ShareLanding.action?c=78wqhx55.33wqu3gp&x=0&y=-eak4dx&localeid=en_US
Both my RB snares, one with a label and the other without, both silver painted interiors, have snap-in key holders. The older set has been approx'd at 1958-ish.
I also have wondered how do you count those plies. Is this it?:
(please excuse my rough Photoshoping)
[IMG]http://i415.photobucket.com/albums/pp231/kaaawa2000/Shell003ed.jpg[/IMG]
The green bar would be the pearl, then the yellow would be the layer of contact cement... then it gets shady...
Is it 6 ply like I've labeled in red? Pretty ambiguous around 5 & 6...
