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Red Sparkle 50's Gretsch cleaned up nice
Retucked the one of the bass drum heads that came with the kit. This is the only one that was in any shape to be considered for a retuck. It wasn't...
10 years ago15" K Zildjian - what year?
The reason I'm looking at prices right now is that today I was thinking maybe I would be willing to sell the Red Sparkle early (mid?) 50 3ply Gretsch...
10 years ago15" K Zildjian - what year?
looking at eBay sales - 1940's Zildjian - mine may be worth about $100. Does that seem right? I'm not looking at K's or Type IIb stamps - just 1940'...
10 years agoGretsch SSB bop kit score
Man - what a beautiful looking drum kit!
10 years agoRed Sparkle 50's Gretsch cleaned up nice
14.20 bd - 9.13 tom - 1616 floor and 5.5x14 snare From 1966bmx...
10 years agoRed Sparkle 50's Gretsch cleaned up nice
From larryz...
10 years agoRed Sparkle 50's Gretsch cleaned up nice
I have the drums and most of the hardware cleaned - still have the Hihat and snare stand to clean. The 'yet-to-be-cleaned' bd pedal is there on the ri...
10 years ago15" K Zildjian - what year?
BosLover - lots of information there - thanks. So the 15 is probably 45-49. The 18 probably IIIb 53-56?
10 years agoMIJ-ette..
I use a Gretsch 5.5x10 and sometimes a Pearl FireCracker 10" as my main snare with my 12/14/18 Gretsch kit - it works and sounds great.
10 years agoMIJ-ette..
Very nice! Cool indeed. I love small kits - fun to play...easy to move around. I like the finish too. Congrats on this one! gary
10 years ago15" K Zildjian - what year?
If I was going to put a value on the 15 what would it be? I have no idea because when I look online (eBay for instance) the prices are all over the p...
10 years ago15" K Zildjian - what year?
Blair - the 15 is about 890 (.89Kg) grams and the 18.5 K is around 1655 grams (1.655 Kg. I have a small scale that reads to 11.5 Kg - it's not the mo...
10 years ago15" K Zildjian - what year?
This is the 18.5" IIIb (1953-1956) I have - it came with my late 50's Gold Sparkle Gretsch kit
10 years ago15" K Zildjian - what year?
thanks Mark
10 years agoDiamond in the rough?
thanks Mark - I have a IIIb Old Stamp - 18.5" and it's one of my favourites. I'm not going to clean this little 15m - probably use it with my 18.5....
10 years ago