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Descriptions and pictures for assessment of drums

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Hello! I have noticed that we get asked a lot of "Can you identify this drum?" type of questions. The short answer is "Yes...probably!" Party There are some very knowledgable people here, but it always helps to include as detailed description as you can provide as well as accompanying photographs that include shots of the interior of the shell, the exterior of the shell where the snare throwoff mechanism is located...and any other angle that would indicate possible damage, etc.

Also, we get a lot of "How much is this drum worth?" questions Again, we may be able to give an educated guess as to values, but the condition of a given drum can make a lot of difference in its valuation. So please include as much information and descriptive photographs as you can provide.

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Posted on 18 years ago
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TTT for newbies! Cool

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Posted on 18 years ago
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Yes, I agree with that and here is a page on the main site where people should start to help answer the questions and get more information.

Click Here

David

Posted on 18 years ago
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found the front page very helpful for id'ing by serial number and badge type.

Posted on 18 years ago
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Greetings.

I just joined this forum this evening. I am a die-hard Gretsch drum fan and have a accumulated a number of pieces and have a pretty awesome set of round badges + some newer ones that came in sizes not offered in the RB years. I love the sound.

I have one drum that is in great shape and untouched (to my knowledge it is all original). It is a three ply, eight lug drum in a sparkle finish that is somewhere between silver and gold (perhaps uniformly yellowed silver, kind of gingerale if you will), die cast rims, micro sensitive throw off, adjustable butt, intact standard double pad muffler system. There is no paper lable inside, but it is sealed with the silver paint. The drum is 5 or 5 1/2 by 14 and all the chrome is shiny with very minor pitting on some of the lugs. The wrap is perfect and tight, no lifting anywhere, no scratches on the surface of it. No extra holes. The round badge and grommet are perfect. It's a really nice looking drum. My picture files are too big to attach here, but if you give me an email address, I will send a few out.

Anyone know what the range for fair value on this drum would be?

Thanks.

Gary

Dix Hills, NY

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Gary

Dix Hills, NY

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Posted on 18 years ago
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