the bass drum mount is fairly common type made in the early 80's over seas for a various bunch of low end drum's (WESTBURY) (CB) stuff like that

Yeah I had a 70s Pearl Thunderking with the same mount which had Pearl on the front though, I have seen the same without the Pearl on other early *** kits.

Yup...Pearl she be!

Thank you for your responses, gentlemen. And now for the $64,000 question: Why would someone put this on an early '70's Gretsch walnut BD, butchering it in the process? (It's a rhetorical $64,000 question.)

Thanks again.

I,as a former 70's Gretsch owner,will venture an answer for you.Gretsch hardware was SH)(T-plain and simple.Tom legs that loosened and fell down while you were playing,same for spurs.A strangely designed clip-type tom mounting system that allowed no right-left adjustment..Pearl mounts were state of the art and very adjustable from a purely practical-mechanical standpoint.I've seen many MANY Gretsch bass drums with Ludwig tom mounts drilled into them.Good drums-bad hardware.

Here, here. Used to play a 1970's Gretsch in natural maple, 13-14-18-24. Had to bring a pair of dang pliers with me to get the FT legs tight, but they would still fall down in the middle of a gig. Makes you look like an a-hole, and no ladies action because of that. And those "ball n socket" or whatever they called them rack tom mounts. Forget it, just use a dang snare stand. Spurs can double as tent stakes. And those metal kick drum hoops where all your stick shavings would collect- YUK!

BUT- they were some of the best sounding drums I have ever played. And today we have many non-evasive hardware/mounting alternatives. So in that respect, I do regret trading them in all those years ago for a 60's Premier kit that I had to special order the dang heads for because they were metric foo! Mister T

The hardware change makes sense, I suppose; it appears junky. I've owned a set of '75 Gretsch walnut drums since '78 and the hardware is very different; "Monster" double tom holder with hex/ball mounts and the FT legs have deeper knurling. This newer (older) set is probably 2 to 3 years older than my original set and the hardware reflects that. I've never had any problems with the hex/ball tom hardware, or a FT leg loosening.....until I had kids.

Thanks for all the input.