Guys, I would like your opinion on this...
I am almost done restoring a beautiful Blue Sparkle Gretsch Round Badge set.
Now, you need to understand that the blue sparkle wrap has faded (but evenly) so now its more of a blue-green than a deep blue. Typical fade for 50 year old wrap. Not a problem because all the drums have faded this way and they all match pretty well.
The bass drum did not have any hoops with it. I have been looking for a set of Gretsch hoops with the same faded BS inlay, no luck for 6 months. So in the meantime, I bought a set of generic metal hoops. I then bought a set of Blue sparkle inlays from Precision. I very carefully installed the inlays onto the metal hoops with double sided tape.
Heres the problem: The Inlays are modern, deep blue sparkle and simply dont match the faded blue-green of the bass drum wrap. Even tho its not super far off, in daylight its off enough to drive me nuts!
So....what to do:
1) Remove the BS inlay and go with naked metal hoops
2) Paint an old set of wood hoops I have black and install on bass drum.
3) Simpy WAIT for a set of Gretsch hoops , with the faded blue sparkle inlays.
What would YOU do?
Thanks for your thoughts.
Retro