Ok...so, I'm restoring this early 1960s Gretsch Blue Sparkle Bass drum as part of my overall Gretsch Set Restore Project. I have obtained the original 60s Consolette rail and mount and will be re-installing them later.
As you can see, someone drilled the holes to mount a Ludwig Dual Tom Mount somewhere along the way. See the pic below.
NOTE: The two holes to the left, (One filled and one not) do not matter. The unfilled one is for one end of the consolette rail, and the rail covers the filled one, so both will not be seen.
I have filled the screw holes with wood filler. The Mounting post hole is still there, I will be cutting a plug from a piece of old shell and filling that soon as well.
Now heres the question:
What would you do from here?
Would you:
1) Fill all holes and cut a round piece of Blue Sparkle wrap and patch over them?
2) Cover all the holes with a Gretsch diamond plate (it happens to fit perfectly).
3) Fill all holes and recover the whole drum in new Blue Sparkle wrap.
I am leaning toward filling the holes and then gluing a piece of wrap over them because I think it would still look pretty good. I have some old vintage wrap that matches really really well. I would then put a round badge right in the middle.
Your thoughts please? Thanks!
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