[COLOR="Lime"]I'm green. Those are some fine looking drums.[/COLOR] I'm thinking this may be the color for my next project, an [COLOR="DarkOrange"]Orange[/COLOR]/[COLOR="SandyBrown"]Gold[/COLOR] hand laid glitter. We shall see.
In your signature - you mention "old Japanese drums" - I wish I had mine today.
I'm liking the Gold Sparkle on the Gretsch more and more as time goes on. I didn't have a choice in the matter. I was going to take the wrap off but a well known Gretsch historian and author, a collector and another well know drum builder/inovator (3 people) told me "do not remove the wrap!" So - I'm taking their expert advice. I also was told I may be disappointed in what I find under the wrap - wood quality-wise. I was lucky that the wrap was not damaged except for a two inch gash near the bottom of the floor tom near one of the legs - it's not really noticible unless you're looking for it. Other than that they cleaned up rather nice - much to my surprise. They were a dreadful site when I picked them up. I bought them straight away when I saw they were three ply.
My fav wraps are Champagne Sparkle, then Red, Green, Gold and Silver in that order.
I also would like to try and "wrap" some drums one day.
This is me on my very first kit Just after Christmas 1965 - This is the only photo I have of my very first drum kit - Japanese of course.........Is that a pocket protector - YIKES!