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Gretch drums question

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Hello everybody,I'm Dule from Serbia in Europe.I have a few questions for all of you guys regarding Gretch drums.I didn't have many chances to see a vintage Gretch drums here,where I'm living.But I see a lot of vintage Ludwigs.I don't know,why is that.Not many Rogers or Slingerlands too.Most of these drums came to Serbia via Germany.Maybe Ludwig marketing was strong there,but for example for 100 Ludwig sets,you can see one or two from other three companies.Gretch is the rarest one.Any idea?

Also from the net,I found that Gretch round badge 12/14/18/14x4snare has value up to$10000.Sets with 20" and22" bass drum are lot of cheeper.

What years are all of this drumes produced?From what too what year?

And,can Gretch today make the drums of same sound like that sound was?

Thank you

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Posted on 15 years ago
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Welcome to the forum, Dule. You can start some research by checking out the site ran by the Webmaster here, it's got some good information.

www.vintagesnaredrums.com

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Posted on 15 years ago
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Thank you!

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Posted on 15 years ago
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Hi Dule,

Ludwig drums tend to be the most common pro drums for the 60's and 70's. This success has more to do with Ringo than any marketing genius.

You can see this effect easily enough by searching Ludwig, Rogers, Slingerland and Gretsch one at a time in the Percussion section. Ludwig numbers always outstrip Rogers and Gretsch.

It would be interesting for some of our European colleagues to fill in some of the gaps around international distribution for the big three. Arbiter had a hand in Ludwig distribution in the UK--at least during the Beatles. Rogers had an English manufacturing presence for a while.

As for the sound. I love my old Gretsch, but even Gretsch could not make them consistently. So that Great Gretsch sound varied a lot.

There's lots of good info on this and other drum forums. The Gretsch company does a good timeline based on the badges. Chet Falzerano's book on Gretsch drums is a useful resource as well.

Patrick

Posted on 15 years ago
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Thank's Patrick!

When you mentioned Ringo,I read about it,that he wanted big Ludwig logo on bass drum head.That helped company a lot off course...

Corect me please if I em wrong,his legendary set was 20,12,14, and 14 snare,

Oyster black pearl?What model was snare drum?

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Posted on 15 years ago
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Hi Dule,

There are doubtless some serious Ringo experts here, so I don't want to stray too far from what little I know.

Ringo used a wooden snare most of the time, a Jazz Festival. Here is a serious history of same:

http://www.ringosbeatlekits.com/a_snare_so_rare

The home page for that site will also give you enough Ringo info to bore all your bandmates on those long drives home from gigs:

http://www.ringosbeatlekits.com/home

have fun,

Patrick

Posted on 15 years ago
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