So I'm hoping some gretsch guys can help me out. I might be picking up a set that is a 20/12/14x16 (and yes I checked with the owner, it sounds like it's def a 14x16 rather than a 16x16 or 14x14).
FT is early 70's...were these custom ordered? Anyone else ever see one of these? I can't for the life of me find any 14x16 FT in any of the catalogs.
Thank!
Very likely a concert tom check paper tag inside !
It was refinished in the late 80s so I don't know what the original wrap is. Owner says the drums have tags so I'll be curious to see what the model numbers are.
The only two possibilities that I can think of is:
1. It's a converted concert tom (which more than likely should mean there are holes for a mount).
or 2. It's a custom ordered Floor Tom, which if that's the case, I wonder what they would use for a tag in that circumstance.
I've got a factory 16(deep) x 14 Slingerland FT. Custom orders were easily had "back in the day".
Are you talking in Gretsch terms, as in: 16 diameter x 14 depth or the other way around?
I had a black nitron Drop G kit, with a custom sized mounted tom. the paper tag inside was for the standard sized tom that was cataloged.
My Stop Sign FT was 14x16 from around 73. Concert set w/double headed BD.
@Orengami I've seen them with Rogers and Slingerland, so I figured a custom order was at least a possibility.
@DanBoucher it is a 14" diameter x 16" deep.
@teverson so the floor tom was a concert floor tom?
Thanks for all the info of all! Much appreciated!
