I've brought up this old Gretsch snare before and it's caused some controversy. It's a plain brass RB snare, not COB. People speculated that it had been stripped or that it wasn't a Gretsch shell. I have since consulted Steve Maxwell and he confirmed that Gretsch indeed made a short production run of plain brass snares in the early 70s , (can also be seen on the cover of the -71 catalog [ame]http://www.drumarchive.com/Gretsch/Gretsch_71.pdf[/ame] ). I'm interested in what you experts may estimate is the value of this snare. Maxwell gave me a figure, but i'd like your input as well. The throw off needs replacing other than that it appears in decent shape.

Thanks