Nice, nice, nice. Everything looks as it should, though the rail at that era is usually down a bit more and very close to the back hoop. The position of yours is better for most of us nowadays. Super cool. Enjoy that one.

PS - I'd guess 50's. maybe very early 60's because there are no interior tags. Gretsch guys to the rescue.

Thanks Dan!! I was really blown away with how they sounded all mic'd up. I will be playing them this weekend as well. I can post more pics if someone needs to see something more specific.

Looks good to me. I have a similar set also in Silver Sparkle. The top center placement of the cymbal bracket was a 50's thing that was standard on some of their catalog sets.

Beautiful kit. Looks great

I think it`s an early 60`s or before because you can see the diamond plate fasteners. Something like a Name Band Kit,..those were great quality.

Oh my! I'm drooling at this time. I also would trade my Luddys for something like that. Congrats.

That's a very nice looking drum set. The tom mount and cymbal mount are in familiar places for a guy who owned and played several brands of American-made drums in the 50's, 60's, and 70's. For the drum sets that I ordered for myself, I usually had the cymbal mount off to the drummer's right side of the bass drum. If the center cymbal mount was already there, I would place a small crash/splash on it, and either install another cymbal mount for the ride cymbal on the right of the bass drum or use a floor stand for the ride cymbal.

Gorgeous! Everything looks kosher to me. I'd guess that these are late 50s or early 60s. Gretsch moved to diamond plate floor tom legs and die-cast rims around that time. I believe they started adding tags around then as well. I have a kit with stick-chopper hoops, no tags, and Gladstone floor tom leg mounts (rather than diamond plates), but the matching snare has die cast hoops, so I'd place mine around the late 50s. Yours is probably just slightly newer. But there may be experts here who can narrow it down further.