sorry youre having to cut them loose. they are beautiful. good luck on your sale. hope they find a good home..have you checked with mikejtone on them by any chance?

mike

work of art

No - but Mike knows I have them and if he sees them here and is interested I'm sure I will hear from him.

Thanks,

Gary

Gary - So sorry to hear you're letting the caddy green kit go. Man, I'd sell everything else I had before I'd sell those. Best of luck for a quick sale. If I had the scratch, we'd be talking shipping arrangements. I love that kit. You did a superior refurb job on them.

John

Gary, I remember you and I talking about this sometime back, This kit is a work of art, I hope they find a great home, good luck !

I know you've enjoyed them while you have had them....

So sorry they have to pass hands, man...

Gary so sorry to see both Gretsch kits for sale. I'm sure it's very hard to part with them. The green ones were very fun to watch you restore. You put much love into them. So cool....good luck with your sales and the new home!

Thanks guys.

Yes - they are hard to part with. The good is that I still have three Gretsch kits.

1) my late 50's Gold Sparkle 20/12/14 5.5x14 which you will have to pry out of my cold dead hands haha.....

2) my PWAM 6pc...a killer kit and the first one I bought when I returned to drumming in 2007 after a 31 year break....

3) and my Champagne Sparkle kit 18/12/14 4.5x14 all the shells signed by Fred Gretsch...the bd and toms signed by both Mr. Gretsch and Paul Cooper to me at the factory...so they're rather special.

I also still have a 49 Gretsch Parade, and two 9x13 and one 8x12 Orphan toms and 4 or 5 Gretsch snare drums. I even have a Will Tillman 3ply snare shell....special order to the old 3ply Gretsch standards - not even drilled for hardware yet........a far-in-the-future (not too far I'm old) snare drum project. And I'm sure I have more that I haven't even kept track of. This collecting business can get out of hand even for the new-commer like myself. I've only been collecting since about 2009.

I do have the following 8 drums FOR SALE - most not posted yet and will be for local pickup only - but I would make an exception for Forum Members in that regard:

a Slingerland Parade 15",

a Carlton 14 tacked reso headed tom signed by Bun Carlos,

a 16" 1965 Ludwig floor tom in WMP,

a metal (very heavy!) MIJ snare drum....

and the two MIJ snare drums I have posted here in the For Sale thread already,

a MIJ Hackco tom (8x12),

a MIJ Lido tom (9x13)

There could be more drums lurking....I will have to check later.

I've reposted my Valje drums at $4500....down from $5000 (started at $6500 where I was told by some experts - collectors - years ago they are worth at least that ...but to the right buyer). They are for Local Pickup Cash only. I have them set up in my livingroom on my new Vermont Maple Pergo floor and they sound like heaven. Someone will eventually buy them and they will have a very special Vintage Valje set.....one of a very few 'complete' kits...quinto/conga/tumba/super tumba and matching bongos.....this is me a couple of years ago....looking way too serious....