My first real drum set was a mid-fifties Gretsch Duco lacquer three piece outfit painted at the factory in Cameo Coral and Charcoal Metallic. This was the perfect polka drum set that Mom and Dad bought second-hand from one of my school mates. Here are pictures of my first paying gig in 1960 and representations of the colors of these drums. I'm still thinking of having some wrap made by Bum Wraps to dress up some orphan drums. I had never played a drum set before getting this set-only individual drums in school band and orchestra. As a profoundly left-handed kid. I thought that I should set them up lefty style. As you can see, I was playing with lefty feet and righty hands. Shortly after this first gig, I set them up in a traditional righty configuration, and played open-handed with a ride cymbal on each side. I still play that way with rides and crashes on both sides.

Here are the Duco paint selections. Bum Wraps did a great job of making a Green and Silver Duco replication for my 1966 Walberg & Auge drum set.

When playing in Swing bands got tired I took a couple Polka gigs. I half-almost found as much "freedom" in the genre..You could play just about anything..flip beats frontwards and backwards all kind of clowning around--the pulse the basic pulse was so strong, you could play "imitation" Garibaldi beats all along thru it... lol wild..

That's beautiful, is it painted right on the drums? Or is that a wrap? It looks like woodgrain on the close of of the tom

That's a wrap made to the color pictures I sent them of an actual vintage drum.

Is Really good-looking.