Since this came up as an aside on the Jazzette thread, I thought it might make an interesting main discussion.
While I can see how faking a Vistalite drum or set might be easy to do (if you're set up with the required equipment, etc.), but as Rich K suggested in the other thread, there probably are not a lot of fake vintage drums out there -in general. Maybe some of the high-ticket items are an exception...I really don't know. I'm not into wood Dynasonic snare drums, but it seems like it might be possible to cut down a shell and re-work it into a fake
With the wrapped 60's Ludwigs, though, it would be difficult to fake them because of the wrap being tucked into the scarf joint.
Gretsch drums might be easier because the Jasper shells don't have re-rings (as far as I know, anyway -I'm not a Gretsch guy)
One clear example of fakery (in my opinion) is when someone "buys" the rights to use a certain vintage company's former brand name in order to entice modern-day buyers into believing that it's possible to create vintage American drum kits using Asian-manufactured components. One example is Yamaha/Rogers. Something is wrong with that idea, in my opinion. There are other examples I could give, too, but I think I'll just leave it at that...Burger Kin.
Has anyone here had personal experience with a real "fake drum?