I recently bought a 1961 Gretsch kit. The bass drum hoops are mostly "hooped" - sorry - haha.
My questions are (to start with):
What is the best way to carefully remove the Gold Sparkle inlay from my hoops?
I want to save the inlay to put it on some good hoops.
And - do I have to be really careful when I buy vintage hoops regarding width of inlay? I mean do I have to look for exactly 1961 (mine are 20 inch) hoops - or are they pretty much standard in inlay width from say 1958 on?
Or would I have to look for 20" hoops that were made for 3ply drums??