Hi there! Judging by some of my older Gretsch catalogs, the closeup color appears to be Rosewood. A beautiful color! However, it almost appears that the bass drum might be Walnut. Maybe others will now!

I think even on a nice stage/upscale venue with lighting and video production- you would be ok with various shades of rosewood or other wood tints combined.

I would say Walnut; lighter pics would help. I own a mid-70's walnut kit (attached). Are yours about this color?

Mine is same design as yours but in your picture it looks more "orange-ish"... Mine is more red. I have done some research and my only guesses are either rosewood or some walnut color (WWM). I'll post a brighter picture later today.

Hard to say for sure, but they look like walnut to me. Gretsch walnut was mainly brown; rosewood was a fairly pronounced red.

Awfully hard to tell for sure. My rosewood finish is almost that dark and not very close to AZBill's walnut finish.

I am leaning toward rosewood, but I don't think the lighting in the photos is helping at all.

Patrick

Heh. Just saw the pics on a different monitor, and now they look like rosewood to me. Can you get pics in natural light for us?

My vote is Rosewood, I had a walnut kit from the same era and it was much more brown.

Hi again,

Might help to pop the hoops off for a pic or two.

The original stain may be easier to make out where daylight hasn't hit. On my kit that is where the original colour shows best.

cheers,

Patrick