I have no memory of this, but always happy to help when I can!mdc wrote: Wed Jun 21, 2023 12:21 pmTidied up our practice space and grabbed a quick photo of my kit.
I bought these maybe 15 or 16 years ago somewhere north of SF, I think San Rafael? Forum legend benadrian drove me up to get them. I think I paid about $400 for the kit - early 60s round badge gretsch stripped and refinished in brown stain.
Well goddamn. This is one of my dream kits. What are the sizes?mdc wrote: Wed Jun 21, 2023 12:21 pmTidied up our practice space and grabbed a quick photo of my kit.
I bought these maybe 15 or 16 years ago somewhere north of SF, I think San Rafael? Forum legend benadrian drove me up to get them. I think I paid about $400 for the kit - early 60s round badge gretsch stripped and refinished in brown stain.
They were in storage for the better part of a decade while I lived in Chicago, but when I moved to Toronto about 5 years ago I got them fixed up a bit and recovered in this lovely tangerine sparkle.
They sound fantastic, and it’s nice having a “player grade” vintage kit that I’m not too fussed about beating up. I’ve been playing a lot of drums since I moved here and they’ve been such a joy to use.
Snare is a 90s square badge gretsch that came with a kit I had years before that and (regrettably) sold to the drummer internet band at the time. He still has them at least.
tbone wrote: Sun Dec 10, 2023 11:58 pm I imagine at some point as a practicality we will all start assuming that this is probably the last thing we gotta mail to some asshole.
Do the K-Brakes work for the terrible "toothpick legs on an orange" Gretsch spurs? If so, I'm buying four of them today.mdc wrote: Wed Jun 21, 2023 2:45 pm Also I cannot recommend k-brakes more highly to anyone with vintage drums, especially if you have the accursed telescoping gretsch garbage spurs. They are a legitimately life altering invention.
tbone wrote: Sun Dec 10, 2023 11:58 pm I imagine at some point as a practicality we will all start assuming that this is probably the last thing we gotta mail to some asshole.
Yep, the k-brakes 100% work on the old toothpick spurs. The collar is too wide to actually clamp around the spur so they aren't attached tightly (would be an easy fix with a 3d printer and some glue I imagine), but in practice that hasn't been an issue. I don't have any other clamps or spikes or spurs on my kick and it's rock solid on any carpeted surface.dontfeartheringo wrote: Wed Jun 21, 2023 2:56 pmDo the K-Brakes work for the terrible "toothpick legs on an orange" Gretsch spurs? If so, I'm buying four of them today.mdc wrote: Wed Jun 21, 2023 2:45 pm Also I cannot recommend k-brakes more highly to anyone with vintage drums, especially if you have the accursed telescoping gretsch garbage spurs. They are a legitimately life altering invention.
Do modern heads fit on that kit?
tbone wrote: Sun Dec 10, 2023 11:58 pm I imagine at some point as a practicality we will all start assuming that this is probably the last thing we gotta mail to some asshole.
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