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rritter
12-16-2006, 03:55 PM
Gretsch offers new Catalina Maple finish for 2007. http://www.gretschdrums.com/index.cfm?fa=news
New Bop Classic kit offered http://www.gretschdrums.com/index.cfm?fa=news&art=650
kung_f00
12-19-2006, 07:31 PM
That bop classic looks gorgeous. Now I don't know if I want to buy the Catalina Maple or that baby.. that ivory marine pearl finish... g'dayum. awful pricey though.
fusssion
12-20-2006, 04:31 PM
That bop classic looks gorgeous. Now I don't know if I want to buy the Catalina Maple or that baby.. that ivory marine pearl finish... g'dayum. awful pricey though.

MSRP of $1075 for a six piece w/ hardware?? Hardly......that'll go for about $700 ish at guitar center...that's not bad at all....

probably another "asian maple" kit, like the Yamaha Tour Customs
kung_f00
12-20-2006, 05:48 PM
The Gretsch site quotes the three-piece Bop kit for a retail of $2615.
Expensive? Yes
Hopefully it'll end up at SamAsh, GC, or Musiciansfriend for less, but I wonder how much they'd take off the price.

The Catalina Maple is priced very well, but I dig smaller, vintage looking kits.. not the modernish kits with the odd fades.
tamadrummer132
12-20-2006, 11:50 PM
thats the one thintg i have yet to understand about the world of drumming..

why someone would pay 3k for a 4 piece kit that probably sounds just as good as a 6 piece for 1500....

beyond me.

but then again i dont understand why sticks cost so much...
Miggle
12-22-2006, 01:18 AM
Wow, I like the new finish. I wish I could exchange my catalina maple with that one. :D

Beats me too why sticks costs a lot. They should be $2 a pair,max.
Ozzy Biz
12-22-2006, 05:03 AM
thats the one thintg i have yet to understand about the world of drumming..

why someone would pay 3k for a 4 piece kit that probably sounds just as good as a 6 piece for 1500....

beyond me...

Because 99% of the time it doesn't sound as good. If $1500 kits sound just as good as $3000 kits, the why do more experienced and endorsed players choose the more expensive kit?

The cheaper kit may seem better value for money, and it may even come close to the sound of the more expensive kit, but in all but few cases the $3k kit will outshine the cheap kit.

Biz
mkv
12-22-2006, 03:15 PM
hey,
I just bought the only bebop classic
they have in Denmark. it's perfect. it cost a little over 2k but it was worth it.