Finally finished putting my Jazz set together

[jordanz]

Over the past year, I've been buying from EBay and Cymbals Only and I now have my perfect Jazz Set. It's a silver sparkle Gretsch set. The toms are from the early 70s and the bass drum is a reconditioned "round badge" drum from the 60s. The snare drum is a Ludwig Black Beauty.

Sizes:

* 5.25" x 14" Black Beauty snare (with Remo Fiberskyn Ambassador head)
* 8" x 12" Tom (with Aquarian American Vintage head)
* 12" x 14" Floor Tom (with Aquarian American Vintage head)
* 16" x 20" Bass Drum (with Aquarian American Vintage head)


Cymbals:

* 13" Istanbul Agop Mel Lewis Hi Hats
* 19" Bosphorus Turk Ride w/Rivets
* 21" Bosphorus Masters Ride
* 20" Meinl Byzance China w/Rivets

http://jordanzimmerman.com/images/drum1.jpg

http://jordanzimmerman.com/images/drum2.jpg

[harryconway]

And that kit must just sound sooo sweet. My drummer bud has both round badge and stopsign badge Gretsch kits. Those are the "great Gretsch sound" there. Nice.

[GRUNTERSDAD]

Very nice looking set. And your playing is great. Look great, sound great. Like the cymbal set.

[Stevesmithfan]

I love those little be bop kits. Yours is awesome. The Ludwig black beauty add class to the kit. Vey Nice!

[Drummer Karl]

Simply beautiful.
And you`re happy with those Mel Lewis hats? I`ve chosen some Turks instead of lathed more traditional sounding hats...though I also like the sweet sound!

Have fun!

Karl

[jordanz]

And you`re happy with those Mel Lewis hats?

I'm in love with them! The ONLY thing is that they don't have as loud of a *chick* as I would like. But, it's a small price to pay for the rest of the great sound. I used to use 13" Zildjian Constantinoples and I like the Mel Lewis hats much better.

[d.c.drummer]

Top ranked stuff. I would tell you to go rock th free world bu i guess in your case you'll just have to jazz it up.

[Drummer Karl]

The ONLY thing is that they don't have as loud of a *chick* as I would like.

Oh yes, that was actually the final reason why I got not the traditionals or Mel Lewis...but hey, the overall sound is beautiful, very right.
Also the Mel Lewis 21" Ride is so nice ;-) Did you already check this one out?

take care,

Karl

[The Jazz Drummer]

Beautiful kit! Congrats!

I really dig the cymbal choice! Yummy!
And, the Gretsch kit is just AMAZING! I really love the Silver Sparkle. Is it Stop Sign Badge?




Lasse.

[jordanz]

Is it Stop Sign Badge?

The tom/floor-tom are stop sign. The BD is round badge.

[LiveGoat]

Beautiful. Could you post a front pic? I'm trying to put a jazz kit together, myself.

---LG

[gretsch223]

Wow! Great set up! How do you like the Aquarian American Vintage Coated heads? I'm thinking of buying them for my jazz kit.

[jordanz]

Beautiful. Could you post a front pic? I'm trying to put a jazz kit together, myself.
---LG

http://jordanzimmerman.com/images/YCBcrop.jpg

[jordanz]

Wow! Great set up! How do you like the Aquarian American Vintage Coated heads? I'm thinking of buying them for my jazz kit.

I love them. They are very bright, which I like. If you want something warmer, try Fiberskyn.

[burnthehero]

That is a sharp looking kit! Looks beautiful under the stage lights.

[fijjibo]

Cool stuff.

Id like to put together a kit devoted to jazz.

Maybe a Ringo kit with a 20" bass drum.....