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GRUNTERSDAD
11-12-2009, 05:24 AM
Please help me decide if this is a good deal on a starter set. Thanks for your help.

http://cgi.ebay.com/1975-Gretsch-drum-kit-Michael-Jacksons-Off-The-Wall_W0QQitemZ370284696590QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_De faultDomain_0?hash=item5636b0140e
Pocket-full-of-gold
11-12-2009, 05:31 AM
Looks like a great investment in these times of financial turmoil GD......in fact, why wait for the bidding period to end. Open the wallet and fork out the 70K now......you'll be sorry you didn't!!!
DrumEatDrum
11-12-2009, 05:36 AM
You mean JR didn't use Yamaha on those records? [/end sarcasm]

The sad/funny thing is, if that sells at that price, it probably won't be purchased by a drummer.
bobdadruma
11-12-2009, 05:42 AM
That will get a new drummer started! More drums than my kit, But same kit that I have. Both the Year and Color! Mine is a seven piece.
I'll sell mine for $10,000! Only kidding! I'll never sell my Gretsch! To many personal memories!
Pocket-full-of-gold
11-12-2009, 05:57 AM
That will get a new drummer started! More drums than my kit, But same kit that I have. Both the Year and Color! Mine is a seven piece.
I'll sell mine for $10,000! Only kidding! I'll never sell my Gretsch! To many personal memories!

Bob, if you can somehow work the initials 'JR' into your name, you'll increase the value of that beloved Gretsch by a whopping 60k!!! You could BUY memories with that sort of coin.
bobdadruma
11-12-2009, 06:07 AM
Bob, if you can somehow work the initials 'JR' into your name, you'll increase the value of that beloved Gretsch by a whopping 60k!!! You could BUY memories with that sort of coin.
You can't buy memories my friend. I saved for two years to buy that kit. When I went to pick it up at the music store I was told that it was paid for. My father paid for it as a surprise.
Pocket-full-of-gold
11-12-2009, 06:28 AM
You can't buy memories my friend. I saved for two years to buy that kit. When I went to pick it up at the music store I was told that it was paid for. My father paid for it as a surprise.

I know mate....all in jest (excruciatingly boring at work today!!)

I can relate to the 'surprise' element. I will never part with my Luddy LM400 (1966) that my father gave me when I started to develop a real interest in his beloved instrument. It was his spare that kindly found its way into my posession and has been cherished ever since....much like your vintage Gretsch.
razorx
11-12-2009, 04:08 PM
It's crazy that people have even bid th at much on it. I would never pay that much for a kit.
RollingStone000
11-12-2009, 08:02 PM
The "Free Shipping" thing is a bit of laugh. It better damn well be! Hell for that price you better over night it.
.altamont.
11-12-2009, 09:01 PM
I hope you get brand new skins on these at this price. Otherwise you better add another 300$ to the final price.
Moldy
11-12-2009, 09:19 PM
25k with 8.5 hours to go. Really? -_-
bobdadruma
11-12-2009, 10:10 PM
So, Are you gonna bid on it Grunt?
DrumEatDrum
11-12-2009, 10:14 PM
The "Free Shipping" thing is a bit of laugh. It better damn well be! Hell for that price you better over night it.

I caught that too.

Heck, for that price, JR himself better hand deliver it, set it up, and give a drum lesson!
KnockOut86
11-12-2009, 10:18 PM
I think the funniest part is the reserve hasn't been met at 25k+
GRUNTERSDAD
11-12-2009, 10:28 PM
So, Are you gonna bid on it Grunt?

With my luck I would add $1, and would win. I don't have 25,000
KnockOut86
11-12-2009, 10:51 PM
http://cgi.ebay.com/MOST-EXPENSIVE-Drum-Set-EVER-Jazz-Legend-DAVE-BLACKs_W0QQitemZ260437709175QQcmdZViewItemQQptZVin tgae_Drums_Percussion?hash=item3ca34c1177

A nice Drummerworld shout out in the description as well from Rex Allen.

100 posts! : )
bobdadruma
11-13-2009, 01:51 AM
With my luck I would add $1, and would win. I don't have 25,000Does anyone know what the record price is that has been paid for a kit with a history?
Dave Black's kit hasn't sold yet, Correct? Will the 75 Gretsch be a record?
BigSteve
11-13-2009, 01:59 AM
Heck, for that price, JR himself better hand deliver it, set it up, and give a drum lesson!


That's what I was thinking....or about 5 years worth for that kind of dough!
RollingStone000
11-13-2009, 02:03 AM
Does anyone know what the record price is that has been paid for a kit with a history?
Dave Black's kit hasn't sold yet, Correct? Will the 75 Gretsch be a record?

As of 2004 good ol' Moon the loon.

http://most-expensive.net/drum-kit-set
bobdadruma
11-13-2009, 02:08 AM
As of 2004 good ol' Moon the loon.

http://most-expensive.net/drum-kit-set OK, Thanks, I guess that the Moon has it!
RollingStone000
11-13-2009, 02:16 AM
OK, Thanks, I guess that the Moon has it!

It'll probably eclipsed one day when, dare I say, Mr. Peart shuffles of this mortal coil.
Moldy
11-13-2009, 03:40 AM
Of course it's expensive, it's one of the (if not the only) kit of his he didn't completely destroy... how could one do that to drums?!
Pocket-full-of-gold
11-13-2009, 05:42 AM
Of course it's expensive, it's one of the (if not the only) kit of his he didn't completely destroy... how could one do that to drums?!

Hey Moldy......Love it!!! I used to think that everytime I saw old footage of The Who...........'How can they do that to those beautiful instruments?!?!?'
bobdadruma
11-17-2009, 03:12 AM
Does anyone know what the kit sold for at auction end?
Whoops! I found the page and I see that the reserve wasn't met. Better luck next time! The bids topped at about $30,000.
Moldy
11-17-2009, 07:12 AM
Have a look at the relisted item: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=370291841625

Couldn't even sell for more than a dollar.