Gretsch USA?
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jda
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like Buddy Rich/ Gene Krupa sets/ back in the day?
Gretsch was more a city/orientated/ cab ride or catered to the cab loader drummers
Each brand had their market +/-
maybe? like..
Gretsch involvement in say (supplying/going after) the grade school / high school band market (compared to Sling/Ludwig)
was a surprise when I saw my local public elementary school had 60s RB 10x14 etc. Blue sparkle Gretsch marching drums..one day at a parade..I noticed and said whoa. "still in service"..
Might be I don't think (...) Gretsch were "that big" they had to find "niche".
Altho they did have a nice largish, Building/ couple floors/ in New York..to build their wares.
Still there with the big Gretsch name on top -To best of my knowledge.
www.notsomoderndrummer.com
Slingerland/ Ludwiig were larger, more a mid-western open space builders
There was a video of a Fred Jr. walking tour of the NYCity building can't find it..
"that building even looks like a 20/12/14" sized.. ; )
and (burgundy) Sparkles and (Cadillac green and Copper) glosses, lit up the small smokey city clubs (rather than white (and black) marine pearls?
that's my buddy "Paul Librizzi"s 3 ply Starlight Sparkle and Elvin in NYC years later with his yammie sparkles
Gretsch was more a city/orientated/ cab ride or catered to the cab loader drummers
Each brand had their market +/-
maybe? like..
Gretsch involvement in say (supplying/going after) the grade school / high school band market (compared to Sling/Ludwig)
was a surprise when I saw my local public elementary school had 60s RB 10x14 etc. Blue sparkle Gretsch marching drums..one day at a parade..I noticed and said whoa. "still in service"..
Might be I don't think (...) Gretsch were "that big" they had to find "niche".
Altho they did have a nice largish, Building/ couple floors/ in New York..to build their wares.
Still there with the big Gretsch name on top -To best of my knowledge.
Brooklyn Walking Tour: Traveling Through Gretsch History Today — Not So Modern Drummer
This past July 30th 2014 I had a unique opportunity to take a step back into Gretsch Company history. As a matter of fact, I actually took several hundred steps, as I walked the streets of the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn where the company got its start. Along the way I visited several sites tha
www.notsomoderndrummer.com
There was a video of a Fred Jr. walking tour of the NYCity building can't find it..
"that building even looks like a 20/12/14" sized.. ; )
and (burgundy) Sparkles and (Cadillac green and Copper) glosses, lit up the small smokey city clubs (rather than white (and black) marine pearls?
that's my buddy "Paul Librizzi"s 3 ply Starlight Sparkle and Elvin in NYC years later with his yammie sparkles
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Cmdr. Ross
Platinum Member
WMP?
Custom kits now are VERY expensive & bar bashers like me just don't have the capital for that.
Jeremy Bender
Platinum Member
Louie Bellson wins the prize for Gretsch WMP in bigger size.
SchmuckyPutz
Active Member
That was no TRADE! You ROBBED that poor naive man! Congratulations! Good for you! Nicely played, sir!
Drumprof
Member
Not to get OT but Sonny Payne was the freaking man!!
Maybe they’re just more appealing in smaller kits and sizes. A big kit with big shells….that’s a lot of white and bright white at that.
Z26R-#
Well-known Member
Yeah! I dig it.
TheDrummerFromAmsterdam
Platinum Member
like Buddy Rich/ Gene Krupa sets/ back in the day?
Gretsch was more a city/orientated/ cab ride or catered to the cab loader drummers
Each brand had their market +/-
maybe? like..
Gretsch involvement in say (supplying/going after) the grade school / high school band market (compared to Sling/Ludwig)
was a surprise when I saw my local public elementary school had 60s RB 10x14 etc. Blue sparkle Gretsch marching drums..one day at a parade..I noticed and said whoa. "still in service"..
Might be I don't think (...) Gretsch were "that big" they had to find "niche".
Altho they did have a nice largish, Building/ couple floors/ in New York..to build their wares.
Still there with the big Gretsch name on top -To best of my knowledge.
Slingerland/ Ludwiig were larger, more a mid-western open space buildersBrooklyn Walking Tour: Traveling Through Gretsch History Today — Not So Modern Drummer
This past July 30th 2014 I had a unique opportunity to take a step back into Gretsch Company history. As a matter of fact, I actually took several hundred steps, as I walked the streets of the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn where the company got its start. Along the way I visited several sites tha
There was a video of a Fred Jr. walking tour of the NYCity building can't find it..
"that building even looks like a 20/12/14" sized.. ; )
and (burgundy) Sparkles and (Cadillac green and Copper) glosses, lit up the small smokey city clubs (rather than white (and black) marine pearls?
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that's my buddy "Paul Librizzi"s 3 ply Starlight Sparkle and Elvin in NYC years later with his yammie sparkles
Yes. Still there.
TheDrummerFromAmsterdam
Platinum Member
Back in those days, vintage wasn’t all that it is now.That was no TRADE! You ROBBED that poor naive man! Congratulations! Good for you! Nicely played, sir!
And if you didn’t have space such a big, loud kit is more of a nuisance to some.
PorkPieGuy
Platinum Member
I think you're right. When you get to this level of drums, you pretty much order what you want when buying new. Colors and finishes are all over the place on custom orders being sold on the used market.