Drumprof
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Greetings fellow drummers,
New member and first time poster here.
Have been a lurker for a long time and enjoy your opinions, banter and advice.
I am about to order my first Gretsch drum set. I have been a long time Yamaha guy and still love what they do and am proud of that but I am at a point in my career where I am able and have always wanted to add Gretsch to my stable of equipment.
I would like to ask your opinions about a choice of finish. This will become my main gigging kit and I play somewhere in the neighborhood of 70-80 gigs a year. My gigs now are almost exclusively jazz society stuff... country clubs, up-scale restaurants, private party etc... so I don't need something too out there.
I'm also committed to the Nitron at this point so it will be durable and I like several of the wrap finishes, and since all of my Yamaha kits are of course wood grain Lacquer, I want this one to be different. wrapped, bop sizes, and I want it to be a bit more classic. I currently own a natural maple (light colored) and a beautiful Yamaha walnut (kind of a medium shade), so I was thinking something dark, even black (yes, I know that's not a fav to some of you) but remember, I'm looking for a classic look and I play a lot of coat and tie / tuxedo gigs.
I"m also set on USA Custom, I want the maple/gumwood shell with die cast hoop classic sound. I can afford it and I want it.
My question I guess is, when looking at the finish options on the Gretsch website of all the lines, I really like a few of the darker oyster finishes found on the Brooklyn/Broadcaster lines. So...is it ok to try and get say a black or silver or smoke gray oyster on a USA kit? My understanding is Gretsch will allow crossover finishes from other lines on customs but is that something I should do?
I have been looking at hundreds if not thousands of kits on line to get an idea for what finish but I only seem to see custom's in the offered finishes and the oyster finishes all seem to be from the brooklyn's.
Am I the first one who has ever thought of getting a wrap from slightly "lower" line (no offense)? That doesn't seem right.
Is it not kosh to do?
Will it negatively effect the value of the drums or just be very unique?
Is the quality of wrap and application less?
I don't know, I just was wondering why I don't see any other custom's in like the black, gray or silver oysters, or from unique finishes from the other lines.
Thoughts, opinions would be much appreciated.
New member and first time poster here.
Have been a lurker for a long time and enjoy your opinions, banter and advice.
I am about to order my first Gretsch drum set. I have been a long time Yamaha guy and still love what they do and am proud of that but I am at a point in my career where I am able and have always wanted to add Gretsch to my stable of equipment.
I would like to ask your opinions about a choice of finish. This will become my main gigging kit and I play somewhere in the neighborhood of 70-80 gigs a year. My gigs now are almost exclusively jazz society stuff... country clubs, up-scale restaurants, private party etc... so I don't need something too out there.
I'm also committed to the Nitron at this point so it will be durable and I like several of the wrap finishes, and since all of my Yamaha kits are of course wood grain Lacquer, I want this one to be different. wrapped, bop sizes, and I want it to be a bit more classic. I currently own a natural maple (light colored) and a beautiful Yamaha walnut (kind of a medium shade), so I was thinking something dark, even black (yes, I know that's not a fav to some of you) but remember, I'm looking for a classic look and I play a lot of coat and tie / tuxedo gigs.
I"m also set on USA Custom, I want the maple/gumwood shell with die cast hoop classic sound. I can afford it and I want it.
My question I guess is, when looking at the finish options on the Gretsch website of all the lines, I really like a few of the darker oyster finishes found on the Brooklyn/Broadcaster lines. So...is it ok to try and get say a black or silver or smoke gray oyster on a USA kit? My understanding is Gretsch will allow crossover finishes from other lines on customs but is that something I should do?
I have been looking at hundreds if not thousands of kits on line to get an idea for what finish but I only seem to see custom's in the offered finishes and the oyster finishes all seem to be from the brooklyn's.
Am I the first one who has ever thought of getting a wrap from slightly "lower" line (no offense)? That doesn't seem right.
Is it not kosh to do?
Will it negatively effect the value of the drums or just be very unique?
Is the quality of wrap and application less?
I don't know, I just was wondering why I don't see any other custom's in like the black, gray or silver oysters, or from unique finishes from the other lines.
Thoughts, opinions would be much appreciated.