THIS IS A 50'S GRETSCH ROUND BADGE 3 PLY DRUM KIT. GOLD SPARKLE.
14 X 22 3 PLY BASS DRUM. HAS ORIGINAL HOOPS (MISSING INLAYS),ORIGINAL CLAWS AND T-RODS,SPURS AND BRACKETS,(BRACKET SCREWS ARE REPLACEMENT). HAS ORIGINAL DIAMOND PLATE CYMBAL BRACKET. IS DRILLED FOR ANOTHER DIAMOND PLATE BRACKET,BUT IS MISSING.LOOKS LIKE BASS DRUM WAS A VIRGIN UNTIL SOMEONE DRILLED FOR WHAT MIGHT BE A LUDWIG RAIL CONSOLETE. BADGE IS MISSING. FACTORY GREY INTERIOR. 16 X 16 3 PLY. MIGHT BE AN EARLY RECOVER. NOT SURE. BUT IT MATCHES PERFECTLY.(I WAS TOLD BY THE PREVIOUS OWNER THAT IT MIGHT BE. DON'T KNOW WHY HE THOUGHT SO. I CAN'T TELL.) BOTTOM RIM IS A CHROME OVER BRASS GRETSCH STICK CHOPPER. TOP RIM IS A CHROME OVER STEEL TRIPLE FLANGE RIM. DRUM IS MISSING ALL 3 LEG BRACKETS . COMES WITH LEGS THOUGH. BADGE IS MISSING BUT HAS THE ORIGINAL TACK. FACTORY GREY INTERIOR. 9 X 13 6 PLY TOM. FACTORY GREY INTERIOR. DURING THE MID 50'S IT WAS COMMON FOR A FACTORY KIT TO HAVE 3 PLY BASS AND FLOOR WITH A 6 PLY MOUNTED TOM. THEY WERE SWITCHING FROM 3'S TO 6'S. THIS HAS A SMALL DENT/CHIP IN THE BEARING EDGE. IT IS ON THE INSIDE AND DOES NOT CHANGE HOW THE HEAD SEATS AT ALL.(EASY FIX IF YOU WANTED TO. HAS ORIGINAL TOM BRACKET. BOTTOM RIM APPEARS TO BE A REPRO? CHROME OVER BRASS STICK CHOPPER.( I ONLY SAY THIS BECAUSE IT LOOKS BRAND NEW. TOP LOOKS LIKE A STICK CHOPPER BUT IS CHROME OVER STEEL. MISSING BADGE BUT ORIGINAL TACK IS THERE. WITH A COUPLE OF PARTS THIS WOULD BE A NICE VINTAGE PLAYER......... LOVE THAT SWEET GRETSCH 3 PLY SOUND. WILL SHIP THIS KIT WORLDWIDE!!!!!!!
YOU COULD PASS ON THIS AND BUY YOURSELF.(FOR THE SAME MONEY) A PEARL EXPORT KIT!!! CAN YOU IMAGINE?
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