Compare your drums to a Gretsch color chart or by consulting Gretsch vintage catalogs at the Gretsch website see Resources. Note whether your drum shells are 3-ply or 6-ply by looking inside the drums. Note whether the paper tags with the serial number are on the inside or outside and if the drum sealer is natural or silver.
These components, along with vintage catalogs provided by Gretsch, can help you closely date your drums.
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The serial number itself is not so important as the physical characteristics of your drum set, since drum companies didn't use serial numbers in the early years and followed no real system when serial numbers were introduced. How to Date Slingerland Drums. How to Clean Chrome Drum Hardware.
If you just want an answer in order to sell the drum on eBay or Craigslist, I suggest that you just provide pictures of the drums, paper labels, badges and other information in your listing and let your buyer determine how old it is. Let the drum speak for itself. Please do not then take this estimate and put in your eBay listing that you drum has been "evaluated by Gretsch expert Richard Gier" and he determined the exact moment your drum was made.
They both are actively supported by great people who are happy to share what they know.
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Spend some time searching their old posts - you will probably get your questions answered with a little work on your part. This site is not associated with Gretsch, Fred W.
Ludwig Industries, Conn-Selmer, Inc. Do not use without permission of owner. Higher tuning sounded like beating on a shoebox. Lost all musical sound.
The Gretsch, however, remained musical through wide tuning range. Which I guess is why the jazz cats used Gretsch and Slingerland and Rogers back in the day, and Ludwig made all their money from rock genre. Nobody cares as much what a loud rock kit sounds like compared to the musical notes you need for jazz. Originally Posted by OldReliable. These are the questions that need to be posted! Are you guys saying that the club dates sound better than the broadkasters tuned medium to low? If I ever bought a Gretsch kit like that I'd probably not play a lot of high tuned bop stuff, at least most of the time anyway.
Both are great drums. Also, ANY drum with the baseball bat edges is best tuned low to medium, even the Craviottos. The Broadkasters are one of Gretschs top lines, and the Club Dates are fourth down the line, no?
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It would be an apples to oranges comparison, because I think people buy each for different reasons. Originally Posted by Bo Eder. I'm pretty sure the Broadkaster line costs at least double that of those Ludwigs. Find all posts by drumming sort of person. Originally Posted by Rattlin' Bones. Originally Posted by drumming sort of person.
Ludwig and Slingerland had it. As I understand it, the jazz studios ex: Blue Note used mostly Gretsch and Slingerland. Endorsements were another thing altogether.
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Sorta like pro golfers who endorse Calloway but under the cover of their Calloway driver head cover is a Titleist driver. It's all about the money. I can't comment on personal experience with sound qualities, but the following stick out as key considerations for me: Sizes - The Broadkasters offer a far wider selection of sizes - diameters and depth, including 15" floor toms - same as USA Custom line Hoops - double-flanged hoops versus triple-flanged - slight differences in sound and feel Finishes - all the available USA Custom finishes are available on the Broadkasters.
If you love the center-lug config, Gretsch will likely build you a kit in that style though it may take a dealer like Fork's or Maxwell's to get it done.