![]() 14" x 20" bass drum - original 60" Gretsch 6ply maple/gum/male shell and hoops.8" x 12" tom - original 60's Gretsch 6ply maple/gum/maple shell.This a great kit that will give you that classic Gretsch vibe without all the worry of keeping a vintage kit in pristine condition (or pay the price of either a new or vintage kit!) Everything is wrapped in gold sparkle and all the hardware is brand new. We then built a matching 14" x 12" floor tom and a 14" x 4" snare drum to go with kit. We stripped & refurbished both shells, plugging all non-original holes, repainting the interior and reconditioning all the edges. The 12" tom and 20" bass drum are 60's round-badge era shells we received them in poor condition several years ago, with the wrap already stripped off the drum and the hardware in unusable condition. Gretsch's Custom & Signature Series drums continue to be manufactured in Ridgeland, South Carolina, to this day.This is a sweet little vintage Gretsch Playboy rebuild. And in 2017, Hal Leonard joined the Gretsch Drums Team as the exclusive US distributor of the Renown, Catalina, and Energy series drums. Lombardi stressed that the factory in Ridgeland would remain open and that the Gretsch Family still owned the company. In January 2015, the Lombardi Family announced that Drum Workshop had become the exclusive manufacturer and worldwide distributor of Gretsch Drums. They also purchased the majority of the equipment used to make Gretsch drums. In 2000, Gretsch entered into an agreement with Kaman Music which granted them exclusive rights to manufacture Gretsch USA Custom and Signature drums. In the late 1980s, Gretsch bought the remnants of the Slingerland Drum Company, which was later sold to Gibson, with Gretsch retaining the Leedy brand which had been part of the Slingerland purchase. At that time drum production was relocated to Ridgeland, South Carolina, where it remains today. Gretsch, the son of the late William "Bill" Gretsch and great-grandson of original company founder Friedrich Gretsch. In 1985 Gretsch was bought back by a member of the Gretsch family, Fred W. In 1969 Baldwin moved Gretsch instrument manufacturing operations from Brooklyn to a plant in DeQueen, Arkansas. ran the company until 1967 when Gretsch was sold to Baldwin Piano Co. Gretsch Drumset - Catalina Special Edition 2020, hybrid Maple/Walnut with wood hoopsīoth guitars and drums were manufactured at 60 Broadway until the mid-1960s, at which time drum production was consolidated at 109 South 5th Street so that guitar production could be expanded.įred Gretsch Jr. Bill Gretsch died in 1948 and the company was again run by Fred Jr. left to serve in WWII as a Navy commander, leaving the business in the hands of his younger brother, William Walter "Bill" Gretsch. ![]() handed over the family business to his son, Fred Gretsch Jr., after retiring in 1942. Gretsch Building #4 was owned by the Gretsch family until 1999, at which time it was sold and redeveloped into luxury condominiums.įred Gretsch Sr. The company ultimately owned or operated six properties in the immediate area, including a warehouse on Dunham Place. ![]() He expanded the business, adding Gretsch Building #1 at 109 South 5th Street in 1903, Gretsch Building #2 at 104–114 South 4th Street in 1910, and a new ten-story Gretsch Building #4 at 60 Broadway Street in 1916. After Friedrich's sudden death in 1895, his enterprising son, Fred Gretsch Sr., took over the business as a teenager. The operation moved to South 4th Street in 1894. Gretsch was founded by Friedrich Gretsch, a German immigrant who opened his own musical instrument shop on 128 Middleton Street in Brooklyn, New York in 1883. ![]() Gretsch Drums manufactures and commercialises drum kits and hardware. Gretsch drum kits have been used by many notable drummers including Max Roach, Tony Williams, Art Blakey, Vinnie Colaiuta, Mark Guiliana, Phil Collins, Charlie Watts, Taylor Hawkins, Mitch Mitchell and Steve Ferrone. The company was founded in Brooklyn, New York, in 1883. Gretsch Drums is a division of American musical instrument manufacturer Gretsch. ![]()
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