Gestart door dutchdrumdude, apr 09, 2012, 11:56
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Gretsch did that new blue finish & put all new hardware on the kit. The black hardware that was originally on it, is on another kit Vinnie had made by another company. You might be able to find a picture of Vinnie playing a purple stained kit with black hardware made by Chris Heuer. That's the original hardware from this kit.
I talked with Chris this evening. He's doing gum shells that are the old Gretsch, down to the exact millimeter of each ply (which is probably what he built for Vinnie). Also doing mahogany/poplar/mahogany layups with maple re-rings -- just like the 1940s/1950s drums.Chris has re-done every one of Vinnie's Gretsch and Ludwig kits, so any clips you may see of him playing his "personal set", know they're not "stock off the shelf". He said Ludwig's edges are so bad, they're like a boat floating in water when he sets them on the table.