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Elvin Jones and Gretsch: What more can we say? Other than this: You can now capture “That Great Gretsch Sound” that Elvin loved, and your kit can look exactly like the highly coveted original round badge set he played. 8x12, 14x14, 14x18, 5.5x14 in our Gretsch exclusive white satin flame. And, the set has the exact same ”vintage build” that identifies the coveted round badge era kits: Internal tone controls; 9.5mm tom legs and vintage brackets; vintage disappearing bass drum

$5499. Contact Steve at vintagedrums@aol.com or by text at 630-865-6849 for a special price. Product Details Gretsch 140th Anniversary USA 4pc Drum Kit - "Ebony Stardust Gloss Lacquer" Sizes (Depth x Diameter): 8x12 14×14 14×18 5x14 In 1883, Friedrich Gretsch opened his small music shop in Brooklyn, N.Y., making drums, banjos, and tambourines. No one expected his business on Middleton Street to become one of the most respected drum companies in the world. Now 140 yea

We’ve got a Craviotto drum set on the way to Roberto Tini, Producer at Abbey Road Studio, and we’re now sending down this array of additional Craviotto snares. Descriptions and pics below! 5x14 Ambrosia Maple. Private Reserve. 45 degree edges. Ambrosia Maple has classic maple tone, and the visual is really interesting. Each drum is visually different because of the striations in the wood. There is a beetle (not the Abbey Road Beatle!) that lives in this wood. They make tiny

That’s right: This incredible Craviotto bop kit will shortly be on its way to Abbey Road Studios in London. Going to Roberto Tini, Producer. This is a very unique Craviotto Private Reserve solid shell drum set. The Craviotto team crafted this unique kit using 8 different species of wood, and the blend of wood species for each drum is intended to make the kit sonically balanced, as well as striking to look at. The 5.5x14 snare drum is ash/poplar. The 8x12 is curly maple/cherry

See our Reverb listing for more photos HERE: https://reverb.com/item/94286909-sonor-14x18-8x10-9x12-14x14-5-75x14-prolite-drum-set-nussbaum-matte-lacquer Here is an excellent condition set of Sonor ProLite drums in a Nussbaum Matte Lacquer finish, sized 14x18"/8x10"/9x12"/14x14" with a matching 5.75x14" snare drum! There are no noteworthy cosmetic markings on this set of drums. They have lightly-used Remo coated Ambassadors on their batter sides excepting the bass drum, which

We’ve had this finish as an exclusive with Ludwig for many years. I thought I had sold all the sets, but recently found some buried deep in the stock pile. Right now we have two Downbeat sets. 8x12, 14x14, 14x20, and then one very cool set that I had ordered which is 8x12, 9x13, 14x14, 14x16, 14x20. I ordered the two floor tome with the same 14” depth, because I like the balanced decay when those are each the same depth. Here are the Reverb links for each of these, but contac

See our Reverb listing for more images here: https://reverb.com/item/94253636-gretsch-the-centennial-1983-100th-anniversary-drum-set-32-14x24-10x13-11x14-16x18-carpathian-elm Here is a rare piece of Gretsch history! Produced in a very limited run for Gretsch's centennial 100 year anniversary in 1983, this is set #32 out of 100 - "The Centennial" - this set is in well-used condition, host to a handful of cosmetic battle scars in its carpathian elm finish. The nitrocellulose

Here is a very rare vintage 70's Ludwig Jazzette, finished in its original Black Panther wrap. 14x18", 8x12", 14x14" - this outfit is all original with the exception of its heads and is in excellent condition! There are a couple cosmetic blemishes on the chrome as well as the surface of the wrap, most notably a point of contact between the rail consolette and the wrap on top of the bass drum, as well as some very minor rash opposite from the badge panel, player's side on the