ebay: gretsch rosewood snare drum

nick amoroso

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Jan 24, 2003, 3:20:55 PM1/24/03

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hey, you gretsch-heads :-) - is this a rosewood FINISH on a maple shell, or is
the shell actually rosewood?

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Jim Dwyer

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Jan 24, 2003, 4:19:00 PM1/24/03

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This is a rosewood finish on a maple shell. The picture looks more like
their walnut finish than rosewood.

Here is what rosewood maple Gretsch drums look like:

http://www3.sympatico.ca/jim.dwyer/gretsch5.JPG

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nick amoroso

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Jan 24, 2003, 5:13:56 PM1/24/03

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>
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>This is a rosewood finish on a maple shell. The picture looks more like
>their walnut finish than rosewood.
>
>Here is what rosewood maple Gretsch drums look like:
>
>http://www3.sympatico.ca/jim.dwyer/gretsch5.JPG

interesting. the finish doesn't seem to match that of the drum in the auction.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2502915054&category=10175

the figuring on the drum in the auction doesn't look like maple to me, either -
it's very highly-figured - but wood's weird that way. maybe it's just the
photo.

beautiful kit, by the way. :-)

Dan Radin

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Jan 24, 2003, 5:34:13 PM1/24/03

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> hey, you gretsch-heads :-) - is this a rosewood FINISH on a maple shell,
or is
> the shell actually rosewood?
>

I believe it's a rosewood outer veneer.

Jim Dwyer

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Jan 24, 2003, 6:04:06 PM1/24/03

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Could be. The grain does not look like maple and the finish does not look
like the standard Gretsch rosewood finish. I did not think that Gretsch did
special veneer finihses.

Jim

Mark Polis

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Jan 24, 2003, 9:56:23 PM1/24/03

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I'm fairly certain that it's a rosewood outer veneer on one of Gretsch's
Asian line snare drums (Renown).
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Drumbelly

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Jan 24, 2003, 10:14:46 PM1/24/03

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Weren't they supposed to have been making solid ply shells with 3 ply
reinforcement hoops in oak, maple, walnut, and rosewood? That is the way a
lot of these ads were worded for these drums. Were these leftover
Kaman/Legend shells? Has anyone seen the ones I'm talking about?

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> I'm fairly certain that it's a rosewood outer veneer on one of Gretsch's
> Asian line snare drums (Renown).
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Rev. Poindexter

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Jan 26, 2003, 6:10:54 PM1/26/03

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In article <FbjY9.1988$cJ6...@nwrddc02.gnilink.net>, Dan Radin
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> I believe it's a rosewood outer veneer.

SIt's about time. o Gretsch finally started a "truth in advertising"
campaign? For years Gretsch's "red rosewood" was nothing more than red
stained maple.

RP

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George Lawrence

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Jan 26, 2003, 11:30:37 PM1/26/03

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Rosewood was the name of the color. I don't think they advertised that the
shells were made of Rosewood.

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Mark Polis

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Jan 26, 2003, 10:38:18 PM1/26/03

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In fact the stain color was called "red rosewood".

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