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Gretsch Catalina Drum Kit
Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 3546 mojave desert, california 
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Posted on Sep 07 2006 05:56 PM
I know this is Surf GUITAR 101, but I thought I'd take a shot at this one: Anyone out there ever play on a Gretsch Catalina Drum Kit? inquiring minds would like to know, |
Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 12159 Seattle
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Posted on Sep 07 2006 06:01 PM
I have heard they are not very good at all. But the white kit is gorgeous. |
Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 492 Austin Texas
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Posted on Sep 08 2006 11:29 AM
I've got a buddy who picked one up and itâs not a bad sounding kit. The bass drum is little too deep for my liking but I was impressed with the kit. I've played it a couple times on multi band shows when we were booked together and it sounds really good. Good enough for me to leave my 39 slingerland radio kings at home. If you play in a trad style they are a good value, if you're a crash and bang rock guy the hardware might not be the best for ya. — |
Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 10331 southern Michigan
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Posted on Sep 08 2006 12:14 PM
Dane of the Madeira has been using it live for more than a year a half (though not for recording), and I think it sounds great. I think he's pretty happy with it, but I don't know. I'll see if I can get him to write something about it himself. Ivan —Ivan |
Joined: Mar 28, 2006 Posts: 18 Noblesville, IN |
Posted on Sep 11 2006 09:50 PM
I seem to recall that drumitar also plays a Gretsch kit just like the Catilina Club, but with a slightly different name on the bandge. I haven't researched the name since I played his kit in Marina Del Rey, CA. I am very happy with the look and feel of my silver sparkle kit. The bass has a lot of attack (I'm surprised that anyone would think it is too low since it is only 18" in diameter). The harware is a little on the light side, but better than vintage IMHO. Mine came with DW 4000 series hardware which is really lightwieght. I appreciate it as a travel kit, but I don't expect the hardware to last forever. The toms sounded great after I replaced the single ply factory heads with double ply Evans G2 heads. Again, they are light weight construction, so they don't have the sustained tone of my Yamaha, but that doesn't really matter live. I am planning on getting some Aquarian heads like the ones Dusty uses on his Ludwig kit to see if they can sound even better. I think they would work for recording surf in the studio with limited mic'ing. Since we recorded with about 12 mics on the drums, I'd be afraid of what funky overtones might show up on this Gretch kit. The kit was designed as a jazz/club kit (hence the name), and it seems to me that trad jazz players go for funky overtones in the toms on purpose. Overall, a superb kit for surf. Dane |
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Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 492 Austin Texas
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Posted on Sep 12 2006 10:16 AM
Not too low, Too Deep 16'' Just use to shallower widths. My main kits when I play drum gigs are my 39 Radio Kings with a 24x14 and my 40 Ludwigs with a 28x14. The Catalina bass does have a lot of attack. I just like a bit more resonance/overtone to my bass drum sound. A little more boom with my thwack I agree though it's a very good sounding and looking kit, great for surf. — |
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