Those turned out great, Gary! Good call on the satin finish. How do they sound?

Very nice! Thanks for sharing with us.

Gary really nice love em!

Great color they look wonderful! They have some nice company in the room there too. Yes Sir

Thanks,

They sound great although I'm having a heck of a time trying to get the sympathic buzz out of the snare drum. I may have to go ahead and put a calfhide on the resonant side......it's the only one without calfhide. The snare beds are really deep on the shell. I've tried everything but still buzzes like crazy next to the rack tom. It does quieten down a bit when I try different tuning on the rack tom.

Calfhide all around on the snare might help.......I'm hoping.

The bass drum sounds just like I'd hoped = BIG - with the old Pioneer Ludwig calfhide heads.

Too cool! Very nice,Gary....

I have quite a few Rocket lugs if you want to start another pro-ject....as you would say in the Great White North......LOL

Chewie:

Gary - Great job! I love that Gretsch finish, it's the same one they used on the old Country Gentleman guitars.

To eliminate the sympathetic buzz - try tuning your toms a little higher or a little lower than where they are now. See if that doesn't help.

John

Sympathetic buzz, I had that in college my roommate was a real stoner!

But seriously I find it mostly has to do with tuning of the resonant head on the snare as compared to the tom and the tension on the snares.

For the sympathetic buzz, if the snare isn't vintage, I say cut the snare bed a little deeper. I've found that it helps draw the snares up better against the head.