Well-my first legit pro kit (besides my cobbled together Kent/Slingy's)was an early 70's 5 piece Gretsch concert tom set.The tone of those drums when in tune was to die for.Blue Spruce stain-very classy.But,if I'd seen beyond my Gretsch ardor,I'd have noticed that everything else about that set was totally impractical for the task it was about to take-touring.Every mechanical part on that set was lacking,from loose threading tension casings/rods,auto-tilt spurs and tom leg brackets to the 1 position tom/bass mount.And the 12 was warped on the bearing edge.Baldwin had NO BUSINESS making drums-most other drum manufacturers were miles ahead in hardware design at that point.The Jasper shells-majic-the rest-:(.Ludwig,Rogers Memri-Lok,Tama,Pearl all would have been better choices.