I just wanted to share my excitement with my first Gretsch floor tom/bass drum conversion project. I found a very nice 18x18 SSB floor tom that matches my Progressive Jazz kit and wanted a less expensive option for a 14x18 bass drum. I sent the drum straight to Precision Drum Company and they helped me with cutting the shell, redrilling for lugs, recutting one bearing edge, drilling for vintage spurs and using leftover wrap for bass drum inlays. They even moved one of the mufflers to the traditional Pratt position. Here's a before picture...I will try to upload the after picture next (only seem to be able to do one photo at a time).

Suffice to say I'm very pleased with the way it turned out and want to give a big thanks to George at Precision Drum Co. I know it's a sacrilege to alter such a nice original drum, but the bottom line is it will now be used a LOT more (it was clearly just collecting dust) and treasured in my personal collection. This is now my "go to" bass drum for all my jazz gigs and a much cheaper way to enter into the realm of vintage Gretsch bopland!