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Removing a Gretsch Badge Last viewed: 3 hours ago

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Hi All,

Before the vintage crew start to growl at me, the drum in question is a modern renown maple snare drum........

I have a white laquer finish 14x6.5 Gretsch renown snare drum. I want remove the white finish and take it back to a natural maple finish. The question is, how do i remove the gromet holding the badge on, without damaging the interior of the shell, or the badge itself???

Thanks

Bigz

Posted on 13 years ago
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There is a gromet removal tool you can buy:

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/EZ-DRUM-BADGE-INSTALLATION-GROMMET-COMPRESSION-TOOL-/290587010510

What I did with a 49 Gretsch Parade drum was push a round file into the gromet.....slowly pushing - with force - wiggling it a little and it came out. There was no damaga at all (I covered the file with a soft cloth so not to scar the gromet). I was able to put it back together no problem and you can't tell it had been removed.

Posted on 13 years ago
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