onedevilsst
Senior Member
Hi all, not posted on here for a while, but I have a quandary;
I have a Gretsch USA in cherry gloss, 22, 12, 13, and 16.
A while back I did some wheeling and dealing and obtained an 18, and 14 shells, wrapped in black nitron. All vintage.
The 18 has been rebuilt, slowly, using genuine vintage parts, the 14 is in the course of being converted to a floor (using the rims system, no extra drilling)
However, none of it matches, I have the one kit in gloss, with requisite surface scratches, and two drums in old tatty wrap.
Originally, I intended to colour match the floors, but no one can do it without charging a fortune, and I haven't taken the wrap off, but I suspect that the grain will be ugly, as per rumours I found on other sites.
Is it 'morally' wrong for me to attack the problem from another angle and re wrap the whole lot? Or does it not matter, really, and I'm making a big deal of nowt?
Your advices are greatly anticipated.
I have a Gretsch USA in cherry gloss, 22, 12, 13, and 16.
A while back I did some wheeling and dealing and obtained an 18, and 14 shells, wrapped in black nitron. All vintage.
The 18 has been rebuilt, slowly, using genuine vintage parts, the 14 is in the course of being converted to a floor (using the rims system, no extra drilling)
However, none of it matches, I have the one kit in gloss, with requisite surface scratches, and two drums in old tatty wrap.
Originally, I intended to colour match the floors, but no one can do it without charging a fortune, and I haven't taken the wrap off, but I suspect that the grain will be ugly, as per rumours I found on other sites.
Is it 'morally' wrong for me to attack the problem from another angle and re wrap the whole lot? Or does it not matter, really, and I'm making a big deal of nowt?
Your advices are greatly anticipated.