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Sometimes the odd gig rolls around

devoted2gretsch

12,746 posts (5 today)
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25 January 2009

Sidebar: the new Tour Customs sound pretty darn good for the money. Member since at least October 2005!
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SBL1

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25 January 2009

Yes indeed. They still aren't exactly "cheap" at over 1200 discounted price for a 5 piece w/ hardware. They come in birch now too. The new tours are Chinese (or Taiwan) made. The old tours were made in Japan. Lee
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devoted2gretsch

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26 January 2009

Nope, not cheap I wouldn't say. But certainly not expensive either. A fair intermediate level kit that I would certainly look into if I was looking in that market. Except I'd probably buy some used Maple Custom Absolutes for about the same money. Your kit is sharp, Lee! Member since at least October 2005!
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Menalaus

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26 January 2009

soooo....do you reckon the pews will be re done to match your zebra skin throne.... blank
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SBL1

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26 January 2009

LOL, it would be a nice touch. and thanks, Duncan Lee
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gclin

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26 January 2009

Lee, I used to like the old tour customs. Ed Soph played them for a while if I remember correctly. Very warm sounding drums. Especially nice for jazz. On another note, I thought your main kit was RCs. Am I mistaken? Gene
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SBL1

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26 January 2009

Yes my main kit is a RC.

I've had these TCs for nearly as long. The Tours were pretty popular for a short time, then Yamaha decided that they needed to give them more appeal to the rock n roll drummer, so they square-cut the tom sizes and called them "Rock Tour Customs." That didn't last too long.

The TCs are nice and warm, especially with coated heads. Tuned high, the toms get an almost "vintage" kind of warmth. Tuned low, they get a nice "growl" that Steve used to speak so lovingly of Pleased

Updated on 1/26/2009 8:47:34 PM

"Moan" or "groan" might be more descriptive.

Lee

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