GRETSCH USA BROADKASTER TANGERINE SPARKLE (14X20, 8X12, 14X14, 5X14 8 LUGS)

A New Gretsch Broadkaster 4-pieces Tangerine Sparkle Drum Set!

This kit was taken out of its original boxes and is being displayed in our store.

*The kit is not shiped in his original boxes, but in our own custom packaging for ensured safety during transport*

*Comes with unplayed original heads*

Shell pack, no hardware included.

From the 1920s through the 1950s, the Gretsch flagship drum set was the legendary Broadkaster Series. It featured a thin, three-ply shell and produced what was to be, “That Great Gretsch Sound.” Today, in the Gretsch Drum Factory in Ridgeland, South Carolina, USA, with the help of advanced drum-making techniques, the Broadkaster has returned, bringing with it all of sonic brilliance of its namesake.

Broadkaster shells are made with a North American maple/poplar/maple formula. Each shell includes an interior-ply scarf joint that supplies added structural integrity to thin, musical shells. Like all USA-made Gretsch drums, shell interiors are finished with classic Gretsch Silver Sealer. The shell is hand finished with the exclusive reverse roundover bearing edge, which allows greater surface contact between the bearing edge and drumhead. The result is tone that is incredibly deep and warm.

Drum specs:

• 08x12 Rack Tom
• 14x14 Floor Tom with Legs
• 14x20 Bass Drum
• 5x14 Snare Drum - 8 Lugs with Micro-Sensitive Throw-off

About the Broakcaster:

Broadkaster toms and drums are outfitted with Gretsch’s “302” 3.0mm, double flanged steel hoops. These hoops are similar to “Stick Chopper” hoops used in the 1950s, but are constructed from a heavier gauge steel to stand up to today’s more assertive playing styles. The 302 hoop helps create a more open tone than a die-cast hoop and adds ambient overtones to the overall tonal characteristic.

The Standard package includes heavy-duty Gretsch lugs, spurs.

Like its legendary predecessors from the 1950s, today’s Broadkaster faithfully produces warm, dense and punchy tones. Thanks to the modern manufacturing advances and finishing technology, today’s Broadkaster has even greater dynamic response and sonic presence than the originals.