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Mark Pontius

www.fosterthepeople.com

About the Artist

Mark has performed with: Foster the People, J-Davey, Malbec

Mark's setup: Classic Vintage 10” x 13” tom, 16” x 16” floor, and 18” x 22” x bass.

We asked... Why Gretsch?

Gretsch has done an amazing job at keeping its vintage sound and quality alive in new modern products. I don’t think Ive ever played a bad sounding Gretsch kit.

Recordings you've played on

Foster the People – Torches / Malbec – Malbec, Dawn Of Our Age, EP’s 1-5

Influences

Questlove, Benjamin Weikel, Tina Weymouth and Chris Frantz, James Brown, Little Dragon, Peter Gabriel, The B-52’s.

Advice

To me, the best music is honest music. Poor your heart and soul into whatever your doing and it will be original. Originality is rare in music today and will make you stick out from the rest. Its what every artist aspires for. And never under estimate the power of practice and repetition.

GRETSCH 130th ANNIVERSARY

Gretsch Drums is proudly celebrating its 130th Anniversary with a series of Limited Edition American-made drum sets and snare drums. These drums will be released throughout the year and each will include a specially designed 130th Anniversary interior shell label and a hand-signed Certificate of Authenticity. The labels and certificates will be numbered to indicate the production sequence of each drum.

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Catalina Maple

Carefully developed to produce tones that explode a balanced amount of warm low end frequencies

The Catalina Maple series starts with the Gretsch maple formula shell. We carefully developed the maple shell specification to produce tones that explode with attack and volume and project a balanced amount of warm, low-end frequencies. All Catalina Maple shells are 7-ply, 7.2mm.

The Catalina Maples are available in two configurations - a 6-piece shell pack set and a 5-piece shell pack set. Add-on drums are also available to allow for further drum set expansion.