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Charlie Watts

www.rollingstones.com

About the Artist

Joining the 'Stones in 1963 Charlie Watts has proven to be one of the most influential drummers of our time. For nearly four decades he has kept the heartbeat of "The Worlds Greatest Rock & Roll Band", and always from behind a four piece Gretsch drum kit.

As Charlie puts it,"I've always used Gretsch". "I still use the same one that Max Roach advertised you should buy, which was the soft tom-tom, bass drum, deep tom-tom, and a snare drum".

His success has come with the Rolling Stones yet he's considered a swing drummer by many of his peers. More recently, he has put together several successful solo project including a 32 piece big band and the Charlie Watts Quintet.

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.