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Jose Medeles

PERFORMS WITH: The Breeders

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About the Artist

Jose provides the off-kilter beats for the critically acclaimed band "The Breeders". When not on the road he performs solo drum shows and plays numerous musical situations, studio and live. Jose is featured in the film "Meaning and Rhetoric", a short documentary on his art of drumming. The short was directed by Kiino Villand. He's also recorded with and backed artist such as Ben Harper, Joey Ramone, Donavon Frankenreiter, Chris Shiflett (Foo Fighters), Face to Face and Rocco Deluca to name a few. He just finished recording his second solo drum record "Tale of a Dysfunctional Drummer".
Jose says he chose Gretsch drums because they have always sounded great and diverse.

Influences

John Bonham, Jim Keltner, James Gadson, John Herndon, Tony Allen, Elvin Jones and Max Roach.

Advice

Never stop believing in your art.

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.