BRILLIANT idea putting the Renown mount on the USA Custom!! Gretsch's implementation of the RIMS style mount sucks a lot of resonance out of the drum. This is due to it making contact with 4 of the 5 lugs. Just kills resonance. I commend your choice, sir!
I'm a huge Gretsch fan and I've owned two different USA Custom kit, but I never understood why it takes them 6 months to make and deliver drum kits. I don't care for Pearl a whole lot, but they claim to deliver custom kits to your door in two weeks. You have to admit, Gretsch is a persnickety company to say the least lol
I've watched the process of how they make drums via RU-vid and I think for a lacquer kit the finishing process takes a long time. The wrapped kits would seem they should go a little faster, but they do a lot of it by hand as opposed to dw where they have automated machines doing a lot of the work. I've got several dw kits, several Yamaha kits, we will see how I like these compared to the others. I totally dislike the "RIMS" style mounts, so I immediately put on a different mounting system. I think as high end as Gretsch Drums are they should work on a better tom mounting system that doesn't take up so much room, or cover up the beautiful finish of the drums.
