Mark Guiliana demonstrates Gretsch’s 2014 Broadkaster Series Drums in the studio. In this video he’s playing the Gretsch Broadkaster 20-Inch Classic Jazz Kit in Satin Copper Lacquer Finish with Standard Hardware, BK-J404V-SCP.
Love watching and listening to Mark play.. He's so fluid, like the drums are an extension of his limbs.. His work on Bowie's final album is testament to that fact..
If I ever find a place to live with my drums set up without reservation again I will seriously consider the Brooklyn Broadcaster Gretsch or the Classic series. The size of the drums and type of drumheads mean the world to me. I am a lifelong drummer, and I know what I want almost 50 years old, and been at it seriously since early childhood. I have a limited edition Pearl Brazilian percussion conversion drumset now, but not really able to use it as much time. For me, Gretsch, even the Catalina Club Jazz series, stood out, over the years, as particularly memorable tone and what I felt as, more like my own instrument, more than anything else I ever had a chance to play, in or out of studios, bars, shows. The Broadcaster line I feel, in the right drum configuration, could be the Best I have yet to see as a drummer. 18" Bass 14" Floor 12" Tom Standard all I want. Best regards, Austin Emile Centolella
Go and listen to his drumming on Bowie's final album Black Star, and you'll see why the man was chosen by the thin white duke himself. His drumming on every song is haunting, bringing the album to an almost mystical sense, both in performance and sound.
Most definitely. Let that snare breath! Besides, you can anything you want... and you can always deaden it if you want to anyway. But you can't bring overtones to a snare that isn't alive...!!!
I play in a hardcore band and sometimes on a indie, pop rock band. Fits those genres. Everything is allowed. Chris daves tapes everything a lot and he is still a boss.
Pretty great sounding drums, save the snare. The ghost notes come off nice, but the full strokes produce way too much ring! To each his own, though. The tom sounds awesome.
I'm an old school drummer so why not include the Gretsch tone controls. I tell you what, why do some drummers like the oem Gretsch heads that make great drums sound like crappy ringing tin cans? Just don't understand. C.W.
Andy Ko--- Yeah, sure......No, it isn't.. There's just no stupidity to destroy its natural resonance, like moongels.. This guy knows how to tune his drums, but i wouldn't expect someone with an ignorant comment such as yours, to know that..
Mark often dampens his snares a ton, there are benefits to both methods. Mark even puts his wallet on his snare. Sometimes overtones are nice other times they aren't.
Raul Duke why would you do that if you can play what he is playing. Honestly I don't like the sound of the snare and toms at all, the bassdrum sounds really good. But I can still hear how the drums sound eventhough he is playing a lot. Less isn't always more.
