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I'm mostly a Tama guy but boy I'm starting to really love Gretsch drums.

That great Gretsch sound never disappoints even in their budget series.

This is a fantastic sounding kit. I think due to the fact that Nick is a great drummer and a very good salesman. Sweetwater found a gem when they found this guy! :)

I love my Gretsch Catalina Special Edition 5 piece. This is my second Gretsch kit in (6) months and I am very impressed with the GRETSCH DRUM SOUND. I was ruminating between this kit and the Tama Birch Walnut and I am glad I purchased this kit. This video was the reason I purchased mine and they sound amazing in person thank you Sweetwater!

Kicks at 14in deep have more punch and better rebound on your kick pedal. This is a great sounding kit 🥁

That bass drum sounds sweeeeeet! One of the Best Kits I Have Ever Heard.

I've always preferred the sound of a 14" deep bass drum over a 16".

Ordering myself this but in the jazz sizes (18x14BD, 14X5.5SD, 12X8RT, 14X14FT) Thursday!!

Finally, a matching snare...sick of this NO snare included thing. This is probably the best value kit on today’s market. Sound expensive and sound better than a lot of expensive kits. Beautiful warm, vintage tones....a real winner for Gretsch and a great looker.

After watching this video over a hundred times I finally went out to my local music store and bought this kit. It is amazing. Thanks for doing this video. I'm not sure I would have purchased it if you hadn't done it. Next on the list, Gretsch Renown.

Beautiful. Love the wood hoops on the snare and Toms.

That's a beautiful bass drum sound!

That's a lovely looking kit i gotta say.

I'm thinking of buying a new drum kit and resuming playing after a 40 year hiatus. I showed this video to my wife and told her not to expect me to play like this on day one. Nick's got crazy skills!

Beautiful kit!

What an amazing drummer!

Nice sounding kit and holy crap, beautiful playing Nick! The fill at 8:33 is killer!

Those REALLY sound nice....

Beautiful kit (love the wood hoops)! Sounds good as well

Great sound.

that bass drum sounds amazing

I have the Catalina 3 piece set. Perfect for my studio. I don’t use the stock snare but this kit is as good as a pro level drum set for recording. The build quality may not be as tough as the more expensive kits but it’s still a pretty solid structure wise.

I have just bought this 5 piece kit new in November 2022 and I love it ! I had kept my eye on these when the were first released back in 2020 and thought that's a really cool looking and sounding kit but was not wanting a new kit at that stage...Fast forward to this year and i decided that I wanted a new kit, with a different darker , lower, woodier sound and looked at what was around in the price bracket that I able to afford and kept coming back to these....Covid has decimated supply chains and available stock in most countries and I had seen Nick's video on these (many times) and thought that these seemed to be really great value so looked around to see what was here in my country and to my surprise this 5 piece shell pack was still for sale...My first reaction was OK why has this kit not sold already after 2 years? is there something wrong with it...more research and review analysis and nearly everyone who bought one of these was not disappointed so I bought them sight unseen and got them shipped to my local store...Totally made the right choice! these are great drums and tonally punch well above their weight...these shells really do sing ( that great Gretsch sound?) and I do not regret buying them at all....love the wooden hoops ( the side stick sound on the snare is the best I have heard and is so deliciously woody!), retro styling with the tom fitting mounted directly onto the shell and the tom mounting directly onto the bass drum would seem to destroy 2 x myths ...that virgin Bass drums sound better than ones that have no mounting fittings and that tom fitting that mount directly to the tom shell would also be inferior in terms of resonance and volume... these have no lack of tone, volume or resonance, in fact, if anything they almost have too much and I have had to dial them back a bit! ...Ok some of the hardware could be a bit more upmarket but these are Catalinas not USA Customs and the hardware is certainly adequate....But the shells are superb and to get a 5 piece kit, with snare, with Walnut/Maple hybrid shells, in the glorious Walnut Burst finish is phenomenal value for money IMHO...so if anyone out there is sitting on the fence deciding whether or not to get one of these kits, my thought would be to buy them!... Finally, a really big thank you to Nick D'Virgilio and Sweetwater for producing some of the best drum review videos on the Internet, I probably would not have decided to buy this kit, without this video.

Really nice looking budget kit. Would have been nice to hear them lower but they sound good.

I have a Catalina Club Rock with these same size toms. The 12/14/16 size intervals make for the perfect progression of notes both down and up. Wood hoops for toms are great! Not a fan of them on a snare, but I’m sure we could make it work. Great job, Nick. As always.😉

They sound great

Kick drum sounds fantastic! This poses great argument against virgin shell kick drums. :-)

I ordered the 5pc. Supplies in Canada are going FAST!

DUDE! Nick is EPIC

If they ever make a Buddy Rich movie...Nick would be ideal. They should make the movie...a great story.

Love it!! I need to check out the overall price online!! Thanks for the share!!🎼🎵🎵🙏👍😊

This gives off very jazzy vibes

Veeeeery cool kit

That snare sounds great

Nick is a happy boy now!

Gtr and bass player here umm watching this nice video of a drum kit

Jeez this is a beauty. I absolutely love walnut shells let alone walnut hybrids. I love my mapex saturn but wow this kit is making me wanna cheat lol.

Nice!

That Sabian HHX sounds great

I dig it!

Nick could sell me a Hello Kitty drum set. Dude is a great player and a master salesman! Great video, as usual!

Wow!

Nick has his "Cure" band haircut today.

Nice

these will sale like crazy.

Hi Nick ! Amazing sound :) Please can you tell me more about the microphones and preamp you use on this video ?

😎👍WOOD HOOPS!!!

sounds insane for the price

wood hoops look beautiful but wouldnt they get pretty banged up after playing on it a year or two? It sounds incredible too my only concern is I use the rims alot on all my drums and would worry about it on this one...does anyone know how these look after playing on them a while?

I love my Catalina maple and mine came a 7 piece with a snare

Paiste pst 7 video next!!!!

Not a fan of wood hoops on toms and snare, but they do sound great. And of course, Mr. Di Virgilio never disappoints on his demoing of drums..

Gretsch drums always sound great to me when tuned well, as any drum does, but there’s no way I’m ever dealing with a 5-lug Tom again hahaha!

Reminds me of the Tama SLP maple kit...

Can you use R-tom black hole covers on the wood hoops and claws?

Is that snare on high..? Nick usually has his snares tuned fairly high on other videos. No longer the beginner’s kit , they were regarded as once. Ideal for gigs, without freaking out over a $10,000 kit 🥶

Hi please can you give me informations about all of microphones you use on this kit ? thank you :)

Hey Nick, Which cymbals, type and inch are used in this video?

Can you do a video on the sjc Providence

I just bought a Mapex Armory 5 piece jazz kit ..brand new..350.00 ..shipping included! Coronavirus liquidation special I guess

I have the Mapex pro m but these sound great / but do I change or not?

You can put together an "8 piece" Yamaha Stage Custom kit which is superior to these for $100 LESS than the Gretsch 5 piece. One of my kits is exactly this, 8,10,12,13,14,16 toms, 22 kick and 14 snare. Fantastic sounding kit, just replace the heads. Almost as good sounding as my Recording Customs but not quite. Although the RC's are not worth the enormous price difference. Note: I'm 59, own 9 modern kits, 3 vintage kits and have been playing since 3 years-old.

Why do they sacrifice a mounted tom to get a second floor tom? Can't we have four?

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Sounds like Tony Williams' Gretsch kit.

I wanted to come visit the Sweetwater store in Indiana, but that doesn’t seem like that’ll happen because of the virus. The store is most likely closed, anyway.

What exactly is "broadband" maple?

wouldn't the wood hoops get damaged from rimshots?

Pearl decade maple or this gretsch??

It’s pretty funny two of those microphones are worth more than the whole kit

Anyone else think Nick looks like Jon Lovitz?

This kit, or the PDP concept maple classic? Hmmmmm

Would beat a lot of high end drumsets , in a blind test. The quality of the finish and hardware might be another thing, but value for money, is hard to beat.. Look and sound great .. A real vintage sound….not common in a lot of modern drums today..

5 lug tom

Just threw a couple of room mics and let’s get the real sound of the drum kit stead of overprocessed I have bought drum kits this way and when I got them home I was very disappointed they didn’t sound like they did on KZfaq realize they’re using expensive mics and processing

is the finish a wrap

Why not Mahogany and Maple? Not really Catalina without Mahogany.

Hi Nick - appreciate your videos as always !! Can you give me your read on a Catalina Mic job I did - it's under KZfaq " Ray Fields Drum Solo 2"

I wonder where these shells are made and I'm wondering how those black wood hoops will hold up over time. I'd hate to see them all chipped up after a year of playing. Sounds great but lots of compression on this audio. It doubt they will sound like this in your home.

Only 10 min. and 33 sec. ? 15 minutes next time please! My enjoyment usually lasts minimum 15 minutes.

Yeah we get it that shell pack don't come with a snare drum at all

I didn't know Jon Lovitz brother played drums.

I hate wood hoops....bummer.

To me these sound really flat. Probably the stick heads, Gretsch stock heads are crap

Beautiful kit but just not my style. Everything sounds a bit dark and sort of symphonic. The toms, for example, almost remind me of timpani.

snare is not tuned well.

Not a fan