Gretsch Drums Renown Series Drums Demo

Gretsch resurrects a classic in the Renown RN2 drum series. Back are the celebrated 7-ply maple shells with 30° bearing edges and Gretsch's hallmark Silver Sealer interiors, which look and sound every bit as glorious as they have for the last 15 years. What's new in the RN2 is its USA classic features — 302 hoops and a bass-mounted tom holder — along with some modern touches, including redesigned black round badges.

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[sweetwater]

Absolute workhorse drums, Gretsch really knocked it out of the park on this one! Like, comment, and subscribe for more sweet kits like this one ✌️

[drumlover]

I bought a set of these several years ago, they are fantastic drums with great tone and first rate build quality.

[roybeckerman]

Everything sounds top class with Nick.
From Catalinas to USA Customs.

[Juniscrazy]

I’m sorry I don’t come here to see the gear as much as I come to see Nick, he is the man

[dustyjann]

The highlight of this video are those hi-hats. They sound amazing.

[dougsprouse]

Have played a Brooklyn series kit for years. Bought a Renown Natural finish kit with two mounted toms. Find myself sitting behind and playing the Renown kit much more than my Brooklyn. Great drums at a great price.

[jas_bataille]

As a sound engineer, that 22" kick ported with a small pillow on the batter side is absolutely nuts. By far the best kick I've ever heard.

[davemieze]

What a beautiful and fantastic sounding kit.

[luxuriousfir]

Yeah keep it going!!! Such awesome drums!!! Please keep the Spirit alive 🙏

[robertdirocco]

This is a good kit. I loved mine in the same sizes with the WMP finish. I ended up selling them because they are really heavy. To put it in context I do 140-150 gigs a year, and I carry all of my own gear.

[mike]

You are a great drummer! - You could make a coconut sound fantastic!

[alexclements]

Have a brand new 2002 set, Champagne Silk . All pieces EXCEPT the 14x14 floor, which I’ve tried to find for YEARS ! A seldom seen color!? Two bass kick and heavy Gibraltar stands . Lessons someday! AND the room ! Nice to hear them played!!

[EastBayMauiBoy]

These Renown kits are super nice, especially for the $$. I'm a cheap mo-fo, so I'm lovin these Gretsch Renown, the Tama Starclassic BB's (or WB's) and Mapex Saturn. They're all genuine high end units for relatively affordable prices. I have two of the three, but I'm yet to own a Renown. I will one day tho, they're on my radar and my 3rd fave. I'm thinking jet black bc I've never owned a black kit. I'll stop babbling now

[persianskeptic]

I'd love to buy Gretsch drums one day.

[whspsts]

That's a very metal sounding kick drum

[daynnethedrummer]

I got this kit in the tobacco burst finish, 50% off as a floor model from Guitar Center. Second best deal I've gotten on a drum set. 🤣The kit itself is GREAT, but I have a couple knit-picks regarding the mounting system.

It's not very good. For starters, the 13" rack tom is pretty heavy, and the ball joint can't support the weight of the drum in most positions. Crank it as tight as possible, and there is still a good chance it will sink; potentially hitting the bass drum and messing up the beautiful satin finish. If the drum is a little too flat, or a little too angled, expect this to happen (it is possible I got a faulty system, I suppose, but I don't think so. It certainly doesn't feel like it).

The new GTS suspension system feels like style over substance, to me. It actually chokes the drum quite a bit, if it isn't tuned to just the right range. Pulls on the 2 tension rods and causes some issues. The biggest problem I have with it is that it makes the drum VERY challenging to tune. It was so bad that I thought that it was out of round. I'd get the drum tuned up to have great resonance and sustain, mount it, and the sound I'd get was a wimpy, "thud."

When you do get everything finally set up just right and get around these issues, this is THE best sounding kit for the money, bar-none. Can't recommend them enough. They're beautiful, sound huge; and are very well made pro-quality drums (although quality control may be a factor, the innermost ply of my bass drum is frankly jacked, but they put the silver sealer on and shipped it anyway. It still sounds good and doesn't really affect the drum in any way. I got mine for such a steal that I can't be too upset about it. But anyway. I digress).

I plan on swapping out the mount (you have to buy 2 new lugs to do so, by the way) and hopefully finding a cover plate for the bass drums mounting system, to give it a more classic "virgin" look.

TL;DR: These are great drums. Just anticipate some difficulties early on.

[martinperc]

Still love more the original RN1 with virgin bass drum and die cast hoops but this version also sounds fantastic.

[bobaboey]

Great info! Thx sweetwater! Ur the best

[jamaicandrummer_bwoy]

Love This Kit!!! Sounds Great, Looks Great, and Very Affordable 👏👏👏Thanks Gretsch ❤️

[jeffd]

Finally some great close up camera shots of the drums unlike the NAMM vids 😉