Gretsch, I think you need to make more of these kinds of play through videos. I love how you have recently been putting out videos where the artist talks about the kit or snare and plays it a bunch, but if you had more videos with playthroughs in the context of a song, that would be awesome. I bought my Catalina Maple in November 2015 after searching the internet for videos like this, and it was because of this video and the demos that Sweetwater and Guitar Center put out which made me decide to go with a Catalina Maple 7 piece in Walnut Glaze.
Are those stock heads? I just ordered my kit, identical to yours, about 2 hours ago. Should be here next week and really would like to know what heads you're using. Snare as well. Any suppression? They can't sound that good without some processing right?? I can't wait. Btw, very impressive man, you're damn good!
Josh Nance I'm looking at this kit myself as a backup/gigging kit, trying to decide between this finish (satin cherry burst) and the walnut glaze. Do you have better pics of the finish? Can't find good pics anywhere
I just bought a used set of these today! I love the drums, but they are very dirty!! What is the best cleaning solution for the maple shells with the satin finish?
just got the catalina maple series drum....i'm a happy dog !!! got a great deal on set from show room exactly what Matty Amendola is playing its nice and good sound...HAPPY DOG !!
for what it's worth the value in the Gretsch Catalina is far superior to the competitor that you speak of. I'm 42 years old and I've been playing the skins just over three decades. just one man's opinion. I sincerely urge you to play both and if you can on the same day same room so you get a true comparison between the two.
@@Mari000 I've had a lot of drums and drum sets in the past over 45 years. Mahogany, maple, poplar, walnut, stainless steel, and aluminum. Honestly, the best sounding bass I've ever had was a 18 x16 poplar bass, and it didn't need anything inside the drum to muffle, dampen, or deepen the bass sound. The best snare I've had is a tama star walnut 14x6.5 and with or without any muffling it sounds great. The toms, I'd say pearl has the right idea with the reference line, i used to mix the types of wood for my toms and the only size that maple sounds right is the 13 inch rack tom. Other drummers have agreed with me on that also. I'm using a 20x18 star walnut bass. I special ordered the shells for the diameter and depths i wanted. All 8 shells are hand made and hand finished inside and out. The star is really a work of art. I wanted a star classic but when I was ordering my drums, was the first year tama was producing the star classic in China, and I don't want my shells made in China. Mine are made in Japan, but Taiwan, Germany, and the US are the only countries I want my shells from. It used to be almost all hardware was made in Taiwan, and that's fine, but now it's made in China, so that's out of our control. Hopefully since China released the pandemic on the world, the drum manufacturers will bring their products back to their home counties and that will bring their quality back up also. Rather than buy a Chinese set just because the price is lower, look for a used set from before the 90s, they should be cheap and better quality because they weren't made in China. Yamaha was making their drums in Indonesia before they moved profoundly to China and the hardware was made at the same factory as the motorcycles were. But I've never had a yamaha drum set, so I can't tell you much about them. I started playing when I was young with zildjian cymbals, but they kept cracking around the bell, so I switched to Paiste 2002 and never had a problem. I've got cymbals and some promark sticks I've been playing for 35+ years. I got a Roland TD-6KV i think in 2003, i was surprised it was made in China, but Roland must have great quality control, because my set is still working perfectly, with all original electronics, pads, etc. I hope this helps.
I have the same kit, but in green satin fade finish. It's a great kit for the money. Maple... you can't go wrong and these drums are made well. The renown series is a bump up if you have the cash. I played my Catalina's out for 3-4 years now, no issues at all.
my exact kit, its a decent sounding kit with just the standard heads, I have a pearl session and a ludwig, only thing I don't like about Grestch is the tom holder, bit of messing round getting height and angle right, toms are on a free floating set-up, rest of the hardware was gibraltar, kinda light, easy to lug around though.
marcelodtise a lot will criticize pearl, but their tom holders are great, simple design but very reliable and effective. I used the kit the other night as a 4 piece, hung the 12" off a stand, used the 14" floor tom, mixer guy said it was a loud kit, and i don't really hit that hard, still got original skins, but I use an Evetts snare.
Snare drum just a little higher and tighter, toms also a quarter key higher with the same responsive tuning, and it would be really perfect. As maple kits generally tend to a warm mushy sound, it would perfectly balance the character of the wood and the shells. Not too high of course. It would destroy the full body of the maple sound. Only a slight bit tighter and more precise.
Came for the Catalina Maples, stayed for the fro (!!) ... and that jazzy-rock, hip beat! Nice playing and arrangement Matty and thank you for spending fair time on each tom so we can hear that sweet "great Gretsch sound" (with a great overhead shot so we could clearly see which one was sounding off, kudos to the Director)! And thank you Gretsch for giving us such a fantastic, all-around, mid-entry level option; a stunning looking & amazing sounding kit at a very good price. Thought I had my mind made up for my very first kit with a set of Pearl Exports (after narrowing it down from looking at SO MANY different brands & models, my head still spinning), but I found my thoughts kept continually returning back to these so I've decided to listen to that little inner voice and figure the roughly extra $500 or so would be well spent on the "Cat Mapes" (as everyone and their mother seems to have a set of Pearls anymore and I am not one to simply follow with the masses). Still like the Exports for the money and the difference in price (after doing an add-on to their 5-piece for the 8" tom and 14" floor tom to make it an equivalent 7-piece) primarily comes down to Pearl including their pretty decent 830 hardware with 930 bass pedal verses Gretsch offering it only as a shell pack but to me, the Gretsch brand and a set made of all maple shells (over the Export's poplar & mahogany) is clearly a step up and as an absolute complete beginner, I know my playing is going to SUCK but with these, I feel I am at least making a LOUD statement that I am SHOWING UP for the game! Just hoping now that a local music store has them on the floor in Walnut Glaze alongside a set of the (glossy) Deep Cherry Burst so I can make up my mind, as I am entirely torn between the two from looking so far only online and can only put my mind at ease assuredly for pulling the trigger on one or the other by seeing each color in person. Fingers crossed, as I have 3 Sam Ash AND 3 Guitar Center locations near me so hopefully between the darn 6 of them, I can get to see each in person. The Walnut Glaze I think I am pretty sold on but GAAAT DAMMMN that Deep Cherry Burst looks so freeeeaking luxurious in Guitar Center's 2+ minute Product Spotlight with drum specialist Mariano! th-cam.com/video/tof6D187Bdo/w-d-xo.html
ron zelinski If you want to hear how it sounds in a padded studio room with tuning, some moon gels and bass drum dampening (small sheet). Check out my channel and look up the 2 videos recorded with my brothers cell phone.
I finally bought this same drum kit same color. I don't got to use it at all cause I got the gretsch club to go anywhere. So versatile and practical to take it in a small car but as for now my cm1 is not going no where outside home
I bought an equal, but not get the sound I get the same as you have, upload more videos equalizing, or giving tips in this series, Gretsch: catalina maple cm1
Oh man that's a shame they were really nice sounding kits not to mention great looking. I was really thinking of getting one for the reasonable $599 price tag too.
What's the point? The "music" is too loud to hear the drums, and this definitely wouldn't make me consider that set. It's more a zildjian ad than gretsch.
Gretsch, I think you need to make more of these kinds of play through videos. I love how you have recently been putting out videos where the artist talks about the kit or snare and plays it a bunch, but if you had more videos with playthroughs in the context of a song, that would be awesome. I bought my Catalina Maple in November 2015 after searching the internet for videos like this, and it was because of this video and the demos that Sweetwater and Guitar Center put out which made me decide to go with a Catalina Maple 7 piece in Walnut Glaze.
I see Colin Kapernick has taken up music since his exit from the NFL.
loL!
@@PMurray2694 thanks princess
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Found my next kit.
Did you make it happen? I’m looking at picking up a used kit and I like the sound/pricing of these Catalina kits
Didn't know Fellaini is a drummer...
HAHAHA OMG
@@BahasaDrum ketawa 😆
ardi nugs Mirip emang hahahah
@@BahasaDrum saya sering salfok pada rambutnya 😀
Don Brewer! LOL!
Just bought this kit cant wait to unbox it going to be sick.
I have the same kit I want to play like you...your awesome.
He's not only the owner he is also a member.
That's some funky party music I never heard, Sounds like someone making fun of you lol...
Wow! Matty you got chops for days!
Drums and cymbals sound great. Drummer is very accomplished. He's got that Welcome Back Kotter hairstyle!
I fucking love that 8 inch tom so much!
Are those stock heads? I just ordered my kit, identical to yours, about 2 hours ago. Should be here next week and really would like to know what heads you're using. Snare as well. Any suppression? They can't sound that good without some processing right?? I can't wait.
Btw, very impressive man, you're damn good!
Love em. Best drums I've ever owned. Ended up w evans g1 coated. Incredible sound. It's hard for even me to f up the tune ha.
Josh Nance I'm looking at this kit myself as a backup/gigging kit, trying to decide between this finish (satin cherry burst) and the walnut glaze. Do you have better pics of the finish? Can't find good pics anywhere
Josh Ware www.gretschdrums.com/?fa=drums&sid=758#allphotos
Been playing Gretsch for many years. The best sound hands down.
😎
I just bought a used set of these today! I love the drums, but they are very dirty!! What is the best cleaning solution for the maple shells with the satin finish?
Doopppee!!! This was my first kit and I'm coming back to this vid for a tuning reference
just got the catalina maple series drum....i'm a happy dog !!! got a great deal on set from show room exactly what Matty Amendola is playing its nice and good sound...HAPPY DOG !!
I'm thinking of selling my mapex m birch kit and getting one of these. I prefer the maple over birch
exactly what im thinking now i have a mapex birch too. did you ever switch? did you like them better?
nikolas gilkes I actually got a Mapex Saturn V last year with no regrets, it's an amazing kit
I was waiting for the afro to fall down on the drums.
Certainly a warm sound....and very affordable..
for what it's worth the value in the Gretsch Catalina is far superior to the competitor that you speak of. I'm 42 years old and I've been playing the skins just over three decades. just one man's opinion. I sincerely urge you to play both and if you can on the same day same room so you get a true comparison between the two.
That fro reminds me of the kid on Welcome Back Kotter
Chinese drums, get the better models and forget Catalina.
What do you recommend?
@@Mari000 I've had a lot of drums and drum sets in the past over 45 years.
Mahogany, maple, poplar, walnut, stainless steel, and aluminum.
Honestly, the best sounding bass I've ever had was a 18 x16 poplar bass, and it didn't need anything inside the drum to muffle, dampen, or deepen the bass sound.
The best snare I've had is a tama star walnut 14x6.5 and with or without any muffling it sounds great.
The toms, I'd say pearl has the right idea with the reference line, i used to mix the types of wood for my toms and the only size that maple sounds right is the 13 inch rack tom. Other drummers have agreed with me on that also.
I'm using a 20x18 star walnut bass.
I special ordered the shells for the diameter and depths i wanted.
All 8 shells are hand made and hand finished inside and out. The star is really a work of art.
I wanted a star classic but when I was ordering my drums, was the first year tama was producing the star classic in China, and I don't want my shells made in China.
Mine are made in Japan, but Taiwan, Germany, and the US are the only countries I want my shells from. It used to be almost all hardware was made in Taiwan, and that's fine, but now it's made in China, so that's out of our control.
Hopefully since China released the pandemic on the world, the drum manufacturers will bring their products back to their home counties and that will bring their quality back up also.
Rather than buy a Chinese set just because the price is lower, look for a used set from before the 90s, they should be cheap and better quality because they weren't made in China.
Yamaha was making their drums in Indonesia before they moved profoundly to China and the hardware was made at the same factory as the motorcycles were. But I've never had a yamaha drum set, so I can't tell you much about them.
I started playing when I was young with zildjian cymbals, but they kept cracking around the bell, so I switched to Paiste 2002 and never had a problem. I've got cymbals and some promark sticks I've been playing for 35+ years.
I got a Roland TD-6KV i think in 2003, i was surprised it was made in China, but Roland must have great quality control, because my set is still working perfectly, with all original electronics, pads, etc.
I hope this helps.
I have the same kit, but in green satin fade finish. It's a great kit for the money. Maple... you can't go wrong and these drums are made well. The renown series is a bump up if you have the cash. I played my Catalina's out for 3-4 years now, no issues at all.
Awesome drumming. It must be such a pain in the ass to maintain that hair style.
Nah, I had that hair style 40 years ago in high school. Only needed an afro pick comb.
Very good 🇧🇷😉👌
Nabbing the Catalina Maple with the walnut finish soon…
I want that kit so bad!
my exact kit, its a decent sounding kit with just the standard heads, I have a pearl session and a ludwig, only thing I don't like about Grestch is the tom holder, bit of messing round getting height and angle right, toms are on a free floating set-up, rest of the hardware was gibraltar, kinda light, easy to lug around though.
marcelodtise
a lot will criticize pearl, but their tom holders are great, simple design but very reliable and effective. I used the kit the other night as a 4 piece, hung the 12" off a stand, used the 14" floor tom, mixer guy said it was a loud kit, and i don't really hit that hard, still got original skins, but I use an Evetts snare.
Snare drum just a little higher and tighter, toms also a quarter key higher with the same responsive tuning, and it would be really perfect. As maple kits generally tend to a warm mushy sound, it would perfectly balance the character of the wood and the shells.
Not too high of course. It would destroy the full body of the maple sound. Only a slight bit tighter and more precise.
Wow! Matty Amendola em um sound check matador com Gretsch New Catalina Maple!
Don Brewer of Grand funk had the original black fro.
Ridiculous tone! Excellent!
Doesn't sound quite as good as mapex kits seem to
Don Brewer from Grand Funk Railroad !!
What's this color finish called?
Came for the ‘fro
Stayed for the ‘fro
Came for the Catalina Maples, stayed for the fro (!!) ... and that jazzy-rock, hip beat! Nice playing and arrangement Matty and thank you for spending fair time on each tom so we can hear that sweet "great Gretsch sound" (with a great overhead shot so we could clearly see which one was sounding off, kudos to the Director)! And thank you Gretsch for giving us such a fantastic, all-around, mid-entry level option; a stunning looking & amazing sounding kit at a very good price. Thought I had my mind made up for my very first kit with a set of Pearl Exports (after narrowing it down from looking at SO MANY different brands & models, my head still spinning), but I found my thoughts kept continually returning back to these so I've decided to listen to that little inner voice and figure the roughly extra $500 or so would be well spent on the "Cat Mapes" (as everyone and their mother seems to have a set of Pearls anymore and I am not one to simply follow with the masses). Still like the Exports for the money and the difference in price (after doing an add-on to their 5-piece for the 8" tom and 14" floor tom to make it an equivalent 7-piece) primarily comes down to Pearl including their pretty decent 830 hardware with 930 bass pedal verses Gretsch offering it only as a shell pack but to me, the Gretsch brand and a set made of all maple shells (over the Export's poplar & mahogany) is clearly a step up and as an absolute complete beginner, I know my playing is going to SUCK but with these, I feel I am at least making a LOUD statement that I am SHOWING UP for the game! Just hoping now that a local music store has them on the floor in Walnut Glaze alongside a set of the (glossy) Deep Cherry Burst so I can make up my mind, as I am entirely torn between the two from looking so far only online and can only put my mind at ease assuredly for pulling the trigger on one or the other by seeing each color in person. Fingers crossed, as I have 3 Sam Ash AND 3 Guitar Center locations near me so hopefully between the darn 6 of them, I can get to see each in person. The Walnut Glaze I think I am pretty sold on but GAAAT DAMMMN that Deep Cherry Burst looks so freeeeaking luxurious in Guitar Center's 2+ minute Product Spotlight with drum specialist Mariano! th-cam.com/video/tof6D187Bdo/w-d-xo.html
Free Chia Pet with every purchase!
Fro
Wow! love that 8 pieces kit! 1 -22´bass drum / 2- 14´snare / 3-4-5: 8´-10´-12´toms / 6 -7: 14´&16´floor toms / 8: A dog hair wig
Con su pelo limpia el interior del bombo
Bruh, is dat his real hair??
Funky, huh?
+Jibblyman123
I've always wondered how people are able to get their hair like that...
+Streetlife Serenader electrical socket and wet finger.
*****
bzt!
Streetlife Serenader LOL
What measure the bass drum?
That was excellent, thanks.
Does this set comes with Evans heads or demo?
Neal Schon called from the 70s - wants the afro back
Don brewer
gimmie a gretsch catalina club classic anyday. best kits I have ever played on. I wonder how this maple kit sounds in person?
ron zelinski If you want to hear how it sounds in a padded studio room with tuning, some moon gels and bass drum dampening (small sheet). Check out my channel and look up the 2 videos recorded with my brothers cell phone.
Nice show Matty, you make the drums come alive. Rock'on dude .\../
I finally bought this same drum kit same color. I don't got to use it at all cause I got the gretsch club to go anywhere. So versatile and practical to take it in a small car but as for now my cm1 is not going no where outside home
I think the new Catalinas are even better, but more expensive now.
Fabulous value for money.
Matty Amendola, Producer, Writer, Arranger, Guitarist, Bassist, keyboards....what else would you like him to do? Because, He can do it all! Respect!
Folks look at some old footage of Grand Funk Railroad, this young man is a clone of drummer Don Brewer.
I bought an equal, but not get the sound I get the same as you have, upload more videos equalizing, or giving tips in this series, Gretsch: catalina maple cm1
Sounds Greatttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt Matty.
Great value for the money.
Prefer the 4 piece kits, personally.
I didn't know that Ricky Rubio plays drums that well
tiene mas pinta de guitarrista slash!!!
some things from the 70's should STAY in the 70's. that fro got to go
Chtisye, chribo syeton
Is there somewhere I can download this track?
tengo la misma batería y no logro obtener el mismo sonido, porque??
Pueden subir vídeos de afinación?
Love this kit. Hate the snare though!
If he does that fill one more time
My kind of drumming! So good!
What's the name of that tune?
The "Fro Bro"
THE HAIRS GOT 2 GO !!!!!!!!!!
Has anyone found any faults or deficiencies with these.
No
Doug Finlay
👍🏿. Good to hear....love the new Catalinas even more.
hola! una pregunta... suena igual este modelo sin laqueado que el modelo con laca ? . ¿No deberia sonar mejor el laqueado? . Gracias!
no, es solo una terminación el laqueado, suenan IGUAL.
Ya, they do sound a bit floppy,
great chops man!
All in the tuning. I have G2's on mine and they sound competely different. I've heard USA Customs tuned badly.
Floppy? Get your ears checked!!!
they had a video of Matty playing an Ash series that Was phenomenal as well but I think they took it down and I can't figure out why?????
They discontinued the line.
Oh man that's a shame they were really nice sounding kits not to mention great looking. I was really thinking of getting one for the reasonable $599 price tag too.
IG @mattyamendola
Damn, those crashes didn't record well...
Is DW now overseeing quality control on Gretsch Drums?
Hello,
We are one family but Gretsch runs independently. How can we help you? 😃
Gretsch Catalina Maple competes directly with DW PDP Concept Maple, just trying to figure which set I'd be better off spending my money on.
Dez Leighton We recommend that you play both and see what feels and sounds the best to you.
Is this the Satin finish for the Dark Cherry Burst?
Wht cymbals are you usin in this video? Set sounds amazing. I am getting this kit in December and I cannot wait
Zildjian A's.
Thanks
Dat fro doe
dat fro fo sho lol
+burnthedead13 Da Fro Bro fo sho!
Christ, that was dreadful.
What's the point? The "music" is too loud to hear the drums, and this definitely wouldn't make me consider that set.
It's more a zildjian ad than gretsch.
Didja happen to stay until the end, where he plays nothing but drums?
I didn't know Bob Ross could play drums!!?? 😱