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gwEm

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low end gretsches
« on: October 17, 2011, 04:00:03 PM »
what do people think of the cheaper bolt-on gretsch guitars? the phrase 'laminated hardwood top. doesn't have great promise, but maybe they are cool?
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Re: low end gretsches
« Reply #1 on: October 17, 2011, 04:08:31 PM »
I tried one of the Duo-sonic-a-like "Jet Clubs" and really didn't like it. I might have picked up a  bad one but I thought it was no where near as good as a similarly priced Epi Les Paul copy. Also they're sooo different from a "real" Gretsch in terms of construction and hardware that it didn't really feel at all Gretschy to me apart from the name on the headstock.
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Re: low end gretsches
« Reply #2 on: October 17, 2011, 04:13:12 PM »
thanks andrew, i thought as much.. was eyeing up this:

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Re: low end gretsches
« Reply #3 on: October 17, 2011, 04:58:39 PM »
Quote from: gwEm on October 17, 2011, 04:00:03 PM
the phrase 'laminated hardwood top. doesn't have great promise, but maybe they are cool?

but that is what most gretsch are, even the $20000 george harrison jet is a 3 ply maple top - as it should be

dont let it put you off, play one and see
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Re: low end gretsches
« Reply #4 on: October 17, 2011, 05:07:21 PM »
Quote from: gwEm on October 17, 2011, 04:13:12 PM
thanks andrew, i thought as much.. was eyeing up this:



Sorry G, but that is hideous.  :(
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Ian Price

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Re: low end gretsches
« Reply #5 on: October 17, 2011, 05:08:43 PM »
I agree with Philly here. I've never understood that style!
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Re: low end gretsches
« Reply #6 on: October 17, 2011, 05:32:52 PM »
I dig the square Bo Diddley guitars, I'd have one.
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Re: low end gretsches
« Reply #7 on: October 17, 2011, 05:33:48 PM »
Quote from: HTH AMPS on October 17, 2011, 05:32:52 PM
I dig the square Bo Diddley guitars, I'd have one.

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Re: low end gretsches
« Reply #8 on: October 17, 2011, 06:36:03 PM »
I've never really "got" Gretsch, to be honest.  I don't have a Roo-style aversion to them, but I've never wanted to buy one either.

The only ones which appeal a bit are the smaller-bodied, Les-Paulish ones (Jets and White Penguins) and the one with a bit of an SG/Epiphone vibe (Electromatic?).
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Re: low end gretsches
« Reply #9 on: October 17, 2011, 07:30:32 PM »
Btw you do know that recently they've drastically changed their Electromatic lineup rigt? I think it's gotten worse... They swapped chambered mahogany for solid basswood in some cases, and MiniBuckers for larger Filtertron style pickups. I liked the old ones more. And actually even then the whaling isn't that great.
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Re: low end gretsches
« Reply #10 on: October 17, 2011, 09:14:36 PM »
I had a cheap goldtop gretsch about 2004 think loved it, tried recent one which was junk
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Re: low end gretsches
« Reply #11 on: October 17, 2011, 09:38:05 PM »
they certainly messed up the latest version of the corvette



compared to the other electromatic version



ok, its twice the price - but i think they should have kept the basic design there - not stick the neck so far into the body
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Re: low end gretsches
« Reply #12 on: October 17, 2011, 09:40:46 PM »
That Corvette looks very shoddy indeed. I'm wondering if it is the same design team/person. Lots of differences in there and none of them are an improvement on what they had previously. Very strange.
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Re: low end gretsches
« Reply #13 on: October 17, 2011, 10:34:04 PM »
That's nasty - and doesn't really look like a Gretsch anymore.
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Re: low end gretsches
« Reply #14 on: October 17, 2011, 11:02:42 PM »
Nasty indeed. It's one of those guitars where if you look at it from the headstock down all looks rosy until you get to that hideous neck/body over-run. It gets worse every time I look at it!
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