2018年8月24日 · +1 to a Korean Gretsch, especially the more recent ones. There are plenty of other import brands that try to capitalize on Gretsch style cues, but their tendency toward center blocks and tension bar Bigsbys makes them a pretty poor approximation.

2021年11月29日 · a gretsch is a whole ass entire holistic ecosystem of gretschiness. it doesn't just happen. putting filters and a bigsby or some sparkles on whatever is lying around doesn't give you a gretsch. the feel and construction and the parts and the not exactly modern appointments and approach are all...

2011年5月1日 · Electromatic series? What else is out there that's comparable. I'm hesitant to pay full price for some of the upper level Gretsch stuff, but I'm also reluctant to settle for something of questionable quality. . . So what are the best finds out there …

2022年8月3日 · The MIJ Gretsch guitars are excellent, even better than the original American made guitars. I don’t have much experience with the cheaper MIC models, but I’ve heard good things about them. This is definitely where you need to run the racks and find out for yourself.

2022年6月6日 · A hollow-body Gretsch is a totally different type of guitar. You know a Gretsch when you hear one. There are other models for harder rock with different humbuckers, but if it's 50s 60s Gretsch tones you want, then a Gretsch does that. I'd go for a hollow-body Gibson ES series if I was chasing something like later rock tones or hard rock with it.

2023年12月16日 · At first I had found a Gretsch G 5420TG-50s from a few years ago that has Blacktop Filter’Tron pickups and the sound post design but just today I noticed that there was somebody selling a secondhand Gretsch with trestle bracing.

2024年3月7日 · The old Gretsch guitars (50's-60's) were not of the same quality as their Gibson and Fender counterparts, but they were really cool. The necks sometimes need resetting and the binding falls off. But they're still killer sounding guitars with their own voice that is separate and distinct from Fender/Gibson. The modern ones, 90's forward, are built better. In the 2000's at some point, Fender ...

2021年12月1日 · Reading about Gretsch guitars on their site, it seems they offer a few different bridge types. I'm wondering what works and what's not so good? I have a little experience with the Space and Comptons version of the Bar but wondering about the rest. The Synchro-Sonic looks intense, maybe a bit...

2012年1月4日 · The Gretsch is a great guitar, but leaves alot to be desired for versatility and upper fret access compared to my Les Pauls. A Gibson ES335 or ES339 is on my list of guitars I want.

2010年8月16日 · Can anyone tell me what the major differences are between the two series? Are the 5000 (electromatic?) series the same wood and body but with cheaper hardware etc.? Would a 5000 series be 80% of the way there? How about with …