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Published on 02/17/04 at 15:00Why I bought it ??? Really, I don't know why! I have a Gibson Lucille and the varitone easily makes a very believable Gretch sound.
I bought it at a shop that was blowing them out. The selling price was less than a Mex-Tele, a no brainer.
The LAST thing I really needed was another guitar, but this one hooked me, and reeled me in.
It's... fun to play! With my Gibson I'm so
careful while moving about, it gets to be a chore. I won't say I'll go Townsend with
it and smash it into an amp grill, but it's
not an heirloom either, you can breathe easy with it.
It looks great, it's discontinued, not everyone can have one!
It stays in tune, and is easy to play anywhere on the neck.
The neck is a bit thin (.060" thinner than my
Gibsons), and the tone switch rolloff presets are, I think poorly selected. I'll have a tech
fix the tone.
The EXTERIOR construction is surprisingly good. I'm picky, and couldn't find more than a very, very slight run in the top coat over the binding.
That's not bad.
The body is a multi-part laminate of what looks like Luan mahogany. I'm not certain
WHY ANYONE would do that and not use solid mahogany.
That cheap soft wood is used for making PALLETS for Pete's sake!!!
What could solid cheap wood add to the cost?
Ten BUCKS???
Anyway, it seems as if the wood isn't so important as it sounds great... but I wonder
what it would sound like with a nice body.
Oh, I'm not a fan of glued together necks
in Gretsch fashion. They look VERY fragile.
If mine breaks I'll make a clock out of the body
If you find one and like the Gretsch (or even a classic Tele) sound, you won't do much better with a more expensive model or version.
Your problem??? Finding one. When they're off Ebay (I haven't seen one in a few days)
you know the dealers will either be out of stock, or raise the prices since they don't
have to compete with Ebay.
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com
I bought it at a shop that was blowing them out. The selling price was less than a Mex-Tele, a no brainer.
The LAST thing I really needed was another guitar, but this one hooked me, and reeled me in.
It's... fun to play! With my Gibson I'm so
careful while moving about, it gets to be a chore. I won't say I'll go Townsend with
it and smash it into an amp grill, but it's
not an heirloom either, you can breathe easy with it.
It looks great, it's discontinued, not everyone can have one!
It stays in tune, and is easy to play anywhere on the neck.
The neck is a bit thin (.060" thinner than my
Gibsons), and the tone switch rolloff presets are, I think poorly selected. I'll have a tech
fix the tone.
The EXTERIOR construction is surprisingly good. I'm picky, and couldn't find more than a very, very slight run in the top coat over the binding.
That's not bad.
The body is a multi-part laminate of what looks like Luan mahogany. I'm not certain
WHY ANYONE would do that and not use solid mahogany.
That cheap soft wood is used for making PALLETS for Pete's sake!!!
What could solid cheap wood add to the cost?
Ten BUCKS???
Anyway, it seems as if the wood isn't so important as it sounds great... but I wonder
what it would sound like with a nice body.
Oh, I'm not a fan of glued together necks
in Gretsch fashion. They look VERY fragile.
If mine breaks I'll make a clock out of the body
If you find one and like the Gretsch (or even a classic Tele) sound, you won't do much better with a more expensive model or version.
Your problem??? Finding one. When they're off Ebay (I haven't seen one in a few days)
you know the dealers will either be out of stock, or raise the prices since they don't
have to compete with Ebay.
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com