http://www.guitarcenter.com/Gretsch-Gui ... 1147114.gc
It's a little too Liberace for me anyway.
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You nailed it. Liberace. There was a LH one where I was looking. They've had it on the wall since last July. The price was great, but you'd feel a bit intimidated seeing that around the house.mhschmieder wrote:It's a little too Liberace for me anyway.
As usual, so many factors involved, but AFAICT, main ones here may be:mhschmieder wrote:[...]Interestingly, the one at the local GC does NOT have an ebony board and has painted f-holes vs. being semi-hollow. So many variants with Gretsch!
That guitar is totally sweet! I would love to be putting that baby through it's paces. Serious congratulations!daniel.sneed wrote:This new baby is one of the best things that ever crossed my musical ways...
To my ears and fingers: extremely wide sound and style range. That is to say great on many different clean sounds, and terrific on any crunch sounds, even high gain ones. No feedback sensitivity.
And I won't comment on playability... Just great!
I tried to tell you I told you so!!mhschmieder wrote:
Am I done now? Yeah, right.
Where did you get your toasters? There seems to be some controversy about the reissues.daniel.sneed wrote:Actual standard Rick PUs, are quite good, but if you like vintage single coil treble and bass, you may prefer the *toaster* PUs. Slightly less output, but right for me.
I swapped mine long ago. No regret.
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When were at it, Rick *compressed* strings do make a difference in tone, too. They do fit just well on Rick guitars.