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G McBride

G McBride

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Thanks for the post, lots of information in there. I have a 6120 that I took on a trade this year. Once I changed the strings and did a set up on the thing it actually played pretty good. Playing through my Blues Jr I get what I refer to as an old fashioned sound from the two. Kind of a combination of electric and acoustic.

 

Love my Gibson Guitars but don't mind at all picking up the 6120 and killing a little time.

daveinspain

daveinspain

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Hey Cookie, just picked up a Chet Atkins Gretsch 6120... It's so different from everything else I have. I've been toying with the set up, lowered the bridge a bit and some of the pick up magnets. I wish I knew more about these guitars because with just a couple adjustents it's starting to play very nicely. I joined the Gretsch forum today in hopes to learn more about these guitars...

 

See my NGD thread to see the pics... :-)

JellyWheat

JellyWheat

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Gretsch makes great guitars- period.

 

[thumbup]Aaaaah-YUP! But you know, it's funny: nothing sounds quite like a Gretsch, but i have never been able to get that beautiful, greasy Gibson Jazz tone from a Gretsch (unless equipped with Dyna-Sonics, and even then....). We, as musicians, really owe a huge debt of gratitude to Gibson, Fender, and Gretsch for giving us such unique tools of self-expression.

 

IMO, all the other brands are just variations on these three foundational themes.

 

My $0.02

J/W

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zigzag

zigzag

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[thumbup]Aaaaah-YUP! We, as musicians, really owe a huge debt of gratitude to Gibson, Fender, and Gretsch for giving us such unique tools of self-expression.

 

IMO, all the other brands are just variations on these three foundational themes.

 

 

Yep. Just what I was thinking.

This_Dying_Soul

This_Dying_Soul

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I love Gretsch's, but they don't love me. The necks are a little big for my T-Rex sized hands.

 

I have small hands too. It took some getting used to but I find the Gretsch necks are quite comfortable now. Between the Grestch, my strat, the SG and the Les Paul, each neck feels different and makes me play different... but I've gotten to a point where they are all comfortable. I just tend to play a different way depending on the feel of the guitar in my hands.

Shnate McDuanus

Shnate McDuanus

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I wanna Gretsch too. I don't know why. I don't play styles that really use Gretsch much, but I did listen to a LOT of Chet Atkins and Eddie Cochran in high school, and played a little bit of it too. Chet's complex stuff gave my left and right hands a real wokrout and gave me a big up when I started playing more metal, and both Chet and Eddie gave me a real workout on rhythm and made my timing much stronger. That kinda stuff--Gretsch music, if you wanna call it that--makes you really pay A LOT of attention to rhythm, which is the most important part of music. Music can have one chord, but if the rhythm is tight it can sound great and be a very entertaining song. Eddie Cochran was a master of taking simple music and making it extremely entertaining. It's not about what the song is as much as it is about what you do with it. That's what makes simple music so great--becaus it gi es you more space to do interesting things wityh it. I'm pretty sure Eddie Cochran played Gretsch. He may have played Gibson though. But now that I'm drunk I wana say he played Gretsch. I guess if I like Gretsches so much I'll get one and play my OWN style with one. Because I really like them. They're preyty and thye have a unique sound.

 

Gretsch is awesome. So is Grolsch, but that's naother stoey. [thumbup][biggrin][thumbup][biggrin]

This_Dying_Soul

This_Dying_Soul

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I love my Gretsch. I was after a 335 or a 175 when I got mine. The salesman showed me a black Gretsch G5120 and I tried everything in my power to find a guitar that was better... nothing in the same price range was comparable in quality or tone... not epi, not Ibanez, not Yamaha or Aria... nothing. I think the only possible way I could have found anything better would have been to triple my budget and go after a Chet Atkins model or a Gibby 335.

zigzag

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I was also in the market for a 335 when I ended up buying my 6120 Nashville. Never regretted it, and I still play my Gretsch as much as the 335 that I eventually bought. But limiting a Gretsch to only the rockabilly genre is like limiting a Les Paul to only blues-rock.

FirstMeasure

FirstMeasure

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I have small hands too. It took some getting used to but I find the Gretsch necks are quite comfortable now. Between the Grestch, my strat, the SG and the Les Paul, each neck feels different and makes me play different... but I've gotten to a point where they are all comfortable. I just tend to play a different way depending on the feel of the guitar in my hands.

I do like them enough to stop putting my thumb where it don't belong for a while. I still GAS for one, and one day I'll give in and buy and orange one....or maybe a White Falcon. [drool]

This_Dying_Soul

This_Dying_Soul

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I know I'm not limiting mine in fact prolly play more blues and jazz than rockabilly on mine. It just rocks in general.msp_thumbup.gif

 

 

I play mainly jazz and blues stuff on my Gretsch, but I've also found it's great for hard rock along the lines of Ted Nugent and AC/DC... and come to think of it, didn't the guy from The Cult play a white falcon?

 

and while the way to best recreate the late 60's/early 70's Santana tone is through an SG and a tube amp, I've found Black Magic Woman sounds really cool through a hollowbody with a tone that's just on the verge of break up or what I describe as "The BB King Tone".

Versatile

Versatile

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Good to hear some Gretsch aficionados sounding off

 

Thanks to Brian Setzer et al the marque has seen a resurgence

 

And beyond the bling there are some fine guitars to savour....

 

Personal favourite the Duo Jet as per George Harrison and Cliff Gallup

 

Particularly with the S/C Dynasonics...a LP shaped guitar with a totally different sound and feel....

 

V

 

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zigzag

zigzag

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I watched Brian Setzer in a recent concert in Montreal on HDNET TV. He and his band seriously cook... not bad for an old guy.

milod

milod

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I had a nice orange Gretsch back in the 70s. I very much regret swapping it in one of too many swaps in that time period, but... not enough to buy another.

 

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This_Dying_Soul

This_Dying_Soul

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I had a nice orange Gretsch back in the 70s. I very much regret swapping it in one of too many swaps in that time period, but... not enough to buy another.

 

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I regret all the swaps I've made, but the only one I regret enough to repurchase something is my Ibanez PL2660. I know the guy that bought it from me so I might just offer to buy it back when I get some extra money. Last time I spoke to him was five years after I sold him the guitar and he said he never took it out of the case again after he brough it home. Such a shame too, because besides being a very rare model, it was also a great player's instrument. As I mentioned in another post, that guitar took me through a lot of "firsts" and I have some sentamental attachement to it.

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