After all these years of fawning over one I finally bought a Gretsch.

[GGJaguar]

Those Duo Jets are nice, how light is the one on the left?

7.8 lb (3.5 kg)

 

[Rambozo96]

Gretsh, the other Geetar.

I have never lucked out when it comes to Gretches. I found Corvettes to be a little iffy compared to an SG, like a kids guitar.

The pawn shop/music store Gretsches were always either ancient and in really bad shape or crazy high priced.

Those Duo Jets are nice, how light is the one on the left?

Outside an original Astrojet and a Corvette I never played a vintage Gretsch.

 

[PAPADON]

That one is a beauty. Congrats and welcome to the club.

 

[shihan]

Congratulations! That’s a beautiful guitar. Modern Gretsches have a reputation for quality; I hope yours Lives up to that. Enjoy!

 

[GAD]

Careful though, they're a bit addictive (like Guilds). I had to have a Duo Jet in each flavor.

Oh Mama!

I've owned a small pile of Gretsches, all post-'04 Setzer models. I loved the the sound from them all, but could never really bond with the v-shaped necks.

 

[Rocky]

How's the Floating Sound Unit? Never played one, or seen anybody keep it in place. Sort of a morbid curiosity for me.

 

[mushroom]

How's the Floating Sound Unit? Never played one, or seen anybody keep it in place. Sort of a morbid curiosity for me.

Hi Rocky
Makes intonation difficult if not impossible but for these guitars I don’t stray too far up the fret board.
They act Like a tuning fork suspended in the body only touching the strings.
They do smooth the tone out if that’s an apt description. They also add some sustain and are really comfortable on the picking hand.
I can see why some people prefer not to have them but I really like the tone they make. I also have Vikings with the same thing

 

[geoguy]

@mushroom: Is that "floating sound unit" the gizmo between the bridge & bridge pickup? I assume that was one of Jimmy Webster's wacky creations.

@Rambozo96: What are the pickups on your new Gretsch?

 

[Rambozo96]

@mushroom: Is that "floating sound unit" the gizmo between the bridge & bridge pickup? I assume that was one of Jimmy Webster's wacky creations.

@Rambozo96: What are the pickups on your new Gretsch?

If I remember correctly it has “blacktop” Filtertrons. I have no idea if they’re close to the old Filtertron pickups.

 

[GGJaguar]

If I remember correctly it has “blacktop” Filtertrons. I have no idea if they’re close to the old Filtertron pickups.

They have ceramic pickups instead of alnico. Not bad sounding, though can be a bit brittle on the top end. I have them in my 12-string Gretsch Electromatic and they sound really good in that format.

 

[mushroom]

@mushroom: Is that "floating sound unit" the gizmo between the bridge & bridge pickup? I assume that was one of Jimmy Webster's wacky creations.

@Rambozo96: What are the pickups on your new Gretsch?

Yep that’s the critter.

 

[Guildedagain]

This thing keeps popping up on local CL, it's not terribly hard to believe people want to buy a copy of a modded out guitar from way back when, but they do.