Read 'em and weep, boys (and girls) SHANGHAI ROSE

[jdogric12]

Shanghai Rose. Thoughts?

http://www.thegearpage.net/board/showth ... ?t=1095059


Oh... and as we like to say around here...

[woodyng]

This link is taking me to a page that requires membership sign-in,of which i am not.

[jdogric12]

I don't see how you can not be a member of the Gear Page!!! Sign up dude! Tons of guitar and bass pr0n awaits.

Lifted from seller's ad:

[admin]

So very nice. Thanks, Jason

[woodyng]

Hominah,hominah,hominah! Wow,you are correck-that is some lovely Gretsch renderings,there. I will look into it.(membership,that is).

[RutleDirk]

Whoa, double-take!
Actual factory-custom thing, or a refin Tennessee Rose (Tennessean?) with Ftrons, really?

[jdogric12]

fact'ry!

Google "Shanghai Rose"

[admin]

I still find the painted f-hole look takes away a bit from the beauty of this instrument.

[sloop_john_b]

Caddy Green & gold hardware...does it get any better? Man.

[jdogric12]

I'm not crazy about the painted f-holes either. I hear Chet Atkins bugged them to do make a hollowbody that would feed back less and this is what they came up with. Is that true?

[fabandgear]

I'm not crazy about the painted f-holes either. I hear Chet Atkins bugged them to do make a hollowbody that would feed back less and this is what they came up with. Is that true?

Sure is, Jason! Gretsch referred to the enclosed bodied Gretsches as "Electrotone Hollowbodies". This was indeed an attempt to control hollowbody feedback. Chet had a beautiful one-off black 6120 back in the late '50s with gold sparkle nitron F-hole inserts, so he was probably the one who first came up with the idea. I believe Guild also had a fully enclosed "George Barnes" model, but without the silkscreened F-holes.

[jdogric12]

neat, thanks for the info and pic!