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Good morning, Steve.

Why, good afternoon Greg. Lovely weather we've been having, eh wot?

sloop_john_b wrote:

gellkeller wrote:Japanese or American?

A reissue; aren't they all Japanese?

Gotcha. I had a line on an American one from the 70's if you were interested.

Gotcha. I had a line on an American one from the 70's if you were interested.

Yeah..... I'm interested - hope you didn't scratch the White Falcon, Brett!!!!

sloop_john_b wrote:I'm thumbing my nose at the economy and going after the most ostentatious of 'em all. Got one?

jb...I thought you already had one.....viewtopic.php?f=44&t=381704&p=435042&hi ... on#p435042

I guess I need to do a better job of keeping up with your guitar collection....

johneek wrote:jb...I thought you already had one.....viewtopic.php?f=44&t=381704&p=435042&hi ... on#p435042

I guess I need to do a better job of keeping up with your guitar collection....

Hah! Yeah, sold off long ago for...maybe my ES-125?

Anyway, this thread is for naught, I bought a Country Gent yesterday.

Yay! Congrats, John! Are you going to show us?

kiramdear wrote:Yay! Congrats, John! Are you going to show us?

For sure! Don't have much time to take pics over the next few days, but I'll be gigging with it on Saturday night, so perhaps some live pics?

Cool, I'll look forward to that! So you got it in hand, bought in person?

kiramdear wrote:Cool, I'll look forward to that! So you got it in hand, bought in person?

Yep, the music store I teach at had it sitting on the wall for a good 2-3 years. I've worked there for a year and played it almost every day.

I was never crazy about the look or the GH connection, even though I loved the feel, sound, and vibe. I searched high and low for a Falcon, or a 6120, or a Country Club, anything but a Gent. I tried out many Gretschs along the way and they were seriously hit-and-miss (especiallyvintage ones, which were mostly "miss"). In the end, I had to face the facts: I loved the feel of that specific Gent and i had been looking for something else that felt like it, and the guys and girls in the store were sick of looking at it. I got a great deal and everyone's happy. Especially me.

Seeing this helped me get over the obvious Beatle connection (huge Springsteen fan):

Sometimes the one you were meant to have is under your nose the whole time! Congrats!

Country Gents are very nice guitars to play. The two guitarists in my group from years ago had mid-60s models and even I with my big hands could play them - very nice neck and action on them. Congrats John.