What Is It About Gretsch Guitars That You Like?

[lennon211]

Back in 1992 just before fender bought gretsch I saw this model and was impressed. Tried out the guitar at a local music store and it sounded good not great. But it had the appointments that I liked. The block inlays wihout the western motifs. Black finish copy of a 1955 gretsch. What I already had in mind to do to it was to use 2 supertrons from tv jones and make up a custom harness for it adding another tone switch to the 1955 setup. I added the jeweled arrow knobs, it already came with a cool roller abr bridge that works great with the bigsby. After installing all the components this gretsch turned into a tone machine. I can't even describe how good it sounds. But if any of you gretsch guys that have replaced pickups with TV JONES you know what im talking about. Here are some pictures.

Great looking guitar...quite striking in that black.

[stringman]

Thanks matt