| Author | Message | ||
     paul wilczynski (Jingle_jangle) Senior Member Username: Jingle_jangle Post Number: 2662 Registered: 12-2004 Posted From: 63.193.9.8 |
Copperglo... | ||
| Stan Castles (Buzfluhart) Senior Member Username: Buzfluhart Post Number: 779 Registered: 06-2004 Posted From: 66.140.106.102 |
Your Copperglo is a damn sight better than the Silver Jet! Too bad Liberace is no longer with us. If he had played guitar he would have loved the Silver Jet. | ||
| paul wilczynski (Jingle_jangle) Senior Member Username: Jingle_jangle Post Number: 2663 Registered: 12-2004 Posted From: 63.193.9.8 |
"My" Copperglo is just a logical extension of a unique color that we've not seen on RICs before. I could never understand the thinking behind those sparkle colors on Gretsch guitars. Maybe just an idea from the line of drums? But I can't understand my attraction to the blue pearl one, either. I just like it. Must have to do with my brief career as an accordion player. That sucker (blower?) even had sequins on top of the pearl... | ||
| Kent Fletcher (Brammy) Senior Member Username: Brammy Post Number: 363 Registered: 04-2005 Posted From: 128.171.162.77 |
Paul... how is that Duo Jet as far as feel, playability and sound? I've always wanted one (a natural feeling for a Beatle nut), but they are pricey and I refuse to go the "Electromatic" route. | ||
| Dennis Taylor (Taylor) Senior Member Username: Taylor Post Number: 144 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 64.169.196.2 |
Translucent teal/aqua/turquoise, somewhere in there. | ||
| paul wilczynski (Jingle_jangle) Senior Member Username: Jingle_jangle Post Number: 2665 Registered: 12-2004 Posted From: 63.193.9.8 |
"They are pricey"... Kent, you can get them on the 'Bay for the same price as a 360, roughly a grand and change. Feel: Les Paul. Playability: solid with great sustain. Sound: Depending on which pickups you select (currently either Filtertrons or DeArmonds) you get the juicy Gretsch sound of the Cavern days or a "Be Bop A Lula" single-coil Cliff Gallup vibe. Now for a secret: Mine is a G5725, an old Guitar Center limited run from 1997 (as near as I can find out). It was identical to a Duo Jet except for pickups and the name on the headstock, at roughly half the Duo-Jet price. Fender put a stop to this nonsense, and they are no longer available. So my 5275 ($500.00 on eBay) got a refinish, a Gretsch headstock, rocking bar bridge, and Hot Rod Filtertrons. It plays and sounds great. But this is a Rickenbacker Forum. Dennis, that sounds pretty good--maybe a pearl light aqua? Poolglo! | ||
| Dean Mentjes (Dean712) Senior Member Username: Dean712 Post Number: 390 Registered: 01-2005 Posted From: 69.220.194.36 |
By metal-flake, I meant a subtle metal-flake, like the current Midnight Blue, where it just gives it a little glint:  Except, I was suggesting Midnight Violet. The Gretsch silver is great for what it is, but probably a bit over the top for a Rick. Might appeal to some, though. | ||
| Howard Bishop (Ozover50) Senior Member Username: Ozover50 Post Number: 1365 Registered: 01-2005 Posted From: 220.240.241.114 |
Midnight Blue bass, Midnight Blonde girl.... very logical, VERY NICE (both of them!!)  | ||
| paul wilczynski (Jingle_jangle) Senior Member Username: Jingle_jangle Post Number: 2667 Registered: 12-2004 Posted From: 67.180.37.56 |
And she's glued to the sunburst Strat player... Definitely not our type! | ||
| Howard Bishop (Ozover50) Senior Member Username: Ozover50 Post Number: 1368 Registered: 01-2005 Posted From: 220.240.241.114 |
Maybe she doesn't want to get too close to Dean. He's a big bloke and probably works up a decent sweat on stage...... phew!! |
