Friday, April 10, 2009

More About My Cool New Gretsch

I've been playing now for about half of my 25 years of life, and this is the best guitar I've ever extensively played, and that is a bundle... It sounds good through everything I've ever played it through, from my vintage Silvertone SS100 head, to my crappy crate, to a JCM900. But it sounded the best on my Ampeg B series. Ah, the past. If this guitar were stolen or lost, I would drive my car into oncoming traffic. My wife tells me that if we were to ever split up on a bad note (my wife and me, that is), that she would toss it out a window. I love my wife, you see, AND my Gretsch. We are just one happy, happy family.

The saddles are utterly adjustable, and the nut is a perfect height. The frets are ultra low-profile. This gives it the WORLD'S BEST ACTION. You could string it up with piano wire and it would play as easy as nylon. The pickups are infinitely adjustable, but I don't mess with them much. The finish is four feet thick. Nevertheless, it looks like I have lent it to the army for target practice. But I am bad on finish. The humbuckers are a bit on the hot side, but not too bad. But one time a studio guy called it "a cheesy guitar" because of this. But he was a delusional fool.

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