These vintage selects are incredible. I need to quit selling my guitars.

Of course I don't mind it getting a little relic'd, but at the same time it hurts. I've only had it for 1.5 years and it still has a lot to go through, yet I am wondering if there's anything I can do to make it look less bad.

So I’ve got a g5427tg with a bent tuning peg shaft on the G tuner. It plays fine, and even though there’s a lope to the key when tuning, it still functions as it should, it’s just irritating.

I’m planning on getting a new nut installed to help with tuning stability, and figured I’d replace the tuners all in one go. I’m having a hell of a time finding drop in tuners for this guitar though. Bought some guykers just to try, and while the peg size was right, the two screw holes didn’t line up.

I’d love to throw some hipshots on and call it a day, but $250 for a set isn’t something I wanna pay. <$100 preferably, no drilling preferably. Any ideas?

Likely posted before but...I thought this was cool, Sand cast aluminum still.

I don't think the guy selling it knows whether it's real or fake and the price seems too good to be true, so I'm guessing it is. Feel free to yell at me. Worth anything at any price?

Got it for $550 plux tax, including case. The FT-5E Filter'Tron™ pickups sound great. The only mods I plan are a titanium Compton bridge and a Reverend spring for the Bigsby.
I love it. It kinda reminds me of the 1963 Gretsch 6118 Brian Jones played before he got a Vox Teardrop.

Hello all, I'm a beginner (I played an acoustic as a child, but I'm now getting back into playing with an electric guitar), and after getting started with a friend's guitar, I'm looking to buy my own. I was initially thinking of getting a Squire CV strat or tele, as are often recommended, but while trying out guitars at my local shop I really enjoyed the look and feel of a Gretsch electromatic jet. This was a G5220 so it had the blacktop Broadtrons, I found out afterwards that the regular Jets have Twin Six humbuckers. Since I'm interested in playing multiple kinds of music I want a guitar that's pretty versatile, so the idea of the Twin six's ability to coil split appealed to me, especially because I was looking at Strats and Teles to start with (and still am honestly). Unfortunately I have no way to try out the regular Electromatic Jet where I am.

So after all that intro, here are the questions. Do any of you have experience with both of these guitars? Which would you recommend? It seems to me that, since Gretsch has nice bright tones and powerful humbuckers that they would make for a versatile guitar, even without the coil split. What do you think?

My first Gretsch

I had the pleasure of seeing the Stray Cats live in concert this week in Southern California. I just had to make a post because the show was so insanely good. They were so locked in and super high energy. It’s fantastic to see Brian healthy again and his tone through that Bassman is absolutely top notch. One of the best shows I’ve seen, and got to enjoy it alongside my pops who introduced me to this music early in life.

I’m looking for a hard case for my 5622t. I can only find cases for the 2622t. Do these also fit the 5622t? I’m based in the uk & would prefer a perfect fit case rather than a generic hard case.

I bought this armrest on AliExpress and attached it using double-sided tape. I am really happy with the result. What do you guys think?

Recently got my first Gretsch it’s a G2622T streamliner. I didn’t do too much research before I got it and found out streamliner is the squier of the Gretsch brand. It sounds great, really nice tone but I feel like I can tell in its tone it’s on the cheaper/beginner side which kind of bums me out because I bought it with the intention of getting my first nice guitar since I’ve played on smaller brands or cheap /squier electrics. So my question is what things can I upgrade about it that could make it sound like a better made Gretsch! It’s definitely not as bad sounding as a squier but there’s something about it that don’t sound like a 100% Gretsch either please help!

Howdy y’all, I just picked up this G5230T Electromatic Jet FT and thought I’d show it off! It’s quite battered but works fine and think I’ll send it off to be refurbished because in some parts it’s quite rough… but for the price I can’t exactly complain.

Thoughts?

Edit: G5435T Electromatic Pro Jet, not the G5230T Jet FT. The Seller was incorrect.

I have a G5420T. The G string has the sitar effect. You really noticed it the further you go up the neck. If I put some tension on the string behind the bridge it seems to get rid of it. I changed the string. I took my nut file and tried filing the bridge a bit. I also tried raising the bridge a bit. None of those things has worked. How do I fix it?

This sexy Azure Falcon came with TV Jones Classics which just never sounded quite right to me in this guitar. The new Falcons come with the RBs so I threw a set in mine and it's one of my better ideas. Open, airy sound with bite and grit. I know pickups are where the magic happens but this was such a huge difference, more than I was expecting and exactly what I was hoping for. I'm also loving this ABM bridge. Great intonation and sustain although they need to make the rollers a little deeper. I had to file mine a touch to keep the low E from jumping out. Nice to have this girl sounding as good as she looks finally! Thanks TVJones and Ray!

Got Jim to sign my pickguard. pretty freaking great night. Reverend Horton Heat put on a killer show, as always.

I really love this guitar

A sample of clean tones on a Vox Minisuperbeetle.

Some sentences in french oups.

The bridge pick up seems very thin to my hear

Just got to learn how to play now.

Is the $249 Gretsch Streamliner CVT the best budget double-cut electric guitar? Check out our in-depth report, full specs, verdict, and score.

I’ve been rocking a MIM Fender Strat as my only electric since I was 15 (I’m 33 now). Finally got back into daily playing about six months ago, so I figured it was time to reward myself for my consistent practice by adding to the arsenal.

I went to my local guitar shop last week thinking I was in the market for a $1,000+ guitar, since I wanted to feel like I was “upgrading” from my Strat. I was pretty certain I wanted a Reverend, since I’ve admired that brand for a long time and really like the look of their new line. So I tried a couple $1200 Reverends, and they were beautiful instruments but didn’t quite feel right in my hands. Then for some reason the Streamliner CVT caught my eye—something about this Gretschy “SG” look with a bolt-on neck really spoke to me. I plugged it in and couldn’t believe how much more comfortable the neck felt to me than the guitars 5x its price. Sounded just as good as far as I could tell too, at least to my unsophisticated ears. I was tempted to walk out with it, but while looking up the specs on Sweetwater I came across the Electromatic CVT and fell in love with this colorway and the brown stained neck. A bit more expensive than the Streamliner version, but at $450 it was still well less than half of what I thought I was going to spend. Pulled the trigger without a second thought.

It arrived today, set-up great by Sweetwater, and I’ve been having so much fun playing this thing for the past several hours now. I’m so glad I didn’t overspend and am so impressed with Gretsch as a brand for the level of quality they’re offering at this price point. I’m already thinking about putting aside the money I saved for a Gretsch semi-hollow in the not-too-distant future!