I got one last week and it’s an amazing guitar. I have several guitars, one (a 91 US Strat) I would grab first thing in case of a fire. This Gretsch is the second one I would grab. Versatile, a grabber, it screams and whispers. I don’t know how Gretsch does it so consistently , but I’m glad they do.
I’m deciding between a Gretsch and an epiphone at present. I only started playing a year ago, and I’m using an old acoustic. These videos are great, and I’m learning a lot. Thanks!
I got my first Gretsch Streamliner semi hollow a few months ago. A full hollow a couple weeks ago. I got an Electromatic Double Jet on Monday. All amazing guitars, but the Electromatic is on another level! Someday I will try a Pro series, when I have a few grand burning a hole in my pocket...
I just ordered a Gretsch G5220 -- basically this guitar except without the Bigsby, and with Broad'tron pickups instead of Filtertrons. It's going to be my first electric guitar -- I've only been playing for about 18 months, and only acoustic so far. Gretsch wasn't even on my radar, but my guitar teacher brought it to my attention. I like the fact that it's not the usual Fender or Les Paul clone that everyone else has -- plus it has a great, unique tone. I can't wait to get it!
@@TheHannes1996 Sorry, thought you’re a Finn, your name is a Finnish one. Anyway, how is the general playability of this guitar - how easy it is to play? Any other uppgrades needed than the bridge?
The tone from that Gretsch is fantastic. I love the way it looks too. Sounds like it inspired your playing, great jam. Gonna have to add this Gretsch to my gotta have it list. Thanks for the great vid.
Nice review. I bought one of these a year ago, without seeing this. But knew it was what I wanted because I wanted a Bigsby and some sort of hollow body Gretsch. Best all-rounder. Had it setup and a roller bridge fitted. Stays in tune really well. Love it. ❤
I have both this guitar and a Gretsch G5120. Not one regret. They are great guitars. My 5230 has the walnut fingerboard and I had locking tuners put on both guitars. I'm a convert now.
Hard to beat the sound, looks and playability of these guitars! At any price. I bought a Double Jet and a year later a Pro Jet. Because one wasn't enough!
Excellent review. I bought the exact same model May 2021 and couldn’t be happier. The body is also mahogany and the fingerboard is walnut on black guitars, I believe. The master volume control is a great idea but, it does next to nothing until the last few degrees of turn, when the volume falls off a cliff. Sound is wonderful with bright trebles and finish is impeccable. Ultra low action on delivery, but a few, fairly minor, string buzzes meant I had to raise it slightly and loosen off the truss rod a little. A cool guitar, looks the biz, sounds fantastic. Love it.
I have a 5425 and Abso love it!!! I really enjoy your channel, your personality, honesty, and your skills on the guitar! Keep up the great work and dry humor!!
I've had a 5230 for a few years in Airline Silver with the walnut fretboard. Just absolutely great guitars. The only change I've made is to add a Biggsfix, which helped the tuning stability tremendously. You can play just about anything with these Filtertrons.
“Ipretend it’s an investment but it’s really an addiction.” You are way too honest, what if my wife hears you? 😄 Nice guitars from Gretsch and the Bigsby is a musthave in every collection..
I guess you can consider it an investment..Guitars that i bought 4 years ago at a 500 or 750 pricepoint went up 200 to 250. You can sell a guitar in good condition at 2/3 of the newprice. Also depends on the guitar ofc but in general... smth like this. So yeah it can be an investment but one that takes patience en to have fun with in the meantime :)
Организм мужчины хуже переносит стресс, наши клетки менее защищены от стресса и мужчины живут намного меньше женщин. Пусть жена подумает об этом и прекратит ворчать! Женщины должны нас, мужчин, беречь от стресса и не ругать нас. Если она любит - она будет относится бережно. 😊
I want one! I have a Gretsch Jet Jr, with one P90 and a humbucker and it's SO Sweet! $400 and one of the best sounding guitars in my collection. I did have to get the action better but that was easy -- a truss rod turn an a slight bridge/tail piece adjustment. I live Gretsch guitars. Outstanding value.
Honestly best review ever totally down to earth brother. I’m in the process of getting one. I’ve had the high end ones this review made it more palatable. Love your style. Catch you out there!
Great playing!! I have changed the Electromatic Broadtrons with original Filtertrons. Also changed the bridge (Rollerbridge) and the tuner. (Locking Tuner) Now it is a really great guitar and not much difference to the expensive Gretsch models.
I love my Gretsch Electromatic Jet. I put a Wilkinson roller bridge on it and the Bigsby actually stays in tune now. I love this guitar and prefer it over a Les Paul now. The pickups are really cool...unique sounding. They nail Malcome Young tone. Great video!
Nice review. I have one of these and I like it a lot. The PU output comes from: Number of windings (resistance), length and mass of pole pieces and magnet strength, and Filtertrons have a lower resistance reading than other PUs with the same output. PU aficionados think that inductance is the right measure for output. I don´t know if that i correct, but it certainly gives a hint of where the resonance of the PUs are situated, which is what gives them their tonality. Single coils normally have a high resonance, and humbuckers a lower one, but Filtertrons are different, because of the low winding resistance. The resonance comes from from the resistance to inductance relationship.
Hi I love your honest, relaxed, style of reviewing. Your review tipped the scales and I took the plunge and bought one of these guitars yesterday. To make it even better the blue one I wanted was reduced to £388 in Thomann's cyber sale. One thing I noted was that the version of this Jet guitar without the Bigsby has Broad Tron pickups fitted and not Filter Trons. I have Broad Trons in my Gretsch G-240T Steamliner hollow body. They have less of that crisp glass Gretsch sound and I am considering changing them to a set of Filter Trons. I think this is silly on Gretsch's part, the two jets are identical except for the bigsby and they should have kept the pickups the same on both guitars.
Another great video! I bought that tv yellow Epi after your review so I'm quite excited to try it myself soon. Now I started wondering if I need a Gretsch in my collection :D
I just bought one of these G5230T Jets after this review. So far I really like this guitar and I am very surprised how good it is out of the box. The neck feels great and the action is nice and low. I just changed the strings and was good to go. Very fun to play and very versatile. I would love to see you pick up Gretsch Falcon like the Billy Duffy model to review. I have several Gretsch Hollow bodies and they are amazing to play. You're reviews are putting a dent in my wallet ;)
i bought this guitar in Aleutian blue 2 years ago to relearn on (hadn't held a guitar since i had 2 years of acoustic private lessons at 12-14 yrs old now 43yrs ago), it was so beautiful to the eyes online that i had to have one..basically in the last 2 years, i got frustrated learning, put it down, tried again, put it down..took it seriously for the last 12 months and love it..being basically a relearning know nothing old newbie, i didnt know about action and intonation set up at the time..now i do., i have been buying HB guitars and the Gretsch has took a back seat for 6 months, i checked the intonation from the factory set up today and it was perfect, i had no adjustment to do, so it was 100% intonated from out of the box (maybe i got i good one?), i was astounded..just bought a more expensive new fender player series strat (had to have at least one fender in my lifetime 🤣 ), gonna check it out tomorrow and see if it is perfect from the factory..if not, then Gretsch is my no.1 brand to buy 😁
Gretsch rarely disappoints. You want experience a treat, get one from their Japanese factory in a hollow body. I got a 62 re-issue Country Gentleman and it is the finest built electric guitar I ever experienced.
"It taught me a lesson too... I hope... (Head shake) Nah." 😂 Love your videos. Its the little bits like this that always make me smile. So close to having you push me over the line to purchase this guitar. Just got a Harley Benton tele (not the banded one) after watching your review and I absolutely love that guitar!!! $170 shipped to my door and I can't put it down! Can't believe how good it is for pennies.
I am about to get one Friday on the third of February, i to will do a demo on my channel tho I am not sure I can play as well as this gentleman, thank you for your upload
Recently acquired a Gretsch G5410T LE Tri-Five and am blown away by the quality of construction, playability and tones in this line. Gretsch is doing right by us guitar folk in a price range that is sane.
@@theguitaristas Ain't THAT the truth eh?😂😎👍 This guitar is the same as the Rat Rod. Cosmetic differences only. Fun to play indeed. Hope you get an opportunity to try one out😎🙁 😎👍❤🖖
I picked one up, for much the same reasons. Didn't have a Gretsch or a Bigsby. Double win, fantastic guitar for the price. Played beautifully right out of the box. Surprisingly good factory setup.
Completely agree about the floating bridge: I returned a New Yorker for the same reason. Great review as ever. Myself, I fancy a Gretsch baritone when I can justify it to my wife
Just got a new midnight sapphire Jet baritone. I dig it. I’m a rocker. It rocks. Even metal. Very cool guitar. Great for blues. Chords and leads sound great but different - after all they actually are different chords, but you can use your guitar chord patterns and adapt to the situation. I quickly put on a new set of Grover locking Rotomatics to upgrade the tuners and then I immediately put on new lighter strings, Da’ddario 13 - 68. The Grover tuners are very easy to turn whereas the stock sealed tuners were very hard to turn. The lighter strings yielded a definitely much brighter sound that is very useful when using this baritone as a guitar, using guitar playing style. Some people play the baritone more like a bass guitar. In this sense the Gretsch Jet baritone is quite versatile.
Sounds great. I have one on order (Cadillac Green -too many choices). Have you determined if the knobs are plastic or metal? Back in 1987 I walked into a Piano store because they sold guitar strings and Seagull Guitars. I saw a unique looking guitar on the wall, so I asked about it. The dealer said yes someone brought it in to trade on a Seagull, and you can have it for $400 if you want. So I did. It turned out to be a 1978 Super Axe Gretsch Model 7681 with a built in phase shifter. I took it to George's music and had a Luthier go over it, and do a setup. Whilst in the shop a NY collector spotted it and offered a huge amount for it. But I kept it, and to this day it is perfect in every detail. Plays like an SG (smooth as butter). I heard that the custom models are made at the Fender Factor in Calif. -not sure, it doesn't matter anyway. The Luthier (from George's) thought that my 7681 Axe was made in Chicago, but when I looked up the SN it says that it was manufactured in May 1978 @ Booneville, Arkansas.
Beautiful chord progression... loved what you did with it. The sound of this thing is beautiful no matter what pickup position clean or dirty. I have one of Gretsches new streamliner centre block jr with p-90's beasts on the way (metallic mint) and can't wait! Looking closely at this one too though!
@@carolinehaf21 Ah that's very kind of you! hardest thing about this is finding chord progressions / ideas that inspire something from the fingers... if in doubt Beatles catalogue is a good place to start! I'm using Boss RC3 looper here which does the job but can be annoying at times. Hey thanks for supporting the channel its appreciated!
Very Cool Demo/Review, Thankyou. I love the look of this guitar. Have a G5215 (single pick-up Rock Machine) and a G5248T Chambered Double Jet in Gold Sparkle with Bigsby. Both guitars are amazing to play and have totally different personalities. Gretsch are doing good things, and I hope a Hollowbody Gretsch will join my collection soon. Cheers
I picked up one of these with a good strap @ case for 350$ at a pawn shop, I tried it out in the shop no amp and was blown away with the neck on it, it's got Gibson beat by a mile or two!
The Gretsch Electromatic Jet G5230T with factory equipped Bigsby Lightning B50 Vibrato Tailpiece. Good guitars... from a company that likes ridiculously long naming conventions. Mine looks just like that one - the classic high gloss Black & Silver/Chrome. They have a unique aesthetic with the "G" top stamp & knurling on the control knobs (& yeah even the strap buttons are knurled). I do like a like mine, but I'll be brutally honest - it's the worst guitar I have for tuning stability! Seriously I'm lucky to get 2 songs between retunes!! It's also the heaviest guitar I have.
I suspect the tuning issue is the combo of the headstock's string geometries at the top & the B50 on the bottom. If I keep it, I may decide to do some minor upgrades: Switch to locking tuners (for easier string changes), add a "String Butler" to correct the headstock geometries & a "Brick's BiggsFix V3 Roller" on the B50. That should improve the stability considerably.
Great video, i was looking at one of these in a shop (new to me) where I have recently moved to and I really liked it, I wasnt looking for a Gretsch at all but playing it instantly won me over. The guy in the shop said they were £750 but that he could sell it to me for £600 and I didnt blink an eye as it felt and played like a £700 guitar should. He didnt have a clue what the controls were and neither did I which is why when I got home having not bought it I checked online to discover not only the strange control layout but the usual retail price!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I wont name and shame but neither will I ever cross the threshold of that particular shop again. Edit: I guess that a bridge with roller saddles would sort out any tuning issues, if there are any. I really did like it, your video has got me thinking again...
From what I understand about Gretsch guitars is that this model is more based on the 1958 model which had thumbnail fretboard markers. The 1953 had block markers and George Harrison's, which I believe was 1957 had the cloud markers.
I came to same conclusion. Same guitar and a vox ac10. I can dial in the jazz, rock, blues, blues rock, rockabilly, Country, Surf, Spaghetti Western, Garage Rock, ect. it's an inexpensive, true vintage tube sound. Basic, no pedals required. My Bigsby was so loose, it fell apart, when I breathed on it. A tech put it back together. The pick guard cracked. I took it off. I play with my fingers anyway, and it just gets in the way of my hand and ability to mute. No case and hard to find the right one, but it has better pickups than others, of that price range. Those pickups work nice, with real tube tones. It's like having a TelaPaul.
i bought a gretsch after watching one of your great reviews. the build is fantastic for the price, the guitar plays and sounds great but it's a huge pain to put strings on it. also the wacky taper on the master volume makes it basically useless. i'm going to try to replace that and maybe i'll play it more. i love your posts. it's almost like hanging out with a friend. keep up the excellent work.
The first guitar I bought was a gretsch jet and later my friend got a Casino. He wanted to start a Beatles cover band I told him to shove off. Miss those days.
Gretsch are managing to produce affordable high quality guitars with real character - for the price, build quality, sound and playability is off the scale - for any price it’s very good. It somehow doesn’t feel as though they’re competing directly with Fender and Gibson (or Squier and Epiphone) because their guitars maintain that Gretsch uniqueness and name - you really feel you’re getting a proper Gretsch - a step to the side from the mainstream, slightly leftfield - I’m a fan.
Agree 100 percent 😎👍 Had a new 7595 in '76. I dare say the current Electromatic series is of better quality . Gretsch has got the mojo working in spades😎👍
@@fredriksvard2603 There’s something about PRS that I just don’t like - some are superb guitars, they’re just too modern or something, can’t quite put my finger on it.
I went Christmas shopping today in order to 'upgrade' my cheapest Epiphone Les Paul Standard that I got for starting my guitar playing 2 years ago ... I was sick and tired of tuning it several times a day and I had already gotten myself into Gretsch (GT5402 Hollowbody) ... however, after I had tried every.single.epiphone Les Paul in the store I just for fun tried this one - and it was love on first strum. Upon getting home I had a moment of panic ('what did I do? it's not a Les Paul?") and fortunately found you and your channel and your review! Phew. THANK YOU - you just made my day! Now, all I need to do is learn to play (btw, what exactly is that chord progression?) but this gives me so much joy!! thank you mucho!!
I have a friend who has gretsch hollow body guitars, he said the electromatic played better than the Japanese or USA version, if you want to be more vintage correct, TV Jones filtertron or Dynasonic pickups, replace the tunermatic with a roller version, and fit the B3 instead of the B50 for a closer to George Harrison or Cliff Gallup vibe
For f**k sake’s your killing me Im in the shed now got the Les Paul special and the squire mustang now I’ve got to get this to capture my cliff Gallup vibe thanks for another great video
I have a hallow body Gretsch and was looking for a Les Paul type guitar. I have a love affair with Gretsch guitars. I was looking at the version of this guitar without the Bigsby, but I see that it is only sold with Broad Tron pickups that usually come in their Streamliner range. I would love to see a Broad Tron and Filter Tron comparison video! I really enjoyed the playing on this video as well, great job!
I dont know if you meant to, but yo played an Olivia Tremor Control song! NYC-25, one of my favorites. Great vid, i agree with everything you said here, gretsch is awesome
Interesting video! I used to have a 1950s Jet Firebird with the excellent DeArmond Dynasonic pickups, ( I’m a big Cliff Gallup fan), the bridge was an aluminium Bigsby one on a wooden base which slid all aver the place so your reissue was certainly authentic in that respect. I currently own. a couple of earlier Chinese built Jets,a black single cut and a silver double cut. These earlier guitars just had a single volume and tone control and mini humbucking pickups, these pickups were not to my taste and the black Jet now has Gretsch Filtertrons and the silver one GFS NY11 single coils. The Black Tops on your guitar sound pretty close to the original Gretsch Filtertrons and if I owned one I wouldn’t bother changing them. The build quality of Chinese Gretsch guitars is outstanding, they’re amazing value for money.
Thanks again Henry, it's good to have your insight. Doing these reviews gives me a great opportunity to properly judge these guitars for myself, look closely at them, and actually think about how they make me feel, etc, and also to get the views and experience of others such as yourself. In the case of this Gretsch the result is that we think it's a superb guitar for any money!
@@theguitaristas Having far too many guitars and being old means that I’ve either owned or at least played hundreds of different guitars over the years. I currently own Gretsch guitars built in Japan, Korea and China, they’re all very well made instruments and definitely have that unique Gretsch vibe. I really enjoy your reviews as they give the viewer a very good idea of what a guitar sounds and plays like, I can’t wait for the next video.
This guitar is great. I had Sweetwater do a "setup" -- it was terrible. There was no neck relief. I don't know how it passed their "55 point inspection, let alone a $120 setup. Short story, i got a refund for the setup. I had a Luthier do the setup, and changed the saddle to a rolling saddle -which is great (strings less likely to snap in the V saddle. Anyway, nice review.
Nicely played, mate! What effect do you use from about 15 mins in? Or does the guitar tone switch do that? Whatever - I really wanted a semi acoustic Gretsch streamliner in white, but Germany is the pits for buying guitars - like trying to find rocking horse manure! So, I've found the G5230T you play here in white! You just convinced me to buy it! Great video Thanks!
Cheers man thanks for the support! I didn't list the drive pedals I used on this one... but at about 16:30 I kick in what sounds like a big muff with the guitar tone rolled back, prior to that maybe a little soul food tube screamer. You should also check out my video where I compare this guitar with Epiphone 50s Les Paul. Great guitar man! :)
I heard that the following would be a good addition if the trem. bar is used quite a bit: "Graph Tech PS-8863-BN ResoMax NV2 6mm Tune-o-matic Bridge with String Saver Saddles". I'll have to find someone who tried this for an opinion.
This video was good, calming. Good talk, good showcase. Just bought a G5622 in Aged Walnut yesterday :p it will arrive next week and im very excited. Hard tail and black top broadtrons for classic rock, never had a Gretsch before! \m/-_-\m/
I just bought my son a Fender Vintera 50s Strat and it's got me interested in an electric for myself. I keep looking for bad reviews of the this line from Gretsch because I feel like, for the price, it has to have some negative reviews out there, but I can't find them. I feel like I "should" be paying more for an electric. But I absolutely love how this sounds. I guess for ~$600, there's literally no risk. I've paid more for much less. I could never justify a $2500 guitar as a non-performing musician. But $600 doesn't seem like enough :D
That's the thing with these Gretsch's they really do feel, sound, and look like much more expensive guitars... really there's no risk and no catch that I can see so I'd happily recommend you do it 😎👍
@@theguitaristas I picked one up yesterday at the local Guitar Center. Spent 30 minutes in the store looking for a reason not to, but after trying it through half-a-dozen amps, I had to do it. Got it home, pulled the strings off. Tightened some screws--tuners were a little loose, but they tightened right up. Played with the height adjustment on the bridge, which is amazing, btw--basically on-the-fly bridge height adjustment, or nearly so. Put new strings on it. Absolutely love the sound. They didn't have the amp I wanted, so I decided to just put it through my generic amp at home until I spring for a new one. Even on the generic amp with nothing but gain to play with, it sounds so good. Put it through my son's Orange Amp with a chorus pedal... so many sounds from clean to crunch. Sooner or later, Gretsch is going to realize what they have here and adjust the build quality or the price accordingly. Glad I got in under the wire!
I've owned many, many guitars over nearly fifty years' playing and I can't fault my recently purchased 5222. Would happily add this one too. For the sake of argument, if you put this alongside a Duesenberg you couldn't argue why one should cost more than the other. I guess the Duesenberg markets on the 'Made in Germany' nonsense (they're not made in Germany at all - they're finished there), and supplies a lot of high-profile, famous players. I'd rather have four of these Gretsch than one Duesenberg. That's for sure.
Have this and the strings are close to the neck, which I like and don’t hit the frets. I have another hollow Gretsch G5655TG, there’s a gap strings and the neck. What can I do on the hollow to get the strings closer and still not hit the frets?
Dear Colin. Thans a lot for this great review. I found a doucle cut one brand new with a 30% rebate, 350£ (don't know why... surely I'm very lucky). The Gretsch G5232T Electromatic Double Jet FT (for FilterTron). For that price, it's a wonderful guitar and I do like very very much the Filtertron pickups. I find all the guitar is great. Thank you again : I discovered this great guitar and sound thanks to you.
I own G5222 double jet - opted for the Jade Grey metallic (eveyone else went for the natural as it resembles Malcolm Youngs - big MY fan but didnt want to be crass). It's great - just fighting the urge to replace the pickups with "propper" Filtertrons.
@@theguitaristas have to buy the rings too. I love the Blacktop Broadtrons, but its one of those mad urges. Bought the hard case for it - more expensive than the ones for the Streamliner series (Made by TGI - buddy has a 2622 with Gretsch case, and the TGI one is much better quality, but its a pricey case for a £400 guitar!!) Believe it or not Im a bass player and I own more guitars than basses!
You are a dangerous man. After every one of your reviews I find myself wanting another guitar....
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I got one last week and it’s an amazing guitar.
I have several guitars, one (a 91 US Strat) I would grab first thing in case of a fire. This Gretsch is the second one I would grab. Versatile, a grabber, it screams and whispers. I don’t know how Gretsch does it so consistently , but I’m glad they do.
I have one too. Beautiful and responsive instrument, vintage all the way
I just bought one and now I'm happier than ever after listening to you talk about it! Lovely playing.
Excellent!... thanks for comment it’s appreciated! 👍🎸
Same. I've got mine today and played it for few hours. It's nice that an expert likes the purchase as well. Money well spent.
Same here :)
When you have a Gretsch guitar, you realise you needed one.
I had never played a Gretsch until I bought one online and realized I had been missing something.
Or maybe two😂
Exactly!
I’m deciding between a Gretsch and an epiphone at present. I only started playing a year ago, and I’m using an old acoustic. These videos are great, and I’m learning a lot. Thanks!
I got my first Gretsch Streamliner semi hollow a few months ago. A full hollow a couple weeks ago. I got an Electromatic Double Jet on Monday.
All amazing guitars, but the Electromatic is on another level! Someday I will try a Pro series, when I have a few grand burning a hole in my pocket...
I just ordered a Gretsch G5220 -- basically this guitar except without the Bigsby, and with Broad'tron pickups instead of Filtertrons. It's going to be my first electric guitar -- I've only been playing for about 18 months, and only acoustic so far. Gretsch wasn't even on my radar, but my guitar teacher brought it to my attention. I like the fact that it's not the usual Fender or Les Paul clone that everyone else has -- plus it has a great, unique tone. I can't wait to get it!
I'm in love with my G5230T. Quality is waaay above the pricing. switched the bridge to a roller bridge which helped a bunch.
Alright Hannes. Minkälainen soitettavuus tässä kepukassa on, kuinka helppo soittaa? Entä vire Bigsbyä käyttäessä, kuinka hyvin tuo pysyy kohdallaan?
@@80daytripper sorry, dont speak finnish
@@TheHannes1996 Sorry, thought you’re a Finn, your name is a Finnish one. Anyway, how is the general playability of this guitar - how easy it is to play? Any other uppgrades needed than the bridge?
I f..n love the way this man talks about his guitars!! Even the ones that he doesn't favor. It's just nice.
Cheers man! 😆👍
The tone from that Gretsch is fantastic. I love the way it looks too. Sounds like it inspired your playing, great jam. Gonna have to add this Gretsch to my gotta have it list. Thanks for the great vid.
Cheers Peter that’s appreciated!
Nice review. I bought one of these a year ago, without seeing this. But knew it was what I wanted because I wanted a Bigsby and some sort of hollow body Gretsch. Best all-rounder. Had it setup and a roller bridge fitted. Stays in tune really well. Love it. ❤
Which roller bridge did you get?
I have both this guitar and a Gretsch G5120. Not one regret. They are great guitars. My 5230 has the walnut fingerboard and I had locking tuners put on both guitars. I'm a convert now.
Hard to beat the sound, looks and playability of these guitars! At any price. I bought a Double Jet and a year later a Pro Jet. Because one wasn't enough!
Excellent review. I bought the exact same model May 2021 and couldn’t be happier. The body is also mahogany and the fingerboard is walnut on black guitars, I believe. The master volume control is a great idea but, it does next to nothing until the last few degrees of turn, when the volume falls off a cliff. Sound is wonderful with bright trebles and finish is impeccable. Ultra low action on delivery, but a few, fairly minor, string buzzes meant I had to raise it slightly and loosen off the truss rod a little. A cool guitar, looks the biz, sounds fantastic. Love it.
Cheers Anthony! 👍🎸😎
Lovely. I was looking at Gretsch guitars online only a week ago an had talked myself out of it.
Now I'm thinking I need one! Damnit.
You need one.
I have a 5425 and Abso love it!!! I really enjoy your channel, your personality, honesty, and your skills on the guitar! Keep up the great work and dry humor!!
Cheers Dave, thanks for the kind words and support! 😎👍
I just ordered one from reverb for $400 after playing one at a guitar center in Chicago. I can’t wait to welcome her into the collection
Great review of a great guitar. This video helped me to decide to get a 5232T recently when I found a great deal on one.
I've had a 5230 for a few years in Airline Silver with the walnut fretboard. Just absolutely great guitars. The only change I've made is to add a Biggsfix, which helped the tuning stability tremendously. You can play just about anything with these Filtertrons.
“Ipretend it’s an investment but it’s really an addiction.” You are way too honest, what if my wife hears you? 😄 Nice guitars from Gretsch and the Bigsby is a musthave in every collection..
Hey Remco, cheers for comment!... well of course they are great investments too, better than money in the bank eh? 😜🎸🎸🎸
I guess you can consider it an investment..Guitars that i bought 4 years ago at a 500 or 750 pricepoint went up 200 to 250. You can sell a guitar in good condition at 2/3 of the newprice. Also depends on the guitar ofc but in general... smth like this. So yeah it can be an investment but one that takes patience en to have fun with in the meantime :)
Организм мужчины хуже переносит стресс, наши клетки менее защищены от стресса и мужчины живут намного меньше женщин. Пусть жена подумает об этом и прекратит ворчать! Женщины должны нас, мужчин, беречь от стресса и не ругать нас. Если она любит - она будет относится бережно. 😊
Привет всем из Беларуси! 😊 Нет войне!
Loved your review, and playing of course!
Thanks for the support! 👍😎
I want one! I have a Gretsch Jet Jr, with one P90 and a humbucker and it's SO Sweet! $400 and one of the best sounding guitars in my collection. I did have to get the action better but that was easy -- a truss rod turn an a slight bridge/tail piece adjustment. I live Gretsch guitars. Outstanding value.
Cheers Ken... those jet juniors with the P90 are cool I think I need one!
The tone of this guitar is amazing!!!👏👏👏👏
The only guitar reviews that are worth paying attention to. Thank you.
Thanks man that's appreciated! 😁👍
Just bought one....what a beauty !
Great revue ! Thanks....
Excellent! 😎👍👍
I definitely liked this video, it's one of the complete guide to know more about this guitar. I'd like to have one of this.
Thank you so much !
Thanks Dan!
This is the guitar I've been wanting to buy for a very long time.
Honestly best review ever totally down to earth brother. I’m in the process of getting one. I’ve had the high end ones this review made it more palatable. Love your style. Catch you out there!
Cheers Simon, seriously good guitar for the money! 😎👍
This is exactly like the Gretsch I have. Down to the color and everything. And a Vox is ABSOLUTELY the right amp for one of these!
Great playing!! I have changed the Electromatic Broadtrons with original Filtertrons. Also changed the bridge (Rollerbridge) and the tuner. (Locking Tuner) Now it is a really great guitar and not much difference to the expensive Gretsch models.
Very cool! Thanks Hilmar 👍😎🎸
Did you stitch some new hands onto yourself as well?
I love my Gretsch Electromatic Jet. I put a Wilkinson roller bridge on it and the Bigsby actually stays in tune now. I love this guitar and prefer it over a Les Paul now. The pickups are really cool...unique sounding. They nail Malcome Young tone. Great video!
Nice review. I have one of these and I like it a lot. The PU output comes from: Number of windings (resistance), length and mass of pole pieces and magnet strength, and Filtertrons have
a lower resistance reading than other PUs with the same output. PU aficionados think that inductance is the right measure for output. I don´t know if that i correct, but it certainly gives a
hint of where the resonance of the PUs are situated, which is what gives them their tonality. Single coils normally have a high resonance, and humbuckers a lower one, but Filtertrons are
different, because of the low winding resistance. The resonance comes from from the resistance to inductance relationship.
Hi I love your honest, relaxed, style of reviewing. Your review tipped the scales and I took the plunge and bought one of these guitars yesterday. To make it even better the blue one I wanted was reduced to £388 in Thomann's cyber sale.
One thing I noted was that the version of this Jet guitar without the Bigsby has Broad Tron pickups fitted and not Filter Trons. I have Broad Trons in my Gretsch G-240T Steamliner hollow body.
They have less of that crisp glass Gretsch sound and I am considering changing them to a set of Filter Trons. I think this is silly on Gretsch's part, the two jets are identical except for the bigsby and they should have kept the pickups the same on both guitars.
Another great video! I bought that tv yellow Epi after your review so I'm quite excited to try it myself soon. Now I started wondering if I need a Gretsch in my collection :D
Thanks Tomislav... You will love the Epiphone but plenty of ways to justify a gretsch too!
I just bought one of these G5230T Jets after this review. So far I really like this guitar and I am very surprised how good it is out of the box. The neck feels great and the action is nice and low. I just changed the strings and was good to go. Very fun to play and very versatile. I would love to see you pick up Gretsch Falcon like the Billy Duffy model to review. I have several Gretsch Hollow bodies and they are amazing to play. You're reviews are putting a dent in my wallet ;)
i bought this guitar in Aleutian blue 2 years ago to relearn on (hadn't held a guitar since i had 2 years of acoustic private lessons at 12-14 yrs old now 43yrs ago), it was so beautiful to the eyes online that i had to have one..basically in the last 2 years, i got frustrated learning, put it down, tried again, put it down..took it seriously for the last 12 months and love it..being basically a relearning know nothing old newbie, i didnt know about action and intonation set up at the time..now i do., i have been buying HB guitars and the Gretsch has took a back seat for 6 months, i checked the intonation from the factory set up today and it was perfect, i had no adjustment to do, so it was 100% intonated from out of the box (maybe i got i good one?), i was astounded..just bought a more expensive new fender player series strat (had to have at least one fender in my lifetime 🤣 ), gonna check it out tomorrow and see if it is perfect from the factory..if not, then Gretsch is my no.1 brand to buy 😁
Gretsch rarely disappoints. You want experience a treat, get one from their Japanese factory in a hollow body. I got a 62 re-issue Country Gentleman and it is the finest built electric guitar I ever experienced.
Great Video! I just picked one up today, in Cadillac Green. I'm in love :)
Nice one! 👍
"It taught me a lesson too... I hope... (Head shake) Nah." 😂 Love your videos. Its the little bits like this that always make me smile. So close to having you push me over the line to purchase this guitar. Just got a Harley Benton tele (not the banded one) after watching your review and I absolutely love that guitar!!! $170 shipped to my door and I can't put it down! Can't believe how good it is for pennies.
Nice one! 😁👍
I am about to get one Friday on the third of February, i to will do a demo on my channel tho I am not sure I can play as well as this gentleman, thank you for your upload
Recently acquired a Gretsch G5410T LE Tri-Five and am blown away by the quality of construction, playability and tones in this line.
Gretsch is doing right by us guitar folk in a price range that is sane.
Hey Richard, I bet that’s a really cool guitar but those numbers mean nothing! 😂🤷♂️🎸
@@theguitaristas
Ain't THAT the truth eh?😂😎👍
This guitar is the same as the Rat Rod. Cosmetic differences only.
Fun to play indeed.
Hope you get an opportunity to try one out😎🙁
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Ah that I understand! 😂... yeah they do look cool! Every affordable Gretsch I’ve played has been great to be honest. Cheers Richard! 🎸😎👍
Just bought one today in Jade Grey. Have the g5222 and that thing is a beast! Can't wait to get this one. I'm falling in love with Gretsch!
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I picked one up, for much the same reasons. Didn't have a Gretsch or a Bigsby. Double win, fantastic guitar for the price. Played beautifully right out of the box. Surprisingly good factory setup.
Cheers Craig... ‘surprisingly good’ sums these guitars up perfectly! 👍
I have that exact same guitar I learned a lot from this video.
Cheers man thanks for comment... nice guitar!
I have had one for about half a year. I am about to throw a set of TV Jones TV- HT (Hilotron Single Coils) in it.
I just ordered a Gretsch 5230T. Looking forward to playing it. Great video!
Nice one! 😎👍
Completely agree about the floating bridge: I returned a New Yorker for the same reason. Great review as ever. Myself, I fancy a Gretsch baritone when I can justify it to my wife
I’m definitely pleased with my gold top. Always in tune 👍🏻
I enjoy your videos. I also recently bought a 5230t. Placed a locking roller bridge on it. Fantastic! Next is locking tuners.. Great guitar!
True the expensive guitars are not always the best for us.
I've got my eye on the baritone one.
Just got a new midnight sapphire Jet baritone. I dig it. I’m a rocker. It rocks. Even metal. Very cool guitar. Great for blues. Chords and leads sound great but different - after all they actually are different chords, but you can use your guitar chord patterns and adapt to the situation. I quickly put on a new set of Grover locking Rotomatics to upgrade the tuners and then I immediately put on new lighter strings, Da’ddario 13 - 68. The Grover tuners are very easy to turn whereas the stock sealed tuners were very hard to turn. The lighter strings yielded a definitely much brighter sound that is very useful when using this baritone as a guitar, using guitar playing style. Some people play the baritone more like a bass guitar. In this sense the Gretsch Jet baritone is quite versatile.
Yes Matthew Bolduc I've got the baritone carbronita and the different chord voicing you get with a baritone are really different
One of the best and top of the line guitar.❤
Sounds great. I have one on order (Cadillac Green -too many choices). Have you determined if the knobs are plastic or metal? Back in 1987 I walked into a Piano store because they sold guitar strings and Seagull Guitars. I saw a unique looking guitar on the wall, so I asked about it. The dealer said yes someone brought it in to trade on a Seagull, and you can have it for $400 if you want. So I did. It turned out to be a 1978 Super Axe Gretsch Model 7681 with a built in phase shifter. I took it to George's music and had a Luthier go over it, and do a setup. Whilst in the shop a NY collector spotted it and offered a huge amount for it. But I kept it, and to this day it is perfect in every detail. Plays like an SG (smooth as butter). I heard that the custom models are made at the Fender Factor in Calif. -not sure, it doesn't matter anyway. The Luthier (from George's) thought that my 7681 Axe was made in Chicago, but when I looked up the SN it says that it was manufactured in May 1978 @ Booneville, Arkansas.
Thanks for that amazing review! Just bought one because of it!!
Cheers man I think you’ll love it! 😎🎸👍
Beautiful chord progression... loved what you did with it. The sound of this thing is beautiful no matter what pickup position clean or dirty. I have one of Gretsches new streamliner centre block jr with p-90's beasts on the way (metallic mint) and can't wait! Looking closely at this one too though!
Thanks Caroline! Those P90 Streamliners are so effortlessly cool... I think we may need one too! 🎸✌️
@@theguitaristas What looper do you use? Your chords and choice/variety of lead riffs are just timeless. Could listen to it forever!
@@carolinehaf21 Ah that's very kind of you! hardest thing about this is finding chord progressions / ideas that inspire something from the fingers... if in doubt Beatles catalogue is a good place to start! I'm using Boss RC3 looper here which does the job but can be annoying at times. Hey thanks for supporting the channel its appreciated!
Very Cool Demo/Review, Thankyou. I love the look of this guitar. Have a G5215 (single pick-up Rock Machine) and a G5248T Chambered Double Jet in Gold Sparkle with Bigsby. Both guitars are amazing to play and have totally different personalities. Gretsch are doing good things, and I hope a Hollowbody Gretsch will join my collection soon. Cheers
I picked up one of these with a good strap @ case for 350$ at a pawn shop, I tried it out in the shop no amp and was blown away with the neck on it, it's got Gibson beat by a mile or two!
Nice one Matt! 😎👍
Looks just like a my Duo Jet. Sweet!
The Gretsch Electromatic Jet G5230T with factory equipped Bigsby Lightning B50 Vibrato Tailpiece.
Good guitars... from a company that likes ridiculously long naming conventions.
Mine looks just like that one - the classic high gloss Black & Silver/Chrome.
They have a unique aesthetic with the "G" top stamp & knurling on the control knobs (& yeah even the strap buttons are knurled).
I do like a like mine, but I'll be brutally honest - it's the worst guitar I have for tuning stability!
Seriously I'm lucky to get 2 songs between retunes!!
It's also the heaviest guitar I have.
I suspect the tuning issue is the combo of the headstock's string geometries at the top & the B50 on the bottom.
If I keep it, I may decide to do some minor upgrades:
Switch to locking tuners (for easier string changes),
add a "String Butler" to correct the headstock geometries
& a "Brick's BiggsFix V3 Roller" on the B50.
That should improve the stability considerably.
Those are some great sounds coming out of the Gretsch!
I have this little beauty, plays and sounds perfect
Thank you! Great job! Great video!
Great video, i was looking at one of these in a shop (new to me) where I have recently moved to and I really liked it, I wasnt looking for a Gretsch at all but playing it instantly won me over. The guy in the shop said they were £750 but that he could sell it to me for £600 and I didnt blink an eye as it felt and played like a £700 guitar should. He didnt have a clue what the controls were and neither did I which is why when I got home having not bought it I checked online to discover not only the strange control layout but the usual retail price!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I wont name and shame but neither will I ever cross the threshold of that particular shop again.
Edit: I guess that a bridge with roller saddles would sort out any tuning issues, if there are any. I really did like it, your video has got me thinking again...
Cheer Sid, that's a bit cheeky of them!... buy yes easy to be fooled that this guitar is worth that much but shop around and pay closer to £400.
Loved this review.....trust your opinion as ever - and my finger is hovering over a button to pay for my first Gretsch (seriously)!
Great video! Looking at this for my next purchase. Nice jam too.
Cheers man! 👍
From what I understand about Gretsch guitars is that this model is more based on the 1958 model which had thumbnail fretboard markers. The 1953 had block markers and George Harrison's, which I believe was 1957 had the cloud markers.
Just got one today ...lovely chiming sound ,just right for playing Beatles !!!,,ps love the video....
Nice one! Cheers Kelvin thanks for support😎
I got one of those Streamliner Junior Jet Clubs with the P-90 in the neck recently. Grinning from ear to ear now. Gretsch for the win.
Cool guitar dude! 👍👍😎🎸
I came to same conclusion. Same guitar and a vox ac10. I can dial in the jazz, rock, blues, blues rock, rockabilly, Country, Surf, Spaghetti Western, Garage Rock, ect. it's an inexpensive, true vintage tube sound. Basic, no pedals required. My Bigsby was so loose, it fell apart, when I breathed on it. A tech put it back together. The pick guard cracked. I took it off. I play with my fingers anyway, and it just gets in the way of my hand and ability to mute. No case and hard to find the right one, but it has better pickups than others, of that price range. Those pickups work nice, with real tube tones. It's like having a TelaPaul.
i bought a gretsch after watching one of your great reviews. the build is fantastic for the price, the guitar plays and sounds great but it's a huge pain to put strings on it. also the wacky taper on the master volume makes it basically useless. i'm going to try to replace that and maybe i'll play it more. i love your posts. it's almost like hanging out with a friend. keep up the excellent work.
Great plying, as always. My next guitar.
The first guitar I bought was a gretsch jet and later my friend got a Casino. He wanted to start a Beatles cover band I told him to shove off. Miss those days.
Cheers Andrew, things could have been so different! 😆👍
Tru-Arc, Compton and D Bridge offer replacement options to have a solid bar instead of individual saddles.
Gretsch are managing to produce affordable high quality guitars with real character - for the price, build quality, sound and playability is off the scale - for any price it’s very good.
It somehow doesn’t feel as though they’re competing directly with Fender and Gibson (or Squier and Epiphone) because their guitars maintain that Gretsch uniqueness and name - you really feel you’re getting a proper Gretsch - a step to the side from the mainstream, slightly leftfield - I’m a fan.
Yes that sums these guitars up perfectly! 👍
Agree 100 percent 😎👍
Had a new 7595 in '76.
I dare say the current Electromatic series is of better quality .
Gretsch has got the mojo working in spades😎👍
@@fredriksvard2603 There’s something about PRS that I just don’t like - some are superb guitars, they’re just too modern or something, can’t quite put my finger on it.
Nice review. The guitar sounds and looks great, especially for such a cheap guitar. Might get one as a counterpart for my Tokai Les Paul.
Graph tech nut, roller bridge. Touch the bigsby all you want!
I went Christmas shopping today in order to 'upgrade' my cheapest Epiphone Les Paul Standard that I got for starting my guitar playing 2 years ago ... I was sick and tired of tuning it several times a day and I had already gotten myself into Gretsch (GT5402 Hollowbody) ... however, after I had tried every.single.epiphone Les Paul in the store I just for fun tried this one - and it was love on first strum. Upon getting home I had a moment of panic ('what did I do? it's not a Les Paul?") and fortunately found you and your channel and your review! Phew. THANK YOU - you just made my day! Now, all I need to do is learn to play (btw, what exactly is that chord progression?) but this gives me so much joy!! thank you mucho!!
Cheers Rolf, great choice mate… check out ‘Dear Prudence’ by the Beatles! 😁🙌
@@theguitaristas ha! You did mention in one of your videos that when you need ideas you like to look at the Beatles. Should’ve known 🤘
I have a friend who has gretsch hollow body guitars, he said the electromatic played better than the Japanese or USA version, if you want to be more vintage correct, TV Jones filtertron or Dynasonic pickups, replace the tunermatic with a roller version, and fit the B3 instead of the B50 for a closer to George Harrison or Cliff Gallup vibe
For f**k sake’s your killing me Im in the shed now got the Les Paul special and the squire mustang now I’ve got to get this to capture my cliff Gallup vibe thanks for another great video
Brilliant... and we still haven’t got around to the epi SG special review yet! 🤣
I have a hallow body Gretsch and was looking for a Les Paul type guitar. I have a love affair with Gretsch guitars. I was looking at the version of this guitar without the Bigsby, but I see that it is only sold with Broad Tron pickups that usually come in their Streamliner range. I would love to see a Broad Tron and Filter Tron comparison video! I really enjoyed the playing on this video as well, great job!
I dont know if you meant to, but yo played an Olivia Tremor Control song! NYC-25, one of my favorites. Great vid, i agree with everything you said here, gretsch is awesome
I'm glad I had one :)
I have mine tuned to D Standard, and it is a "Screaming Metal Machine". My Ibanez and Schecters are starting to collect dust.
Just ordered mine 😊
Interesting video! I used to have a 1950s Jet Firebird with the excellent DeArmond Dynasonic pickups, ( I’m a big Cliff Gallup fan), the bridge was an aluminium Bigsby one on a wooden base which slid all aver the place so your reissue was certainly authentic in that respect. I currently own. a couple of earlier Chinese built Jets,a black single cut and a silver double cut. These earlier guitars just had a single volume and tone control and mini humbucking pickups, these pickups were not to my taste and the black Jet now has Gretsch Filtertrons and the silver one GFS NY11 single coils. The Black Tops on your guitar sound pretty close to the original Gretsch Filtertrons and if I owned one I wouldn’t bother changing them. The build quality of Chinese Gretsch guitars is outstanding, they’re amazing value for money.
Thanks again Henry, it's good to have your insight. Doing these reviews gives me a great opportunity to properly judge these guitars for myself, look closely at them, and actually think about how they make me feel, etc, and also to get the views and experience of others such as yourself. In the case of this Gretsch the result is that we think it's a superb guitar for any money!
@@theguitaristas Having far too many guitars and being old means that I’ve either owned or at least played hundreds of different guitars over the years. I currently own Gretsch guitars built in Japan, Korea and China, they’re all very well made instruments and definitely have that unique Gretsch vibe. I really enjoy your reviews as they give the viewer a very good idea of what a guitar sounds and plays like, I can’t wait for the next video.
This guitar is great. I had Sweetwater do a "setup" -- it was terrible. There was no neck relief. I don't know how it passed their "55 point inspection, let alone a $120 setup. Short story, i got a refund for the setup. I had a Luthier do the setup, and changed the saddle to a rolling saddle -which is great (strings less likely to snap in the V saddle. Anyway, nice review.
Nicely played, mate! What effect do you use from about 15 mins in? Or does the guitar tone switch do that?
Whatever - I really wanted a semi acoustic Gretsch streamliner in white, but Germany is the pits for buying guitars - like trying to find rocking horse manure!
So, I've found the G5230T you play here in white! You just convinced me to buy it! Great video Thanks!
Cheers man thanks for the support! I didn't list the drive pedals I used on this one... but at about 16:30 I kick in what sounds like a big muff with the guitar tone rolled back, prior to that maybe a little soul food tube screamer. You should also check out my video where I compare this guitar with Epiphone 50s Les Paul. Great guitar man! :)
I heard that the following would be a good addition if the trem. bar is used quite a bit: "Graph Tech PS-8863-BN ResoMax NV2 6mm Tune-o-matic Bridge with String Saver Saddles". I'll have to find someone who tried this for an opinion.
I've got one of these. I love it, but eight months in it started developing a neck hump and needed some drastic leveling work.
This video was good, calming. Good talk, good showcase. Just bought a G5622 in Aged Walnut yesterday :p it will arrive next week and im very excited. Hard tail and black top broadtrons for classic rock, never had a Gretsch before! \m/-_-\m/
Thanks for kind words! 👍 That’s awesome you’re finally getting a Gretsch... we all need one and I predict you are going to love it! 😎🎸
@@theguitaristas Cool! I really hope so ! :D
That guitar looks like a lot of fun :)
I just bought my son a Fender Vintera 50s Strat and it's got me interested in an electric for myself. I keep looking for bad reviews of the this line from Gretsch because I feel like, for the price, it has to have some negative reviews out there, but I can't find them. I feel like I "should" be paying more for an electric. But I absolutely love how this sounds. I guess for ~$600, there's literally no risk. I've paid more for much less. I could never justify a $2500 guitar as a non-performing musician. But $600 doesn't seem like enough :D
That's the thing with these Gretsch's they really do feel, sound, and look like much more expensive guitars... really there's no risk and no catch that I can see so I'd happily recommend you do it 😎👍
Confirmed.
@@theguitaristas I picked one up yesterday at the local Guitar Center. Spent 30 minutes in the store looking for a reason not to, but after trying it through half-a-dozen amps, I had to do it. Got it home, pulled the strings off. Tightened some screws--tuners were a little loose, but they tightened right up. Played with the height adjustment on the bridge, which is amazing, btw--basically on-the-fly bridge height adjustment, or nearly so. Put new strings on it. Absolutely love the sound. They didn't have the amp I wanted, so I decided to just put it through my generic amp at home until I spring for a new one. Even on the generic amp with nothing but gain to play with, it sounds so good. Put it through my son's Orange Amp with a chorus pedal... so many sounds from clean to crunch. Sooner or later, Gretsch is going to realize what they have here and adjust the build quality or the price accordingly. Glad I got in under the wire!
@@robot_spider 😁👍👍
I've owned many, many guitars over nearly fifty years' playing and I can't fault my recently purchased 5222. Would happily add this one too. For the sake of argument, if you put this alongside a Duesenberg you couldn't argue why one should cost more than the other. I guess the Duesenberg markets on the 'Made in Germany' nonsense (they're not made in Germany at all - they're finished there), and supplies a lot of high-profile, famous players. I'd rather have four of these Gretsch than one Duesenberg. That's for sure.
Pulled the trigger on one yesterday 👍
Good choice!
I love mine
Thanks for feeding my addiction! Great content on this channel, sub'd and looking forward to more videos! Bill
Cheers Bill, thanks for the sub and support!
Got one and it's great. I kind of compare the sound to what I find on the Yamaha Revstar.
nice playing... nice tone
The instal of the TV Jones Filtertron pickups into the Electromatic is a little tricky. Have you considered a swap? TV Jones has a video of the instal
Not yet but I just put some Dynasonics in a streamliner…. See this weeks video!
Have this and the strings are close to the neck, which I like and don’t hit the frets.
I have another hollow Gretsch G5655TG, there’s a gap strings and the neck.
What can I do on the hollow to get the strings closer and still not hit the frets?
I recommend you take it a local luthier for a proper setup.
Dear Colin. Thans a lot for this great review. I found a doucle cut one brand new with a 30% rebate, 350£ (don't know why... surely I'm very lucky). The Gretsch G5232T Electromatic Double Jet FT (for FilterTron). For that price, it's a wonderful guitar and I do like very very much the Filtertron pickups. I find all the guitar is great. Thank you again : I discovered this great guitar and sound thanks to you.
Cheers Oliver! 😎👍
I own G5222 double jet - opted for the Jade Grey metallic (eveyone else went for the natural as it resembles Malcolm Youngs - big MY fan but didnt want to be crass). It's great - just fighting the urge to replace the pickups with "propper" Filtertrons.
Nice guitar! 👍... mmm filtertrons could make it a bit special!
@@theguitaristas have to buy the rings too. I love the Blacktop Broadtrons, but its one of those mad urges. Bought the hard case for it - more expensive than the ones for the Streamliner series (Made by TGI - buddy has a 2622 with Gretsch case, and the TGI one is much better quality, but its a pricey case for a £400 guitar!!) Believe it or not Im a bass player and I own more guitars than basses!
I think the body is mahogany not basswood. Might be wrong.
Hey Pip, thanks for this... I checked specs and Gretsch say chambered Mahogany with Maple cap. Cheers! 👍🎸
Mine is arriving today on the strength of your video so ..thanks to you.
That’s very cool! Enjoy! 👍😎