Gretsch Junior Jet Club
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- Опубліковано 13 жов 2024
- Getting to know the Gretsch guitar lineup has been a joy for all of us, but their Streamliner series - and this Junior Jet specifically - has truly shocked us with the value Gretsch has packed into their lower-priced guitars. Larry took this one for a test drive that turned into a marathon. Listen to the intro and then take a guess at the price of this guitar before Larry spills the beans
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Forget "first-time guitar buyers"...
I've been playing for over 30 years & would happily gig with this!
I bought the 2215 with a P90 and added a bridge with individual saddles. It's a wonderful guitar at any price!
I love mine
I did change the pots though
The stock ones were quite small
These guitars are a real value at that price
No regrets at all
I'm with you on these guitars. Saw a white one for the first time in the used rack at GC. For $200, it was a no brainer. Weight was perfect, balance was great, rang like a bell, and I really liked the neck profile. It didnt feel skinny at all, but more like a mid 60s chunky C. A lot of younger players might feel the need to go out and upgrade pickups, hardware, etc.. DONT DO IT! This is a well designed guitar, and if set up properly, gives you a great playing and sounding instrument that needs nothing! Be patient, I've been playing for 40 years and wasted a lot of money chasing stuff that wasn't worth chasing, pickups, bridges, etc. Gretsch has just released a new model with a P90 in the neck so you might be able to get a deal on these older models. The prices of LP jrs are absolutely out of control these days, and I agree with the reviewer here, these are in that category and a sleeper pick. Highly recommended.
I agree! I’ve played 45 years now and when young I was to poor to upgrade my guitar. So I would get what I got and played it to death. Today I could swap anything I want but don’t. I have many guitars and they are all stock. I have a Gibson Jr and it is not much better than this guitar shown here if at all.
Is it smaller than other electric guitars just asking cuz it's called junior?
@@icebot862 No they are full sized guitars.
@@Mountainrock70 thank you
I have this guitar and absolutely love it. It sounds looks and feels incredible. With that being said I would still recommend eventually swapping out tuners and plastic nut better quality material. Other than that I wouldn't change anything.
I got the vintage white and I love it
I got the gold one some months back. Looks greenish in person. Plays and sounds great. Thought I would need to replace the pickups, but they actually sound pretty good. Very happy with the purchase.
For reference I sold an Epiphone SG Pro and got the Gretsch. Like the neck shape and pickups on the Gretsch better. Epiphone had slim taper D and alnico pro pickups (same pickups as the new SG Standard).
Hi Larry, I just purchased one of these, just like the one you demo 'ed. Strangely enough, I'm using it for some smooth Jazz songs I'm composing. I have several single coil electrics, and a hollow body with humbuckers; but I wanted a guitar with the Filtertron type pickups.
I'm also like you in the inexpensive guitars search, and I've built several guitars because I didn't like the quality and sound of a lot of the "Name Brand" hyper expensive guitars. This beauty fits beautifully in my collection, both live and studio.
It can handle high gain and delay beautifully too, not quite a sound like it anywhere. The neck plays absolutely fantastic, you can really feel the vibration in your fingertips, smooth jazz on half tone 3/4 volume takes me back to the first time I heard Kool and the Gang.
Recently got the version of this with the P90 in the neck for $350, and I have guitars worth $2,000+, so the lower end of what I would say is "high end", but I would recommend these guys over ANY epiphone currently on any guitar shop wall, even the $700 range. Gretsch did some awesome work with these guys. Like you said, it's where they chose to cut corners that sets these apart, the feel and playability, the frets, the sound, no sacrifices there.
Got my 215 for 279..Hell Yeah
Awesome! Just killer playing and vibe here. I like the guitar too, and will have to check one of these out. This vid was a lot of fun! Thanks. They outta call this thing the Scream-Liner !
hey mr Lebowski, that's a very good review! the feels of attack, release, sustain, etc are absolutely necessary to know when picking a new guitar.
"The 'Dude' Abides..."
Dude..
Great review Big Lebowsky
😂😂👌
The Nog Lebowsky was the rich man in the wheelchair - do you mean The Dude?
Very cool review of the guitar! Could you make one of the G2215 P90 Streamliner? :)
Nice review man, very informative, thank you! Thinking about getting one for myself
Very thorough review and you seem like a great person that I can listen to all day. Thank you!
I have one of these in gunmetal. Absolutely incredible little guitar.
Me, too. This guitar is a steal at $300, and a workhorse beauty!
Great helpful review. A beautiful guitar especially for the price point. I enjoyed this. Cheers.
I had one that imperial stain and I was impressed out of the box it’s a fantastic set up. And the stock tuners is good.
absolutely great intro and review! thank you
I dig your channel! This was a great review. I own a Gretsch Streamliner Junior Jet Club and it’s my second Gretsch. I sold my first one stupidly but we can’t keep everything! I have a solid lineup of guitars now that my Streamliner is definitely a big part of.
Larry, thanks for the great demo and your thoughts on this cool and affordable guitar!
These have been catchin my Eye OVER and Over. I need it
I Just Picked Up One In Cherry Almost Purple Cherry Just a Great Playing Guitar From Guitar Center In Pensacola Florida Thanks Abby. Thanks Alot For A Great Guitar A Gretsh Junior Jet Club
So beautiful..my gawd it's lovely looking...it's a shiny beast ..with grain!
Nice review and some nice licks as well .
Holy! That intro songs was KILLER!
Yes! I could hear Eric Johnson, maybe Joe Bonamassa going off on one of these...
Just picked one of these up and i'm amazed at the quality for the insanely low price...i plan on replacing the tuners that's about it. This guitar feels like much higher quality than the Electromatics that cost 3 times more....makes no sense but trust me on this the quality is amazing on this line!
Amazing review, thank you
Love the intro!!
I know it’s all very subjective but-I’ve always wanted a Gretsch but never found one that suited my ears and playing style-until now. I have some really nice guitars but I plugged this Jet Jr. for fun and was immediately struck. After a half hour of comparing ( i was there to buy an Epi-339) I bought the Jet. For the price it’s perhaps unbeatable. The only knock would be intonation adjustments and tuners but come on-indeed, shocking quality!
i have had a few epiphone les pauls over the years... great guitars for the $$$ ... but i never really held onto them , couldnt find the feel etc....
i have bought the 2215 gretsch same as this but with the p90 in the front.. .. just a lot more interesting than a standard lez p shape guitar..... the gretsch tone really is different and i love it.. .. i dont think i would have regretted buying this model either... they do come in funky colours also....
I got this in Vintage White a few months ago. As I have a decent collection of guitars, I decided to tune it to drop C to play along with one of my favorite new songs and I am more than impressed with how it handles the low tension tune. I was skeptical at first, being that it has a compensated wrap around bridge, but I was blown away. It plays better than my IBG Eppi LPC.
Oh yeah, drop c in this feels like the best guitar known to man, it feels industrially sturdy. The only thing I had to replace was the volume pot which is
Fine considering I bought mine used $130
Holy crap that intro, wow.
great review... honest,very complete , personal opinions, ... congratulations
Just got the jr jet with a p90 in the front and a humbucker in the back, nato clear coat body, sounds and looks great, $300 bucks new.
How is it for you?
Love this guitar. Buying the Gold Dust as a back up live guitar. Who knows may take the place as main 😉
Yes. They are that good. Though I ended up buying the P90 version...
I bought this guitar about 20 years ago in a sunburst finish haha. Just dusted it off. I'm surprised they're still charging just $300 for it after 20 years of inflation.
Great playing, love the Gretch and the price !
Just got mine and I can't believe it either. It's a fantastic guitar. I wanted a solid body, although I don't play one often and thought about a Tele but I tool a chance on this and it's amazing. It can go from warm to biting and plays as smooth on can be. Highly recommended and you cannot beat the price. (Note: I usually play an arch top Gretsch for gigs so the solid body is for fun.)
Good choice!
digging the new video style of playing the guitar in a song
Thanks! We're going to try more of this.
@@MooreMusicGuitars really shows the sound. Keep up the great work
Just bought one because I wanted an inexpensive guitar to travel with as I gig and jam a lot in other locations. Was excited after seeing this review and others but after one gig I was so disappointed that I returned the guitar. The problem is that the bridge pickup feeds back constantly at gig volumes and this makes it unusable. I first thought it was a defective pickup but we tried other guitars of the same model and they all did the same thing. The feedback was constant even though the audience told me my volume was too low to be heard. I have been a gigging musician for over 50 years and have owned dozens of guitars and never had this issue with any other solid body guitar.
The pickup maybe just needed to be lowered.
The only thing better than a Gretsch is a Gretsch in the hands of somebody who can play the hell out of one.
Just bought a used one of these for 199 😮 i hope i will like it... Is that a good deal ?
What a beautiful guitars 🤩
Would you pay 100 more and get the LTD EC-256? I can't decide between the two and I don't know how they compare in terms of sound.
I love the intro “Wooden Ships” like song. Does it feel limiting to only have one master tone knob?
The pickups are very well balanced tonally, so I never felt a need to use it. For players who like a really dark neck sound with a brighter bridge, perhaps. Personally, I couldn't ask for much more functionality at this price.
Hi nice review, what do you think does it suffer in way for a classic "gretsch tone" because it is untypical bolt on neck design for the company?
Thanks.
Great little guitar. I can't believe I only paid 300 bucks for it.
You sold me, love the tone on these. Very early 70's kind of lead tone. That fat creaminess that tickles your ear drums, haha. These are on sale for $249 just search the model and the site should pop up. I am going to buy one right now, not lying. That's less than the original retail price, and they have gone up to $350...
Absolutely love it, although I am having trouble finding a case for my G2217. If anyone has any recommendations, please let me know!
I hate that I tried one of these (well the model with the P90 ) through a crappy solid-state Marshall combo and it really put me in a bad mood because I wanted to love that guitar. It felt okay before I plugged it in, then it sounded awful and the P90 felt like the most low-output pickup I've ever played in my entire 29 years of living.
this is my 1st guitar. I bought it last night.
Same here must’ve been around the same time lol
The lifetime of the guitar is shortened?
What is the finish called on this one?
Upgrading/changing the machine heads, pots, wiring, anything is an option worth taking. A Gretsch for 250 quid? 'Are you kidding''.
Added to cart
I think I ended up getting a limited run of these guitars my headstock is color matched
The dude abides.
I just put one in a cart and going back to pay now!
Is it the 2210 model?
Try not to fall into the trap thinking guitars aimed at new players won't last long or be good instruments years later. Today some very expensive highly desirable guitars began life many years ago as student guitars. Sure there are plenty of dogs out there in guitar land but there are some real gems too. With manufacturing moving to different woods and using more man made materials, in a few years what we now view as low end instruments may become highly prized because they were constructed using materials no longer available. For example rosewood fretboards have all but disappeared from budget friendly instruments. 🤘
how do you adjust the intonation?
Proof that a used $200 guitar is all you need.
Anybody know of a hardshell case that fits this guitar well.?
Would be a great guitar to modify.
Well that's just, um, your *opinion* man!
Thats EXACTLY why we clicked on this video. 😂 We came here for his opinion and thoughts on the guitar he's reviewing.
@@tommy2064
I concur...
Well, of course it's his opinion. I would be irritated if he had expressed somebody else's opinion 😊
I am of the same opinion, by the way. Have owned and played many different guitars over the last 40 years, and this one really surprised me. Plays and sounds great and is very versatile.
That guitar really ties the room together
Hey im thinking of getting one. Any thoughts on the intonation adjustment? Thanks@stefanschmidt7855
It’s very tough intro solo performing! Please tell me, what is backing track song name?
i have had a few epiphone les pauls over the years... great guitars for the $$$ ... but i never really held onto them , couldnt find the feel etc....
i have bought the 2215 gretsch same as this but with the p90 in the front.. .. just a lot more interesting than a standard lez p shape guitar..... the gretsch tone really is different and i love it.. .. i dont think i would have regretted buying this model either... they do come in funky colours also....