gretsch streamliner G2622T ordered

marktheharp

Gonna be a long week!
finally bit the bullet and ordered one in Torino Green.
Pmt Leeds have price matched and will collect it next Saturday morning.
Will be ditching the horrible tone/volume knobs. Why they don't come in chrome to match bigsby and hardware I don't know. .
Will update when arrives :-)

chrisj1602

They look really good.

marktheharp

They certainly do and a great price

TonyR

Nice guitar!

Got to agree with you about the knobs, they do spoil the appearance somewhat. 

 

 Chrome ones will look much better.

musicman100

TonyR said:

Nice guitar!

Got to agree with you about the knobs, they do spoil the appearance somewhat. 

 

 Chrome ones will look much better.

At the end of the day these are made to be affordable entry level gretsch guitars so I wouldn't expect fancy knobs. These are lovely guitars for the money congratulations n welcome to the gretsch club.

Modellista

I've been playing one of the single cut hollow ones for a little while, can't remember the model number, in a particularly nice sparkly red. I'd be interested to hear your thoughts, particularly on the pickups.

Not that I've ever had one before, but it does feel like how I expected a Gretsch to feel. I quite like the original knobs but the previous owner changed them for metal G ones and the switch tip for a chrome one off his Electromatic which he had to glue on and then obviously couldn't remove to put back on his other guitar when he decided to sell. Oops.

Modellista

And I also thought they were made in China but it's actually Indonesia, for whatever that's worth.

marktheharp

Yes will update when arrives

musicman100

modellista said:

I've been playing one of the single cut hollow ones for a little while, can't remember the model number, in a particularly nice sparkly red. I'd be interested to hear your thoughts, particularly on the pickups.

Not that I've ever had one before, but it does feel like how I expected a Gretsch to feel. I quite like the original knobs but the previous owner changed them for metal G ones and the switch tip for a chrome one off his Electromatic which he had to glue on and then obviously couldn't remove to put back on his other guitar when he decided to sell. Oops.

I have played to few of the different models of streamliners and the pickups sounded great n especially for the money. But Tbh I'm not massive believer in all the talk about changing pickups and all that crap. Play in guitar well and through a good amp and you should be fine.

marktheharp

Nice to hear musicman. I try and always give a guitar time to see what works and doesn't for me. I already have an Epi swingster with the chet atkins style bigsby which is great but it made me want a proper Gretsch. Call me shallow, but it's the first brand new guitar I have ever bought. And will give it a thorough going over before I leave the shop happy. . Thanks for all the comments and realise it's not been out long... and not many reviews, other than industry/magazine stuff.
Paul (Marlin) has given me great advice too. .
Cheers
Mark.

Modellista

I half-agree with you on this. Yes there is a lot of time and money spent on chasing imperceptible gains when it comes to pickups. Perhaps I should have said "I'd be interested to hear what you think of the sound", although the majority of the sound of an electric guitar is down to its pickups. And because the Streamliners have different pickups to anything else in the Gretsch stable, I think considering the pickups is a valid pastime.

I find the Streamliner to be one of the more distinctive sounds in my stable, and I'm genuinely interested to hear others' thoughts on what they sound like. I'm not particularly interested in "for the money" caveats either.

And of course plenty of good amps and good players sound completely different to each other, so I'm not sure exactly where you're coming from there?

musicman100;1032143" said:

modellista said:

I've been playing one of the single cut hollow ones for a little while, can't remember the model number, in a particularly nice sparkly red. I'd be interested to hear your thoughts, particularly on the pickups.



Not that I've ever had one before, but it does feel like how I expected a Gretsch to feel. I quite like the original knobs but the previous owner changed them for metal G ones and the switch tip for a chrome one off his Electromatic which he had to glue on and then obviously couldn't remove to put back on his other guitar when he decided to sell. Oops.










I have played to few of the different models of streamliners and the pickups sounded great n especially for the money.

But Tbh I'm not massive believer in all the talk about changing pickups and all that crap.

Play in guitar well and through a good amp and you should be fine.

blueskunk

That's a fit guitar.

musicman100

marktheharp said:

Nice to hear musicman. I try and always give a guitar time to see what works and doesn't for me. I already have an Epi swingster with the chet atkins style bigsby which is great but it made me want a proper Gretsch. Call me shallow, but it's the first brand new guitar I have ever bought. And will give it a thorough going over before I leave the shop happy. . Thanks for all the comments and realise it's not been out long... and not many reviews, other than industry/magazine stuff.
Paul (Marlin) has given me great advice too. .
Cheers
Mark.

your welcome mate. Marlin is a fellow gretsch fan and he has a few different models. I think these streamliners will give the electromatics a run for thier money. As the electromatics are now creeping to the towards 2nd hand prices on a good proline if you look around. 10 out of 10 for the streamliners overall and the really do look the part.

StanleyAccrington

I was tempted to buy a second hand Epiphone Casino today. 'Nearly new' with hard case £360. But I reckon I would prefer this Gretsch.

StanleyAccrington

It's selling for £379 at my local guitar store. Gotta be worth it just to get into the Gretsch owners club!

musicman100

StanleyAccrington;1032227" said:

It's selling for £379 at my local guitar store. Gotta be worth it just to get into the Gretsch owners club!

everyone is welcome lol

zepp76

I have a G2655T Streamliner and love it, I made a thread about it a while back http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/68750/gretsch-g2655t-jnr#latest You will love yours, welcome to the club!

marktheharp

Thanks guys. I will be in the 'club' when I get my hands on it in a weeks time. I will check your thread zep.
I mentioned getting one of these a few months ago and didn't honestly think I would raise the funds. But sold various bits and bobs ! .and had a look around and nothing else was calling me.....

musicman100

[quote="zepp76;1032281"]I have a G2655T Streamliner and love it, I made a thread about it a while back http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/68750/gretsch-g2655t-jnr#latest You will love yours, welcome to the club![/quote
they are great

marktheharp

Hmmmm. Had a call from Joey at PMT. bad news there is no torino green left in stock. ..next order will be July.... but he is getting me one in Red to try. ..If I really want the green. Will get my money back and look elsewhere. ... decisions , decisions ?

musicman100

Well there's loads about at other dealers now