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Get the filtetrons and the tone switch - tele tones to les paul tones and of course the great Gretsch tone - fat, sparkly and growling.
Superb build quality, lightweight and great feel when they're setup right.
Also pin the bridge (I screw all my Gretsch bridge bases directly to the body) and you're good to go.
Google sold on this forum a couple of years ago - beautiful!
http://thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/1249/sold-gretsch-silver-sparkle-jet-g6129t
Jets are amazing guitars. Ive had quite a few, and as long as you get a 2004/5 onwards, it will be a great guitar. I dont know if Gretsch still do Sparkle finishes but the 90s ones just arent right spec wise. All style pick ups are great. Dynasonics are very old school rock n roll and in your face, and Filtertrons are possibly my fave pickups ever.
Also, my experience is the necks are all quite small. Its why my current one is for sale.
What was the name of the range of the ones that were about £500?
A few years ago I really wanted one of those but the money never panned out.
What would you compare the necks to?
And please tell me about your own that is for sale.
Who else plays Jets?
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*edit - this is it at a daytime gig some years ago:
The necks are quite slim - all Japanese Gretsches seem to have similar necks - and the frets are on the small side, I don't like the poly finished ones, they just feel plasticky to me. Bridges need to be pinned and often the Bigsby too, as ICBM will attest. Also with the sparkle binding, the side dots disappear on darkened stages and under certain light, which was a pain.
I also had a 6120DL which was a bit of a pig to play, I never bonded with it but it recorded exceptionally well. I loved the recorded tones yet disliked them 'in the room'. That one I maybe should have kept...the Penguin I don't miss. I would like to find a *really* good example of a jet though cos they do have something different going on...and Malcolm is a hero of mine musically speaking.
I'm wasn't sure about the duo Jets before this thread but their look is growing on me.
That Penguin is nice Moe by the way!
They are quite pricey as well. Not sure I would risk buying a used one blind; but then again well over £2k for new is silly money really...
PROS: Amazing sound from stock Filtertrons - gritty yet jazzy etc. Killer looks. Light. Semi-hollow tones. Not a bloody Fender or Gibson.