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pearljam7pearljam7 Posts: 447
edited November 2005 in Musicians and Gearheads
they look really nice acually
im looking at the lower end ones like the Pro Jet
the one i like is the pro jet w/ the bigsby (490$)
its not like the really expensive duo jet ones and its made in China.
but its supposed to be a real good player

what do you all think?
yay or nay
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  • likepilateihaveadoglikepilateihaveadog Posts: 1,083
    my buddy's got one like that...not sure on the details, but about 500 with a bigsby, so...
    plays real nice...for me, I'm just so used to Fender frets...playing on a "shorter" board like that always messes me up, but yeah, give one a try if you can, I think you'll be pretty happy with a gretsch. never played on it a good amp though...so I can't really comment on the sound...
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  • who's_pearljam?who's_pearljam? Posts: 2,104
    If you can play it first, try to. I don't know that particular one, but I have a Historic series "Made in Korea" hollowbody with no Bigsby. That series was about 5 years ago.
    They go for $500 plus or minus these days. It's a great playing guitar and a great value!
    They're laminate instead of solid wood tops, but most stuff is these days. It sounds great and the is pretty well built.

    I have an old "real" Country Gentleman, too, and I think the $500 dollar Historic Series plays just as nice as the gentleman.
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  • enharmonicenharmonic Posts: 1,917
    I'd play it first. A real Bigsby costs 20% of the total asking price of those guitars. It could be a Bigsby licensed vibrato, which would still be nice :)

    I owned a Blue Pearl Jet that kicked ass. I swapped out the pickups for TV Jones Filtertrons, and the turners for a locking variety, and I feared no man while bringing the rock. Those Asian Gretsch guitars are some of the better guitars coming out of that region.

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  • who's_pearljam?who's_pearljam? Posts: 2,104
    enharmonic wrote:
    I'd play it first. A real Bigsby costs 20% of the total asking price of those guitars. It could be a Bigsby licensed vibrato, which would still be nice :)

    I owned a Blue Pearl Jet that kicked ass. I swapped out the pickups for TV Jones Filtertrons, and the turners for a locking variety, and I feared no man while bringing the rock. Those Asian Gretsch guitars are some of the better guitars coming out of that region.

    Try before you buy.


    I agree.
    Actually, mine is a real Bigsby, too! I was surprised when I took it apart to look, because, like you say, that's a fifth of the price.
    I just checked and mine's been in a case for a year and still in tune! :D
    I got it in barter for some work I did.
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