Gretsch Guitars G2622T Streamliner Center Block Double-Cutaway With Bigsby Brownstone Maple

First, bravo to the Guitar Center for excellent customer service (and a shout-out to Jeff in the Orange CT store) - they were helpful, good problem solvers, and the shipping was super-fast. The guitar is terrific, especially for the price. You can tell how they kept the price-point so low (potentiometers, for example, are no great shakes), but the important stuff is very good: tuners, neck, pickups, Bigsby...and a gorgeous finish. Mine needs the usual set-up tweaks to make it suit me, but all in all, I'm very pleased.

Didn't get to use it. It went straight back.

The salesman, pulled my guitar out of the box in front of me. When I looked at the guitar, I must say, its presentation far exceeded my expectations. However, the expressions of customers, and sales people looking on with me were truly heartwarming. It was their impulsive, and unsolicited remarks of congratulatory gladness over its beauty that made me realize that this guitar is simply impressively beautiful. How did it play? Well, Forget about it!---I did a great deal of research on this guitar in a short two week period. I was ready to pull the trigger on the D'Angelico EXL-1. I don't know why, but I was on guitar center website, and I just started trolling around looking a pretty guitars. The G2622T/TG crossed my path, and, well! Stop the presses!---I originally began this quest, looking for a D'angelico Excel EXL. Since, I was a five year old boy, the guitar of my dreams was a D'angelico. My Dad had one. I would come to understand that it was a collectable. Today, the re-make is a street price of about 1300.00 give or take, and it's a truly beautiful guitar. However, I came to realize that all these higher priced guitars were laminated Tops, sides, and backs. Huge disapointment! Therefore, authentic woods were taken out of the equation for me.---The specs of the G2622T/TG were akin to those of Gretsch higher priced models. The spec analysis was more comparable to other guitars ranging in two or three times is price, even more, really!---I began to Spec out other guitars, now that my eye candy antenna were up. I found myself debating continuously between the Gretsch and the D'angelico. Analysis between Gretsch and D'angelico Excel EXL electronics revealed that the D'angelico was no comparison to the Gretsch as far as functionality goes.---D'Angelico's single floating humbucker pickup provides a power rating of 9.5, with a sound definition of 5.Gretsch's Broad'Tron™ BT-2S pickups offers a power rating of 9.5, with a sound definition of 7.5, of which...>>

I sat down tried all of the Ibanez, D'Angelico, Epi, and Gretsch's from $400-1k and walked out with this one. If buying online please read... The frets are not medium jumbo... more like vintage medium, they are thinner and shorter than a typical medium jumbo. Also the neck profile in the hand is a tad thicker than an Epi 335 and also a bit narrower... closer to my LP with a 50's neck... which for my hand was perfect and why I chose this over the Epi's/D'Angelico's. I will say all of the Streamliner Gretsch's in the store played well. You can tell the guitars were set up nicely prior to shipping and came out of the box that way. I was able to grab a new in box from the back of the store and the setup was great. No fretwork needed at all... which is something I RARELY see in the sub 1k price point. Tuners are die-cast nickle but they are smooth as can be and do not feel the need to change. Pickups sound good to me as well. The neck is very Jazzy and soft and the bridge has some bite but in the upper-mids, not ice-picky, and cuts well. Because they are standard humbucker size, replacement options are plenty. In order to make this guitar stay in tune with the Bigsby, you'll need to work that spring in a little and do some work and lubing the saddles and nut. Not a knock, just a warning if this is your first Bigsby bridged guitar. All in all a great playing guitar with a good size and comfortable neck with room to grow/upgrade if you feel the need. I was looking for a semi-hollow with Bigsby preferably to add to the collection, and this fit the bill perfectly. Plenty of that Gretsch vibe and at no point does it look like nor do I feel like I am playing a cheap guitar... Which is what ultimately drove me away from the Ibanez's in this price point.

Wanted a Gretsch sound to accompany Strat Elite with HH, and Gib Les Paul. Thought all I needed was the two, but the 2622T made it a three some. Now hard to decide which one to play. Had pro setup complete, but like others, low E buzz at 4th fret. Took it to another GC and fixed (thought it might be my imagination, but not). With that, had new Gib locking tuners installed as well (Tuning changes often). That corrected that irritation. Running a Fender Blues IV with Boss ME-80. Guess that will be all I'll need (maybe). Best of all worlds? Guitar is quite fun to play, and gives a bit different sound than Gib. Thanking Universe each and every day.

I love this guitar. For the price and advertisement you'd expect it'd stay in tune through more work but it's alright for the overall value.