Just watched this episode and really enjoyed it. I'm 52 and just bought my first guitar a week ago. Air guitar is away easier than the real thing. Fingers are sore and brain frustrated , but plan on pushing on. Again really enjoy your videos.
+pjfan173 Take a week off now, and take the guitar and put it in a good case, and go out into the desert in Arizona USA for 10-days without food or water..At the end if you have not burned the guitar for warmth, or been so much in despair you haven't thrown it into the sand and left it, you have a chance at becoming a kick ass guitar player...PS don't under any circumstances take Chapman with you into the desert....
It takes a while before you start to get used to chords. The good thing is once you learn scales they transpose to other keys more easily than non stringed instruments. Keep at it, set aside 45 minutes every day or more. Dont just noodle. 😊
+CammojoDragon97 Really? I Thought those Pickups sounded horrible distorted and clean. I was realy Suprised that its Too bright to sound good clean most of the time, Yet still too mudddy to rock Distortion.
Eric Johnson claims he can hear if the batteries in his effects pedals are at different voltages... it was a joke on that..Kind of like saying you can hear the grass grow....
I live in Georgia (I know, I know, you don't have to send your sympathies), and Georgia green probably just harkens back to old trucks that have that kind of green color on them. It's probably more a southern backwoods kind of affectation than a Georgia specific one. By the way, I'm all about those Cult riffs.
I would watch these two guys do a demo on a toaster oven wearing batman and robin pajamas while drinking hot chocolate.. The best thing since the three stooges. Much love for you guys from America.. I wish I lived over there. I would only shop at Anderson's..
That counting the frets theory segment was so likened to Skwisgaar counting the frets in the "....Fast Hand Master Class" lesson where he teaches you the solo for the Duncan Hills Coffee Jingle, ffing hilarious.
Great demos guys, I really enjoy them. I like how you take the time to demo many different types of guitars. You guys should open a music store in Canada, we could use someone that actually care about what they sell.
My son just played one of these with 2 pickups on a orange crush 120 and it was great!Now he is working real hard to get this set up.Here in the USA this rig he wants is about $1500.
Just purchased the 5622T "Electromatic". I chose the Georgia Green even though I hadn't planned on owning a green guitar. I liked it. The guitar is a substantial piece: very well made, deep full tones with range, good set up right out of the store. I would rather not spend $3k on a guitar, so for well under a $1000 US (on sale) I'm 100% pleased.
I tried a very cheap gretsch (200-300 pounds) in a store a few weeks ago and IT blew my mind, very Nice for the money. This is normally not my style of guitar but i really like these ;) keep the tach captain, you look like a superhero ;)
Captain has got so much better over the past 12-18 months. Love to know if he is just playing more or whether he has had some instructional wizardry from someone
Its not every day you see the Captain playing rings around Chappers, He's definitely at home with the bluesy rock and roll more than Chappers. On another note that black double cut is seriously sexy. It's crying to crank out some ACDC, Malcolm Young Style.
Awesome overview. I will say that you didn't use the middle pickup on the 5622 like at all. With it being the more unique part of that guitar, showing the different ways you could use it would have been helpful
It's "Georgia Green" because of the Augusta National Golf Club, where the Masters are held. That's the association Gretsch was going for with "Georgia Green"
Fidelitron? Cmon, guys. FILTERTRONS!! I'm a Gretsch enthusiast , so that pained me. Electromatics are NO JOKE. I have Pro Line Gretsches, like my beautiful 6118 (Anniversary), but I have Electromatics too. And some of my favorite guitars I own are among the Electromatics. The primary difference is that many Pro Gretsches come with an Ebony fretboard, and more expensive pickups - eg TV Jones Classics I adore the DeArmond 2000's in my 5129 though And most Electromatics now come with Blacktop Filtertrons and Hilotrons as well sometimes Beware some of the older Electromayics that came with the 'dreaded' 'Gretschbuckers' They actually aren't awful pivkups, but they are not 'Gretschy' at all
I'm a noob to this kind of stuff, but I have a question. What pickups are on the gretsch jet club, and are they any good? I'm looking at getting a new guitar, but I'm only 13 so I don't really have much money. Should I get the pro jet, which is $140 more, or does the jet club come with adequate pickups? I'm looking to play some guns n roses type of stuff, but I really like the sound of gretsch guitars. What other differences are there between the pro jet and the jet club aside from the neck and pickups? And what are the main differences between the pickups? I would really appreciate some help.
Kerwin Ho There is a 120 difference in retail price. Should be about $100 difference in street price give or take. There is NO difference in the necks -same radius,finish,frets, fingerboard, etc. except for the inlays The body construction, nut, bridge, etc etc are all exactly the same. The only differences are the controls (the jet club has simplier controls, whereas the pro jet has individual volume controls for each pickup). and the pickups the jet club has what most of us gretchies consider as very "non gretschy" pickups. they are "ok", they just don't give you that classic Gretsch sound, which is the primary reason most of us have Gretsches in the first place. The pro jet has Blacktop Filtertrons. These are GREAT pickups. They are offered in several of the more expensive electromatics as well and are modeled after some classic filtertrons discovered recently and copied. I have Gretsches with HS Filtertrons (used primarily in higher end proline Gretsches), TV Jones Classics, Megatrons (not a typo), vintage dynasonics, new japan made dynasonics, DeArmond 2000's, TV Jones T-Armonds, and Blacktop Filtertrons. The Btop filtertrons hold their own against ANY pickup. You pay $100 or so extra in the Pro Jet to get individual volume controls (so when you are using dual pickup position you can dial in different mixes of bridge and neck pup whereas with the new jet,you can't) and imo much better pickups. So is it worth it? Imo, yes. If you get the pro jet , while you COULD still upgrade the pickups to TV Jones Classics or whatever, you will have a very solid guitar with great components and probably no desire to upgrade (although you can always upgrade to a Bigsby later,as well as a Tru Arc bridge) you might like the pups on the jet club and IF you do, go for it, again that and the controls are the only difference. 90% of a guitars tone is coming from thepickups so it's not a minor consideration imo, the Btops are EXCELLENT and worth paying for. You get that 'real' Gretsch sound. they are very versatile.They can rock hard (Who's Next and Quadrophenia were recorded with a 1959 6120 using very similar pickups), they can get that rockabilly Gretsch twang, they can do country, they handle distortion very well, and they are very responsive to pick attack I'd TRY both, but I prefer the Btops
+John Smith i know I'm replying to a several month old post, but i just wanted to say: to see a kid in his young teens interested in, of all the guitars out there, a gretsch, makes me really happy. so does the fact that you gave him a good, detailed, lengthy reply without being set back by his age.
The reason Far East Gretsch sound so good is down to the fact they stick the Gretsch name on the headstock. they guarantee Quality Control by doing that and inspire customer confidence in the brand, They don't hide behind flags of convenience like 'Squier' or' Epiphone'- DUH wasn't us it was them cop out - When the brands name is on the block you care a lot more, hat's off to Gretsch on that one. Having said that, Squiers are generally decent instruments, very playable, I would have no issues on gigging one at a pinch, whereas Epiphone are largely hit and miss, good ones are pretty good, bad ones are just plain bad.
TheMrCRWhite My friend, I've played good Squiers and good Epi's too, my original comment is testimony to that fact, I recommend Squier Strat or Tele to any beginners as a first guitar, I even stated I would gig one, maybe you're just having a bad day. Matter of fact, back in the day, my first gigs were performed on a 'very' second hand Westone SG copy I picked up for £15, it did a job. Then I was able to afford a better guitar. My remarks weren't based on musical snobbery, they were based on 40 years of experience. Hardly a generalization.
I reckon that's why PRS' Korean SE series are just SPECTACULAR. I have a Custom 24 'Floyd' SE - cost £450, worth a LOT more..... best guitar I own.. and the series are good enough for Opeth... (Not an Opeth fan, but they are no musical joke!)
Jacksonkellyfreak I'm a subscriber to the old saying, 'The difference between a Fender Mexico and a USA is about 60 miles and $1,000'. Fender Mexico are IMHO the best value for money guitar on the market. I still have a '93 Mexican Strat, original as the day I bought it new, still a great guitar. USA's really look the part but you don't play the glitz. I.m waiting for a PRS SE 24 to arrive any day now and look forward to finding out whether they are all they're cracked up to be. You can keep those Jackson's but a guy I like listening to'John Inmon' used to play a Schecter, country style and it sounded great, then again it was in good hands, wouldn't be my choice though.
Owned a Gretsch White Falcon Centre Block. I absolutely hated it. It fed back more than my regular White Falcon. I sent it back that day! Just my experience. Cheers!
You mentioned short scale guitars feeling tight. Isn't it the other way around? Longer string of the same diameter has to be strung tighter to make the same pitch as a shorter one?
As far as going out of tune - that's why Townsend recorded Who's Next with a 6120, but didn't tour with it. He said it wouldn't stay in tune on stage- especially the way Townsend plays
Hell-yeah! Thanx Boys! Recently bought a black G5620 & its my new fav... and i DO feel like Catwoman w/ this one! ... or better yet, Siouxsie- circa 1982!!! (even though she can't really play) Having played many Gretsch models over the yrs, its odd that a lesser expensive (and FMIC generation) guitar would catch my fancy. Being quite shallow/vain, its looks first attracted me to this one... (honestly, thats what i base all my choice of guitars on). This one sounds almost as good as my old Tennessean. It plays great - its super comfy - string spacing & scale fit my smaller size perfectly... and it sounds awsome; unplugged and/or through any of our 5 amps (frm crappy to damn-nice). Gotta admit - not a big fan of modern Gretsches, but this one has taken front spot in our 32 guitar line-up! (yes, thats hoarding not collecting)
These guitars have (quite strange & new) Super Hilo-trons, apparently a Hilotron with an extra dummy coil without pole pieces. There's just one black-top Filtertrons in the bridge position on the green one, the three pickup one is all "super hilotrons". It's not a well known pickup with Gretsch fanatics, since it's so new.
That might have been the same run Lee, but you guys should start doing more jazzy playing in your videos. That jam was great I dug it just as I do all of them. A plus two n a six lol. The letter four!!!! Haha. You guys rock. Maybe some more theory in your bids? Or maybe just a few segments of chap n cap'n theory explained. Most videos are just one guy explaining it to you and whether or not you actually understand it is up to the person watching but it would seem if you guys go back and forth basically teaching each other there could be more to gain from that from the viewer
