Thursday, 16 October 2008

Gretsch Power Jet

Hmmmm, the plight of the continental furniture enthusiast....a constant worry? TBH I feel the same way in any big guitar store!

Now, showing up to gigs in fishing vessels....thats a HOT topic!!

Enough nonsense from me!

Well with The Gibson gone, the suitable replacement has been found. I am now to be found weilding a bright red Gretsch Power Jet loaded with TV Jones Powertron pickups and I must say, it freakin' rocks dude!

I had my guy at Fender take a look over it and he decided to make small adjustments to the nut but thats about it - it is pretty much there.

I couldnt resist some of my personal modifications so firstly I did what most people do with Gretsch guitars by adding a 680pf cap on the master volume control, next was a Gretsch Space Control bridge allowing precise string spacing and finally I decided I like it without the scratchplate (not exactly a ''mod''). We'll see how this bridge goes but initial impressions are of much much more volume acoustically.

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