Great Gretsch Sound
October 5th, 2009
So I couldn’t sleep after totally wasting my weekend. I ended up making an iLike Music Quiz and reading old Gordie Johnson interviews. Then I decided to indulge myself and go to the Gretsch guitar website.
I’ve never actually played a Gretsch, I guess I’m waiting until I can afford one. I promised myself one, when I finished my MBA, but we all know how that went. Now I work at a non-profit in the DTES so $3000 guitars aren’t something I can afford.
Despite all that, Gretsch has released another model to lust after. They’re calling this one G6196TSP-2G Country Club, it has this awesome two tone silver and violet finish. Gretsch makes the best looking guitars, not all gimmicky, just that classic Gretsch shape and sound.
Luke Doucet is bringing back the White Falcon, but I was leaning towards a bit simpler model, seeing has how I’m basically ignorant, I mean a minimalist. They make the Hot Rod, which has one pickup and one knob. I think seeing “Black Snake Moan” again, has got me thinking about going electric again. They make a purple Hot Rod and R.L., I mean Samuel Jackson plays a purple guitar when he goes electric in the movie.
It took many, many years of following them on social media seeing them on stage and learning about them in books and YouTube videos for me to finally buy a Gretsch electric guitar. Of course it is green. I’d forgotten about the “Highland Green” Hot Rod shown above until editing this blog post, it must not have sold well. Gretsch has released a lot of cool guitars over the years and finally in 2025 I got one of my very own. If you have thoughts on the great Gretsch sound you can leave them below.
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Went to Tom Lee Music on Granville and they had this guitar. $3500, a lot out of reach at my current salary. I went to Tom Lee after leaving my CFA practice exam early, I just haven’t been studying enough, I have two weeks left to relearn what I’ve forgotten and learn enough to pass. I guess I need some motivation.
It looks good in the picture, but up close I think I prefer the standard orange or even the Blue Burst model. Need to work on my playing, especially without my slide, gotta tune up and replace the strings on my acoustic me thinks.