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I can recommend the Loar 600. It's all-carved, and is basically a copy of a 1920's L-5. Great guitar for the money, you can find them for $600-700.
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https://www.sweetwater.com/store/det...vintage-orange Near dead-ringer for the Japanese-made Professional Series version at one-third the price, sounds/plays like a Gretsch should (install a set of .011 flatwounds and you're in rockabilly heaven) - and well worth waiting and saving up the extra bucks for the level of quality you're getting (BTW Sweetwater will deal - so don't hesitate to ask for a better price)...
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Had a $95 credit with MF so it didn't feel so bad. Lol paid half the taxes |
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Hope you've got a nice tube amp to keep it company; if not, I've been using one of these for the last ten years: takes you from the bedroom to a 600-700 seat hall, clean as you need or dirty as you want, with more tone than anything this inexpensive (~$400 if you catch a Holiday/Coupon Sale Day) is supposed to have - excellent match for a Gretsch (voice of experience here), and if you're a tweaker at heart it's very responsive to tube/speaker swaps: https://www.bugera-amps.com/product....odelCode=P0B03
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This one takes three 12AX7's and a pair of EL84's, and the good news is you don't need (although it helps from what I've heard) a matched pair of power tubes with the self-biasing Infinium circuitry; IME you'll also want to experiment with different brand preamp tubes in different positions - goes a long way in customizing your tone...
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Easrman and Ibanez have plenty to offer at this price point
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Washburn J4 - pretty cheap and stable
I have a Washburn J4. It's a laminated top / back jazzbox. A single floating pickup is mounted on the fingerboard extension; tone and volume pots are on the floating pickguard. It's based loosely on the Gibson Howard Roberts guitar design and is easy to hot rod.
My instrument came set up (very nicely) by my local guitar shop and the action is superb and smooth to play. I have smooth wound electric strings mounted. It's a little neck heavy as the neck is maple. The guitar is not a featherweight but is generally well balanced. Overall typical Chinese quality of construction - nice finish but a little overbuilt. It's a decent value at the modest price point. Comes with a good case. The only downside in my book (given that this is not and will never be comparable to a carved instrument) is the Mr. T chest bling style tailpiece. It is hideous. On mine, I've pulled the tailpiece and replaced it with a Benedetto - style ebony tailpiece which looks right at home. Those are available on ebay and they are not expensive. The second photo shows the post Mr. T tailpiece. This instrument is a pretty nice doorway into Freddy Green chording and smooth jazz work. I've played rockabilly on it too, but the fit isn't all that great. There's a good reason Gretsch is king in the rockabilly world!
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