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06-15-2021, 09:10 PM
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I did a crazy thing
This past Saturday I traded my beautiful Larrivee OM-40R fo a Gretsch electric guitar. It is a Gretsch G2420 Streamliner in Cherry red. I haven't played an electric since 1976. When I bought my first acoustic guitar on the wall of the music shop was a Gretsch white falcon and I thought it was the most beautiful guitar I had ever seen and I wanted it so bad but it was far too expensive for a 16 year old boy to afford. Well my new Streamliner is not white but it is a beauty anyway. And it plays nice too. I can play chords that I could not play before. I can now play a Bm barre chord. on this new guitar. I really like it, but sometimes I think did I do the right thing? It does work better with the praise and worship music I play with the praise team at church.
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"Your green eyes they don't miss a thing, they hold me like the sun going down, warm me like a fire in the night, without a sound." Kate Wolf Epiphone Hummingbird Studio Martin 000-10e 
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#2
06-15-2021, 09:47 PM
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If you’re happy with the new guitar, then that is most important. My one concern with a straight trade is that the OM-40R is usually a higher-priced guitar than the Streamliner Gretsch. I hope you got some cash or other added value out of the trade.
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#3
06-16-2021, 01:31 PM
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Congrats on the Gretsch! I'm sure you got a great guitar but one day you'll be missing that Larrivee. Did you like the Larrivee?
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#4
06-16-2021, 01:51 PM
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Nothing crazy about wanting a Gretsch semi.
Enjoy!
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#5
06-16-2021, 02:42 PM
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I think a Gretsch is the perfect electric guitar for an acoustic player.
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2003 Martin OM-42, K&K's 1932 National Style O, K&K's 1930 National Style 1 tricone Square-neck 1951 Rickenbacker Panda lap steel 2014 Gibson Roy Smeck Stage Deluxe Ltd, Custom Shop, K&K's 1957 Kay K-27 X-braced jumbo, K&K's 1967 Gretsch 6120 Chet Atkins Nashville 2014 Gold Tone WL-250, Whyte Lade banjo 2024 Mahogany Weissenborn, Jack Stepick Ear Trumpet Labs Edwina Tonedexter
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#6
06-16-2021, 05:08 PM
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Street price for the Gretsch G2420 Streamliner hardtail is $449, $549 with Bigsby... Store could probably flip that Larry quick for $1700 if it's in good playing/cosmetic shape - more if they're not in a hurry - and IMO they easily could have thrown in a brand-new-with factory-warranty Bugera V22/V55, Vox AC10, or Fender Pro Junior tube combo, and still come out well ahead of the game... BTW if you still have a jones for a White Falcon (and already have an amp to run it through), they probably could have done a straight even-up deal on one of these, a hardshell case, and a case-candy goodie bag (strings/picks/cable/strap/polishing cloth) - and with some well-chosen, readily-available aftermarket parts it'd be a close match for the (discontinued) $3500 6136DC '62 tribute:  https://www.musiciansfriend.com/guit...lectric-guitar If the Streamliner meets your current/anticipated needs, use it well  - IME the Brooklyn-vintage Filter'Tron/Hi-lo'Tron/Dynasonic "Great Gretsch Sound" is very well-suited to CCM/P&W (former worship leader/church musician-for-hire here) - but offering that Larrivee in trade I'm just sorry you weren't able to do better... 
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"Mistaking silence for weakness and contempt for fear is the final, fatal error of a fool" - Sicilian proverb (paraphrased)
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06-22-2021, 10:03 PM
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"Your green eyes they don't miss a thing, they hold me like the sun going down, warm me like a fire in the night, without a sound." Kate Wolf Epiphone Hummingbird Studio Martin 000-10e
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06-22-2021, 10:08 PM
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"Your green eyes they don't miss a thing, they hold me like the sun going down, warm me like a fire in the night, without a sound." Kate Wolf Epiphone Hummingbird Studio Martin 000-10e
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06-23-2021, 07:28 AM
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