Why should one own a Gretsch?

[phcorrigan]

Originally Posted by Steve DeRosa

...here's a quick list off the top of my head, of players who used them extensively or exclusively during their careers...

You can add Doyle Dykes and Jerry Reed to that list.

[m_g]

Originally Posted by Steve DeRosa

Absolutely, as long as you go with a full hollowbody like the 5420 or 5422 Electromatics and use heavier (11's or higher, with a wound G) strings...
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That's the answer I was hoping for, thanks a lot!

[Steve DeRosa]

Originally Posted by gfirob

There are photos on the interweb of John Lennon playing a 6120 too...

Yeah, I knew about that one; TMK it was only used it on "Paperback Writer" and a couple of the Revolver sessions and, much like George Harrison's '63 Rick 420, might have been played once or twice on stage (if at all) and/or kept as a backup to the '65 Epiphone Casino he would use through 1970...

Originally Posted by phcorrigan

You can add Doyle Dykes and Jerry Reed to that list...

Forgot about Doyle, didn't know about Jerry...

[GoPappy]

And don’t forget about Brian Setzer.

[phcorrigan]

Originally Posted by GoPappy

And don’t forget about Brian Setzer.

I think he was referenced earlier as "the Stray Cats guy."