Note to self: do not lick fingers after playing guitar ( Read more... )

Okay.

So I played the new Gretsch Electromatic the other day - and strike me if I can't really hear the difference between that puppy and the Tennessee Rose, which is the one I was in the market for ( Read more... )

I had a good close look at my Goldtop today after someone on the Gretsch forums quipped that her Nashville picked up almost as much lint as a Les Paul.

Sure enough, my lovely girl was covered in seven kinds of crap.

Research was in order, because even I know that you don't just hoe into a '57 custom reissue with a dishcloth and some Mr.Sheen. ( Read more... )

Some curious nut asked about the durability of hollow-body Gretsch guitars (like the Nashville or Tennessee Rose) on a guitar review forum I frequent. I was about to reply when I realised some cheeky bugger had already taken the words right out of my mouth:

"Don't bang it into a piano or a bus and it will last a long time."

Tee hee.