Thank you for showing Gretsch, I play a Gretsch and can't love my guitar more. Bucket list however is the 1967 Fender Wildwood, someday, but for now loving the Gretsch they are great playing and sounding guitars.
Mr. Sandman is the song and for those that have never played a Gretsch they sound good for any type of music from country to rock, jazz and surf. They have very fast necks and even the cheaper guitars are pretty high quality. And yes I also own Martins, Gibson's, Fenders, Rickinbacker's and Ibanez. But my Gretsch is my most play guitar sense I bought it three years ago.
hey mark-great job on mr. sandman. you sound exactly like the chet atkins vid that I've watched dozens of times. I own so many guitars I've lost track, but I only own one Gretsch. it's a 1965 6122 chet atkins country gentleman. I bought the 1965 catalog and this was the guitar pictured on the front cover. it still had grover stairstep imperials, not the kidney bean style. it did have the supertron neck pickup. as you can tell by my user name, I wanted it to look exactly like George Harrisons. I somehow got in touch with Duke Kramer. I drove to Richmond, Va from Virginia Beach, Va and he had brought down a new pair of filtertrons (we had discussed this via a phone call) so I bought them. Duke was the president of the Baldwin era of Gretsh guitars and still had all of the remaining parts. He lived in Cincinnati, Oh, so when I visited my brother in Columbus, Oh we drove down Dukes house. I bought all new knobs, the bigsby g6 tailpice so it matched the new shiney gold pickups. I had brought the guitar with me and he was kind enough to remove the back pad and wrote on the plastic cover "This is truly a great guitar" and then he signed his name. my brother took a picture of Duke and me holding the guitar. I had the picture framed and is still sitting on top of my dresser door, I see it every night when I go to bed. P.S. Sorry, I didn't mean to write a book
Mark, with all due respect. If you were working and demonstrating vintage guitars in a shop I owned, you would not be playing them with a zipper up front. You should be wearing a shirt with no buttons or zippered front. Just saying.
Not bad, listen to Chet Atkins, the read deal!! Beautiful guitar, looks and sound! But look at that awful, awful,. . Falcon??? On scratch plate! Looks more like a tatty, stuffed, clumsy vulture!! Falcons are Sleak, fast, powerful they rock! don't look like that, Says nothing for the character and personality of guitar, let's it down in my opinion!
Mark, you were a star back then even, years later I'm commenting !!! You Rock!!!
Frusciante!!
first Gretsch I ever saw was a 6120 that Eddie Cochran had , the whole look and sound of it blew me away
Thank you for showing Gretsch, I play a Gretsch and can't love my guitar more. Bucket list however is the 1967 Fender Wildwood, someday, but for now loving the Gretsch they are great playing and sounding guitars.
That Black Falcon...oh my days..😍😍🎸
Song is Mr. Sandman from the 50's.
Mr. Sandman is the song and for those that have never played a Gretsch they sound good for any type of music from country to rock, jazz and surf. They have very fast necks and even the cheaper guitars are pretty high quality. And yes I also own Martins, Gibson's, Fenders, Rickinbacker's and Ibanez. But my Gretsch is my most play guitar sense I bought it three years ago.
Fantastic guitar player! Sure missing him at Norms.
Not many people will know that is an old Chet Atkins song. Nice pick of songs.
My favorite is the spruce top ones with the Dynasonics....I had to add a Bigsby and bar bridge to mine, though
my favorite part of these videos is where you can hear mark banging his rings and metal on his jacket and clothes against the guitars lol
Jeff Fritts ur favorite? lighten up fritts, jeesh
30% mark down for the zipper scratches.
That's a silver falcon, not a black falcon.
A song that should be performed on this particular guitar, is a song called "If This House Could Talk" by Smiley Bates.
The 'G' tailpiece is called the Cadillac Tailpiece
nice playing,
HAHAHAHA!!! RIGHT! I guess you don't play?
You don't think he's a good player? I think he's pretty f%%king great
I think mark was a little nervous here
hey mark-great job on mr. sandman. you sound exactly like the chet atkins vid that I've watched dozens of times. I own so many guitars I've lost track, but I only own one Gretsch. it's a 1965 6122 chet atkins country gentleman. I bought the 1965 catalog and this was the guitar pictured on the front cover. it still had grover stairstep imperials, not the kidney bean style. it did have the supertron neck pickup. as you can tell by my user name, I wanted it to look exactly like George Harrisons. I somehow got in touch with Duke Kramer. I drove to Richmond, Va from Virginia Beach, Va and he had brought down a new pair of filtertrons (we had discussed this via a phone call) so I bought them. Duke was the president of the Baldwin era of Gretsh guitars and still had all of the remaining parts. He lived in Cincinnati, Oh, so when I visited my brother in Columbus, Oh we drove down Dukes house. I bought all new knobs, the bigsby g6 tailpice so it matched the new shiney gold pickups. I had brought the guitar with me and he was kind enough to remove the back pad and wrote on the plastic cover "This is truly a great guitar" and then he signed his name. my brother took a picture of Duke and me holding the guitar. I had the picture framed and is still sitting on top of my dresser door, I see it every night when I go to bed. P.S. Sorry, I didn't mean to write a book
Dear CHRIST how I wish I could afford even the cheapest Gretsch Falcon guitar -_-
BillySRedfield got one i.ll sell you. 1966 white falcon with built in tuning forks. Everything works apperance fair to good.
Wiley Phillips do you still have it for sale?
Nice playing awesome guitar
jonh frusciente guitar
Have one love it
Excellent demo beautiful Gretsch tone
Sorry Mark baby, but that's not a Black Falcon, it's a Silver Falcon. The Black Falcon is SO much better looking!
Mark is one of the better guitarists who demo on youtube.
Nice Marc
What's the difference between made in USA and made in Japan apart from the price . Japan quality made in USA
The Japanese-made Gretsch guitars are awesome-they've got it down pat.
Tasty !
i wnat to buy
FYI, that's a Silver Falcon, not a Black Falcon.
Why is nobody doing ACDC on these Falcons? Those are the best songs ever recorded on the Falcon
Nice job of Chet Atkin's version of Mister Sandman.
nice job on Mr Sandman !!!
The Past Of...................
Do you have any acoustic guitars for sale? I don't see any in the store behind you. Good gravy!!
angryheb1 they have more than most can handle
i think song is called mister sandman
What was the song that mark played at the end?
Jared Skelton mr sandman
Mark, with all due respect. If you were working and demonstrating vintage guitars in a shop I owned, you would not be playing them with a zipper up front. You should be wearing a shirt with no buttons or zippered front. Just saying.
Any white penguins?
Come on you get a Falcon and play bossa nova. Play Neil Young man.
That was Mr Sandman, wasn't a bossa nova...
Not bad, listen to Chet Atkins, the read deal!! Beautiful guitar, looks and sound! But look at that awful, awful,. . Falcon???
On scratch plate! Looks more like a tatty, stuffed, clumsy vulture!!
Falcons are Sleak, fast, powerful they rock! don't look like that, Says nothing for the character and personality of guitar, let's it down in my opinion!