I own a Gretsch G2010 guitar. With new Gretsch pickups. Those are really really nice. And I have played Gibson Bill Lawrence pickups for over 30 years and nothing came close.
I have a Gretsch with staple P90s and a 1954 Gibson with original staple P90s. They both sound good and articulate, but the Super 400 is much brighter. I am going to test the values of the pots and caps and copy them in the Gretsch. I love the tone of their new filtertrons and definitely need to go try their screw P90s.
I purchased one of these a couple of months ago. I took off the wraparound bridge and added a floating bigsby bridge and also added a B3 vibrato. Great guitar. These are the best import P90s I've heard in a production guitar. Worlds better the the P90s epiphone had in their stuff in the early 2000s
Don't forget, for those new to Gretsch, the control layout and master volume set up is unique too. There is a lot that can be dialed in with the knobs on these to blend the pickups together.
from Leo: Nice guitar! I have the similar one with Broadtron pickups. The only mod I did was to add a good roller bridge in place of the Les Paul bridge. I also polished and tfe lubed the roller. It really smoothed the function of the Bigsby. It has been really stable ever since.
i picked up a G5655T-QM last year, which more spendy than the one you have here, only thing negative i can say about it is the pickups are a little low output. having said that, all my amps have a volume knob, so its not a big deal.
You always pick the best guitars to work on Dylan, seems whenever I find a particular guitar that I’m interested in, it always ends up on your channel. Great taste and great content as always!
I have been suffering from the Gretsch-itch for a couple years now. Last week, Reverb caught me looking at a used Rancher with Bigsby and sent me an offer for a new one...which I trolled back at them for the same price as the used one and they...accepted. So that happened, and this particularly spicy meatball is heading from Michigan to South Carolina shipped without a case through like four jumbo weather systems. Confidence is high that it will never have great tuning stability, but it sure looks cool AF and fun. Fingers crossed it arrives in one piece tomorrow. Looking forward to seeing you dial in this Jet so I can learn a thing or two.
As a Viking fan and a guy who has the amethyst as a birthstone, I LOVE that color! As a fan of guitars that have personality, I love Gretsch guitars. And a as a fan of P90s, I love the tone. I know you make great pickups and probably have a shelf full of them, so replacing the pickups makes perfect sense. But personally, I think this thing sounds killer as is. I’d probably do a roller bridge, Graphtec nut and locking tuners (eventually), but man that thing is sweet just as it is, especially at that price!
Pound for pound the best guitar. For the intermediate, a bone nut and roller saddle bridge upgrade makes it tune stable for little money. I went a little further and installed $300 worth of TV Jones and have a guitar that I like as much as my $2500 to $3000 pro series Gretsches. At the end of the day, it's a entry level pro upgradable platform. Buy one now!
I have a non-tremlo Streamliner (which I absolutely LOVE!) and it had the same tuning issues. I replaced the bridge with a no-name roller bridge and the problem was completely fixed. The stock Broadtron pick-ups sound absolutely fantastic to me. Fit and finish exceptional for the price-point. Massive value for money. I'll defiantly be getting another Gretch in the future, and I've always wanted a P90 guitar. That Jet Two 90 fits the bill very nicely (except I'd forgo the Bigsby).
Cheap Gretsch guitars are outstanding in every way! When I started out, cheap guitars were crap. Now after 45 years of playing, it's the golden age of the cheap guitars. If you can't find a good cheap guitar, check out a Broadkaster or an Electromatic.
I had a Gretsch G5435TG LTD a few years ago. I noticed the bridge would move when I used the Bigsby. Put plumbers tape on the screws to help lock it down and it stayed it tune no problems.
Looks are cool ❤ Definately Gretsch. The color is awsome ! But it doesn't have "That Gretsch Sound"... Imho, never will with P90's ... W HY DOESN'T IT COME WITH DYNASONICS ??
I have an Electromatic and wasn't happy about the pickguard either - it covers the height screws for the pickups on the high string side. I changed the position of the metal bracket, and that at least lets me adjust the bridge. Adjust the neck pickup while you have it off too. Also, there was a rubber washer on the screw next to the next to the neck pickup, and I took that off and screwed it down tight. Made a world of difference. Other than all that, this one's a keeper for me. I'm going to try flatwound strings now to see what that does, just for fun.
Completely beautiful! Sounds good, looks good, and you seem to think that it plays good. Sounds hard to beat for the price. I don't have a purple guitar...
Rock Chalk Jayhawks! Sorry I couldn’t resist, my wife is a K-State grad. I did the army thing instead of college and I’m a diehard KU fan which makes football and basketball season very interesting around here. I will say I always root for State unless they’re playing KU. Rivalry is so much more fun when both are good.
That purple amethyst color is stunning! Gretsch always comes out with fantastic colors and finishes. I have the same Electromatic but in Cadillac green and with FilterTrons. I love the looks and of course it has that Great Gretsch Sound! The only issue that I have is that the Bigsby is a little temperamental. But that’s not the fault of the guitar but down to user error😅 I need to learn how to dial it in. I wouldn’t mind picking up another one in this color but with a fixed bridge.
Interesting post 🤔 I am a huge fan off Gretsch guitars but !!! Im not overly fond of tremelo systems so all my Gretsch guitars have their bigsbys taken off, stored away and i just have the Gretsch cut tailpieces on them a, they look fantastic IMO and b, when you pop a string on stage the guutar still stayes in tune unlike a trem that goes out off tune, fyi i never change the pick ups either as Gretsch pick-ups are unique and have their own special soud, i have found that everyone off my gretschs just have their own voice so no, they keep their uniqueness and if I want something different I just play my Gibson or fender but thats not very often as Gretsch for me are in their own special place regardless of were the instrument is made
As someone who only buys low-end guitars (so that I can have a bunch 🙂), the reason I haven’t bought a Gretsch yet: (1) I’d buy a solidbody Gretsch with Filter’trons, but they only put Broad’trons in their lower end models. And, yeah, I could swap those for the Filter’trons that would fit in the same route, but I could do that on any guitar with humbuckers. (2) I want a single-cut semi-hollow/center-block guitar. But their single-cuts are all fully-hollow and their center-blocks are all double-cuts. I’ll probably end up with the Epiphone Uptown Kat. (Which even has the Gretsch control layout.) But having a couple of Epiphones already, I’d go with a Gretsch instead if they made one.
Interesting about the p90's. I have the same guitar, it it has all the punch and gnarl of some of the other more expensive p90's I've played. That maybe a quality control issues
As it typical with new, cool guitars that are released, not available in left-hand, even without the Bigsby. I have two Gretsch guitars because they have more lefty offerings than most, but this isn't one of those options.
I love gretsch, but to me it’s the pickups that fail this instrument. They do not sound good to me. They have no clarity. They’re just meh at best. In fact, all their cheaper instruments falter in the pickups dept. just my two cents.
Shame the Ron Ellis Ellisonic P90 set costs about the same as/slightly more than the guitar itself - "Budget" (and cooler purple coloured) Collings 470 JL 😉
Kinda wanna put a Ellisonic P90 in the neck position of my factory P90 equipped ES-335 but at the same time I don't want to lose the awesome P90 that's already there 😅 no purple Gretsch guitars second hand in the UK at present 😭
The tuners and electronics (excluding pickups) are total crap and the bridge rattles, but once you upgrade that stuff, these Gretsch electromatics are great guitars.
TBH that's a disappointment. Sub 400/500 bucks guitars generally don't have great tremelos. A Gretsch is a rock'n'roll, rockabilly machine and although you don't need to do dive bombs and flutters, you expect to be able to perform moderate tremelo action without it going out of tune. Same with the tuners, I'd expect at least more consistency above 500 bucks because it's a little on the high-end of the scale to call it a modding platform. Looks cool and sounds fine, very warm though like you said maybe not quite the aggression you get from a classic P90.
@@AlexGroen To me it carries much better than my strats or Tele. Could be because of the scale length. It sits centered & comfortable for me & I'm 63 with back issues from shoeing horses for years. Of my 9 guitars it's definitely my favorite. Have a blessed day.
Gretsch makes their own pickups. They are darn good in pickup making.
I own a Gretsch G2010 guitar. With new Gretsch pickups. Those are really really nice. And I have played Gibson Bill Lawrence pickups for over 30 years and nothing came close.
I have a Gretsch with staple P90s and a 1954 Gibson with original staple P90s. They both sound good and articulate, but the Super 400 is much brighter.
I am going to test the values of the pots and caps and copy them in the Gretsch.
I love the tone of their new filtertrons and definitely need to go try their screw P90s.
My buddy brought this exact model and color to my house Saturday. The neck feels amazing. So easy to play and sounds great.
Neat. I wish I had a buddy like that.
Oh but you do! @@lucashale1094
I purchased one of these a couple of months ago. I took off the wraparound bridge and added a floating bigsby bridge and also added a B3 vibrato. Great guitar. These are the best import P90s I've heard in a production guitar. Worlds better the the P90s epiphone had in their stuff in the early 2000s
My wife got me the non-trem version of this in Cadillac Green. Fantastic build quality, way better than expected for the price. I love this guitar.
Don't forget, for those new to Gretsch, the control layout and master volume set up is unique too. There is a lot that can be dialed in with the knobs on these to blend the pickups together.
from Leo: Nice guitar! I have the similar one with Broadtron pickups. The only mod I did was to add a good roller bridge in place of the Les Paul bridge. I also polished and tfe lubed the roller. It really smoothed the function of the Bigsby. It has been really stable ever since.
Looking forward to your tips on helping it stay in tune with the vibrato
i picked up a G5655T-QM last year, which more spendy than the one you have here, only thing negative i can say about it is the pickups are a little low output. having said that, all my amps have a volume knob, so its not a big deal.
boosts are fun to experiment with, too
You always pick the best guitars to work on Dylan, seems whenever I find a particular guitar that I’m interested in, it always ends up on your channel. Great taste and great content as always!
I have been suffering from the Gretsch-itch for a couple years now. Last week, Reverb caught me looking at a used Rancher with Bigsby and sent me an offer for a new one...which I trolled back at them for the same price as the used one and they...accepted. So that happened, and this particularly spicy meatball is heading from Michigan to South Carolina shipped without a case through like four jumbo weather systems. Confidence is high that it will never have great tuning stability, but it sure looks cool AF and fun. Fingers crossed it arrives in one piece tomorrow. Looking forward to seeing you dial in this Jet so I can learn a thing or two.
Hopefully she arrived in perfect condition!
As a Viking fan and a guy who has the amethyst as a birthstone, I LOVE that color! As a fan of guitars that have personality, I love Gretsch guitars. And a as a fan of P90s, I love the tone. I know you make great pickups and probably have a shelf full of them, so replacing the pickups makes perfect sense. But personally, I think this thing sounds killer as is. I’d probably do a roller bridge, Graphtec nut and locking tuners (eventually), but man that thing is sweet just as it is, especially at that price!
Let's hear Immigrant Song! Skol
Pound for pound the best guitar. For the intermediate, a bone nut and roller saddle bridge upgrade makes it tune stable for little money. I went a little further and installed $300 worth of TV Jones and have a guitar that I like as much as my $2500 to $3000 pro series Gretsches. At the end of the day, it's a entry level pro upgradable platform. Buy one now!
I have a non-tremlo Streamliner (which I absolutely LOVE!) and it had the same tuning issues. I replaced the bridge with a no-name roller bridge and the problem was completely fixed. The stock Broadtron pick-ups sound absolutely fantastic to me. Fit and finish exceptional for the price-point. Massive value for money. I'll defiantly be getting another Gretch in the future, and I've always wanted a P90 guitar. That Jet Two 90 fits the bill very nicely (except I'd forgo the Bigsby).
I'd love to see those mods in future videos!
Just picked one up. Little beauty. The P90s are great.
Cheap Gretsch guitars are outstanding in every way! When I started out, cheap guitars were crap. Now after 45 years of playing, it's the golden age of the cheap guitars. If you can't find a good cheap guitar, check out a Broadkaster or an Electromatic.
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I’m looking forward to the upgrade video. I had an Electromatic about 6 years ago and really liked it (and the Bigsby a lot). Should have kept it.
I had a Gretsch G5435TG LTD a few years ago. I noticed the bridge would move when I used the Bigsby. Put plumbers tape on the screws to help lock it down and it stayed it tune no problems.
There great for the money, mine a super hilotron and I love them for cleans.
Looks are cool ❤ Definately Gretsch. The color is awsome ! But it doesn't have "That Gretsch Sound"... Imho, never will with P90's ... W HY DOESN'T IT COME WITH DYNASONICS ??
That is an awesome looking guitar!!! I love purple guitars.
I have an Electromatic and wasn't happy about the pickguard either - it covers the height screws for the pickups on the high string side. I changed the position of the metal bracket, and that at least lets me adjust the bridge. Adjust the neck pickup while you have it off too. Also, there was a rubber washer on the screw next to the next to the neck pickup, and I took that off and screwed it down tight. Made a world of difference.
Other than all that, this one's a keeper for me. I'm going to try flatwound strings now to see what that does, just for fun.
It looks more than good!
Completely beautiful! Sounds good, looks good, and you seem to think that it plays good. Sounds hard to beat for the price. I don't have a purple guitar...
I got the same guitar sans Bixby in Fairlane Blue. I think it sounds great for the money and it plays really well.
Sounds great! Nice Kansas State color!😊. Too many nice guitars!😮
Rock Chalk Jayhawks! Sorry I couldn’t resist, my wife is a K-State grad. I did the army thing instead of college and I’m a diehard KU fan which makes football and basketball season very interesting around here. I will say I always root for State unless they’re playing KU. Rivalry is so much more fun when both are good.
I love how companies can pass off a bigsby or even a strat style tremolo as a good working unit. They will always need work.
I have the baritone version and it’s great. I may swap out the pick ups, but I haven’t decided yet. I’m gonna live with them for awhile.
I use lock lube for my bigsby, it just a graphite lube but it works really well.
That purple amethyst color is stunning! Gretsch always comes out with fantastic colors and finishes. I have the same Electromatic but in Cadillac green and with FilterTrons. I love the looks and of course it has that Great Gretsch Sound! The only issue that I have is that the Bigsby is a little temperamental. But that’s not the fault of the guitar but down to user error😅 I need to learn how to dial it in. I wouldn’t mind picking up another one in this color but with a fixed bridge.
Thank you, that pickguard drives me crazy too!
that purple color is amazing
Nice playing during the intro. 💯
Interesting post 🤔 I am a huge fan off Gretsch guitars but !!! Im not overly fond of tremelo systems so all my Gretsch guitars have their bigsbys taken off, stored away and i just have the Gretsch cut tailpieces on them a, they look fantastic IMO and b, when you pop a string on stage the guutar still stayes in tune unlike a trem that goes out off tune, fyi i never change the pick ups either as Gretsch pick-ups are unique and have their own special soud, i have found that everyone off my gretschs just have their own voice so no, they keep their uniqueness and if I want something different I just play my Gibson or fender but thats not very often as Gretsch for me are in their own special place regardless of were the instrument is made
Knew you wouldn't like the pickups, McKnight says he doesn't make P90s cause Dylan already does.
Crazy cool guitar. Looking forward to the upgrades.
Cool playing Dylan,sounds great
I still like the gretch neck n i love that type of fret marker. If i get another single cut it may be a gretch
That thing is beautiful .. great choice Dylan
Graphtech nut/graphite from mechanical pencil + nylon saddles to help with tuning? Maybe some locking tuners?
That guitar is rocking!! I love gretsch!
It’s pretty dang awesome looking for sure!!!
As someone who only buys low-end guitars (so that I can have a bunch 🙂), the reason I haven’t bought a Gretsch yet: (1) I’d buy a solidbody Gretsch with Filter’trons, but they only put Broad’trons in their lower end models. And, yeah, I could swap those for the Filter’trons that would fit in the same route, but I could do that on any guitar with humbuckers. (2) I want a single-cut semi-hollow/center-block guitar. But their single-cuts are all fully-hollow and their center-blocks are all double-cuts. I’ll probably end up with the Epiphone Uptown Kat. (Which even has the Gretsch control layout.) But having a couple of Epiphones already, I’d go with a Gretsch instead if they made one.
Iirc filtertrons are smaller than a standard humbucker. They have their own route I'm pretty sure.
The Center block juniors (G5655T) are single cut.
The 5230T comes with FT's. The body is chambered. Weights about 8 1/2 lbs. Love mine.
I like the color. Looks like an eggplant, my favorite.
Had to change the tuners and string it over the roller instead of under. Problem solved. I also took the pickguard off.
Sweet guitar and love the color. Great video.
Interesting about the p90's. I have the same guitar, it it has all the punch and gnarl of some of the other more expensive p90's I've played. That maybe a quality control issues
I have an electromatic 5210. Love it. Ps. What delay are you using? Thanks.
The quality of the Electromatic series is way above the likes of Epiphone and Squier in the same price bracket, and no need to mod anything.
I change for the locking tuner, the bridge and I put 11 string on it and now it stay in tune.... and change the pickup.
I hate that guitars don’t all come with hard cases anymore…. Just a major pet peeve of mine.
Would prefer if they made these with dynasonics instead
I like it.
sounds great
As it typical with new, cool guitars that are released, not available in left-hand, even without the Bigsby. I have two Gretsch guitars because they have more lefty offerings than most, but this isn't one of those options.
I love gretsch, but to me it’s the pickups that fail this instrument. They do not sound good to me. They have no clarity. They’re just meh at best. In fact, all their cheaper instruments falter in the pickups dept. just my two cents.
And others say it's the pickups that shine with these guitars 😅🤷
Wait til later this week ;) it sounds incredible now
@@richardcarle786 I’m a clean tone player so that’s probably why I’m so picky. If you love dirty you’ll probably appreciate the PUs more.
Do you need over 3 minutes to get started?
Anything you can recommend to darken up a laurel board?
Shame the Ron Ellis Ellisonic P90 set costs about the same as/slightly more than the guitar itself - "Budget" (and cooler purple coloured) Collings 470 JL 😉
Kinda wanna put a Ellisonic P90 in the neck position of my factory P90 equipped ES-335 but at the same time I don't want to lose the awesome P90 that's already there 😅 no purple Gretsch guitars second hand in the UK at present 😭
You the bomb, I love that guitar!
What is the difference between filtertrons and broadtrons?
That's pretty
The tuners and electronics (excluding pickups) are total crap and the bridge rattles, but once you upgrade that stuff, these Gretsch electromatics are great guitars.
TBH that's a disappointment. Sub 400/500 bucks guitars generally don't have great tremelos. A Gretsch is a rock'n'roll, rockabilly machine and although you don't need to do dive bombs and flutters, you expect to be able to perform moderate tremelo action without it going out of tune. Same with the tuners, I'd expect at least more consistency above 500 bucks because it's a little on the high-end of the scale to call it a modding platform. Looks cool and sounds fine, very warm though like you said maybe not quite the aggression you get from a classic P90.
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Yes, what is going on….
Does anyone know the weight (in kg), since it's chambered?
3.8-3.9 kg
@@calvinbass1839 thanks! Still heavy tho😱
@@AlexGroen To me it carries much better than my strats or Tele. Could be because of the scale length. It sits centered & comfortable for me & I'm 63 with back issues from shoeing horses for years. Of my 9 guitars it's definitely my favorite. Have a blessed day.
Dynasonics ,,,,
$599 is not entry-level. Have several superb, flawless firefly guitars for under $200 each lol. This is a mid-priced guitar.
I mean….. 1000.00 to 1500.00 is mid priced. It’s 2024 there sport.
@@DylanTalksTone Unsubscribe sport lol
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Whats the difference in tone between their P90 and Broadtron?