Tele redneck admits having played an other cool guitar....

Just wanted to share my surprisingly enthusiasm for an other guitar that I had the chance to play live yesterday.
As usually things were bullet proof w. my Tele and my Rinceton Reverb which I started to use more often than my Vibrolux and Deluxe.
However a friend of mine came up with his silver flake Gretsch Duo Jet 6129T. I sat down in the audience for a while listening to him playing over my Princeton and man,...those D'Armonds ring ring ring.
The next set I grabbed his guitar and wow,.....
We played a few shuffles, slow blues and so on. When I switched to the neck PU for a solo it felt like eternal happiness.
Only thing why I'm hesitating getting me one of these is the bridge and the geometry which first of all slips out of position and sometimes lets the high strings slip out. I'm probably way to dynamic or aggressive to handle this Gretsch typical set up. The string action feels like playing with 0.08" strings although they're 10s. You'll probably have to adjust to it a whole lot differently,....but you know it's hard to teach an old cow.
I might build me a D'Armond Tele one day. At this time I like them a lot better than the Filtertrons.

Just wanted to share my surprisingly enthusiasm for an other guitar that I had the chance to play live yesterday.
As usually things were bullet proof w. my Tele and my Rinceton Reverb which I started to use more often than my Vibrolux and Deluxe.
However a friend of mine came up with his silver flake Gretsch Duo Jet 6129T. I sat down in the audience for a while listening to him playing over my Princeton and man,...those D'Armonds ring ring ring.
The next set I grabbed his guitar and wow,.....
We played a few shuffles, slow blues and so on. When I switched to the neck PU for a solo it felt like eternal happiness.
Only thing why I'm hesitating getting me one of these is the bridge and the geometry which first of all slips out of position and sometimes lets the high strings slip out. I'm probably way to dynamic or aggressive to handle this Gretsch typical set up. The string action feels like playing with 0.08" strings although they're 10s. You'll probably have to adjust to it a whole lot differently,....but you know it's hard to teach an old cow.
I might build me a D'Armond Tele one day. At this time I like them a lot better than the Filtertrons.

A little two sided tape and problem solved.

A little two sided tape and problem solved.

+1

Not surprising........Tele players tend to like Gretsches also and Gretsch players tend to also like Teles. As far as the lower string tension, that Gretsch has a 24.6" scale as opposed to the 25.5" of a Tele. As far as the floating bridge is concerned, the aforementioned double sided tape on the bottom of the bridge base works great. Just make sure you use real thin tape (double sided poster tape works great).

A tele and a Gretsch are the perfect match, the only problem is deciding which one to play

A lot of the newer Gretsch models have pinned bridges - which solves problem of the occasional migration of the aforementioned device. A luthier could help you out if you find one that isn't pinned, or you could do it yourself if you're so inclined.
A Gretsch and a Tele are a fine combination!