Gretsch Alligator Biscuit Bridge Resonator Review slide blues guitar

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terrybellmusician

10 жыл бұрын

Gretsch Alligator Biscuit Bridge Resonator Guitar

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@aniquinstark4347 3 жыл бұрын

I love the binding and pearloid headstock. It's a really nice looking guitar that us regular folks can afford. And sounds great in open D. I think I'll be ordering one now. I was thinking this vs a steel body but I prefer that warmer and looser sound.

@ashthegreat1 4 жыл бұрын

Your blues put me in a great mood for the rest of the day! Great review

@judgebrewer5518 4 жыл бұрын

Great playing Sir, Just ordered mine, now to try n find a crossroads somewhere.....;)

@steeltalon105 3 жыл бұрын

Be careful, watch out for them hounds!

@wsbluesbox 9 жыл бұрын

Sweet review and great playing. I got one of these as well. I agree it sounds best in open D. They really captured that boxy vintage cheap guitar sound that makes the blues so appealing to me. Keep up the great playing.

@molarjock 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the beautiful demonstration.

@9087125498172345 4 жыл бұрын

Sounds absolutely fantastic!

@mrbelcherful 4 жыл бұрын

You've made my mind up, I want one.Great playing.

@edge2sword186 9 жыл бұрын

You have a natural beat that is outstanding . Made for resonator

@1823sunset 9 жыл бұрын

thanks. A drumset was my first instrument. I grew up listening to my dad play piano and slide guitar and in a very rhythmic style.

@edge2sword186 9 жыл бұрын

Terry Bell My mom could read music and play whatever she wanted on any piano and I didn't want to listen to her sing and play the big band and pop music .I should have gone for the piano and theory and then Guitar .So what shows in your music. Also her sister used to sing opera like,music on the radio. My aunt had the best voice I have ever heard ,Live .

@tony3155melb 4 жыл бұрын

Fantastic demo and playing, thanks for taking the time. Regards from Australia.

@tybell1994 Жыл бұрын

Just ordered one... great demo. Nice job. You killed it. Thanks.

@bryanknight1191 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you sooo much for demonstrating this reso . I have just ordered one . Thank you again and hello from Australia 😁

@metallicafan8191 10 жыл бұрын

Could listen ta ya play all day...Brilliant

@hobiecat901 7 жыл бұрын

I'm thing of buying myself a resonator guitar and looking at reviews and your post is very helpful, Thanks for outing this on.

@LindaMcRae42 2 жыл бұрын

Great tutorial! Thanks so much. My husband just ordered me one for my birthday. Its the G 9241 with the fishman pickup. Can't wait to get it.

@Ibrinator23 8 жыл бұрын

Amazing guitar matched with impeccable playing! you killed it dude loved that take on Windy And Warm

@bennyhealy3324 2 жыл бұрын

savage demo man! thankyou. Im picking this up now. superb playing well done!!

@BiggeDiehl 6 жыл бұрын

You’ve got a great touch and tone going on - very inspiring to this old Blues dog!

@molarjock 4 жыл бұрын

You are a great player! The guitar looks and sounds amazing!

@briantoni 4 жыл бұрын

Windy and warm sounds like a good song to learn.

@Brembelia 7 жыл бұрын

Very nice demo. I'm glad I tuned in.

@JanHaasler 10 жыл бұрын

Thank you for that. In my opinion the wooden version sounds more traditional than their metal boodied one. String it up with the thickest strings you can (016-056) and you have a hell of a blues or swing baby. Thanks for sharing this, yes indeed!

@Nickelbacker 7 жыл бұрын

Just bought this guitar today, sounds great!

@ronaldodominguez1692 10 жыл бұрын

Excelente,magnifico !

@guykayton4109 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the review, very helpful!

@winston9505 8 жыл бұрын

Enjoyed the review. Thanks!

@billpiotter8190 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for the review. Mighty fine playing also.

@doghatmaker 9 жыл бұрын

Loved the video. Great playing.

@EliseMichaudimmigration 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this video, you play really well!

@oldguy537 10 жыл бұрын

I enjoyed watching, very nice guitar , and thank you for sharing ..

@walterwhiting9970 5 жыл бұрын

Played one today going to buy it tomorrow morning! You play great 👍 very inspirational!

@duhcohtuh1500 5 жыл бұрын

walter whiting SAME!

@mifflinrockngamingsp7852 6 жыл бұрын

2:23 Let It Shine to Dust My Broom (may become Torrence Parkway Outro) 4:33 Windy And Warm (may become Auten Avenue) 6:19 9:26 (may become attached Ravenna Street to Gail Drive)

@soso-zz9qf 6 жыл бұрын

I feel in love with it the moment I heard it... I'm gonna buy it and learn how to play it

@stockguitar 7 жыл бұрын

Great vid. Really enjoyed it.

@cloudboy7750 8 жыл бұрын

I live in New Zealand, in the Southern Hemisphere, and it's winter here at the moment. It's been pretty cold and I think this might be the reason I had a problem with my Alligator. I pulled it out and played it and it sounded like it was being put through a distorted amp. The bridge was buzzing like crazy, and although it sounded kind of cool, it wasn't a normal sound. I slackened the screws that hold the bracket over the bridge a bit in preparation to have a look and the problem went away. I don't know exactly why the bridge did that but this is the fix I came up with.

@flyawayhorses 4 жыл бұрын

Okay, I'm sold. Also a good lesson here as I can mostly see what your hands are doing.

@c0nk2879 10 жыл бұрын

very nice playing, i love your style. great review pretty looking and sounding res.

@savagecabbage553 9 жыл бұрын

great review. just what i want in a review Thanks !

@gibby6904 5 жыл бұрын

Nice job....Gretsch are a great guitar....I have a honey dipper that was given to me by a great friend....I love it!

@bigduke6702 4 жыл бұрын

Nice review and excellent playing!

@willohteltv 9 жыл бұрын

Like the tone of the Gretch. Mellow with just enough twang. Bought one myself. Great playing bud.

@matojorodante7737 Жыл бұрын

Muchas gracias por el vídeo, es muy útil para hacerse una idea exacta de las características del resonator. Like y suscribe. Saludos desde España!

@mburkhart41 5 жыл бұрын

Great review. Does sound great for blues.!

@ep2353 10 жыл бұрын

I just bought one on the strength of this review. Thanks.

@eliotdurczak9233 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome playing !

@timziegler9358 3 жыл бұрын

WOW! Excellent playing! Best wishes

@07strummer 10 жыл бұрын

Really good review Terry, Demo'd in 3 tunings ( without a tuner too !!..Impressive!) I am in the market for a small resonator .. and this vid may well have pushed me to a Gretsch Alligator ... You play real well..many thanks

@davidmcgill5851 5 жыл бұрын

OUTSTANDING

@cmartin1959-qq2mi 8 жыл бұрын

That's a great sound ! Thank You..

@nicholaswoolfenden5254 4 жыл бұрын

Enjoyable review thanks.

@donaldperepchuk9426 5 жыл бұрын

Sounds awesome !

@reidjam7 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for taking time to share your experience and your playing.😅

@BeConsiderate 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the review. Wasn't sure if I was going to get the Fender F50 or the Gretsch 9200 Series. I think you've made my mind up.

@blaineoneil9825 3 жыл бұрын

Started. I was a little unsure what to expect..Then Bam hit those baby E's...Nice guitar im going to buy one now.. Thanks Sir.

@MrGreenTortex 10 жыл бұрын

Very nice playing! Great demo

@robertowatsiano 10 жыл бұрын

I have one of these....I love it.nice playin

@damianedwards8827 10 ай бұрын

Wow. I enjoyed this

@michaelwilson1960 9 жыл бұрын

I have the Gretsch G9200 Spider Resonator, Now I'm going to get this thanks to your AWESOME demo. Sounds excellent.! Thx Terry.

@overdriven56 8 жыл бұрын

+Michael Wilson How would you compare the sound of your G9200 to this one here? Brighter?

@Niven42 9 ай бұрын

I had a Boxcar (9200) and returned it to get the Alligator. The Boxcar has a very subtle tone - it will sound almost like a standard acoustic unless you really go to town on it. Spider bridges tend to be a lot tighter and you don't get a lot of cone movement. If you play pretty hard tho, you can get a little tone out of them. I had the square neck at first, and it was really built like a tank. If you're gonna strictly play with a tone bar, then I think you can get away with the 9210. If you're more of a bluegrass player and rarely use slide, you'll get better sound out of the 9240. Or you can splurge and get the 9220 (Bobtail).

@RandyMarsh32 10 жыл бұрын

Awesome, Thanks for sharing

@Bergy1603 9 жыл бұрын

Very helpful review and nice playing :-) I think, I might get one for my self.

@1823sunset 9 жыл бұрын

This guitar is wonderful. It has a big sound. Gretsch did a great job.

@garymcnaughton2338 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent 👌 THANK YOU 🌟😀👍

@racooneyes82 9 жыл бұрын

amazing skills

@nessimko7628 7 жыл бұрын

Great video and playing !

@sa3dorfe3e 8 жыл бұрын

awesome review thanks!

@michaelcolemangrondin6704 10 жыл бұрын

Nice playing, thanks for the review i'm about to order mine :)

@tony3155melb 4 жыл бұрын

I am picking mine up in the morning.

@amoruzz Жыл бұрын

Congratulations 👍 I'm a fan of the old school tuners myself. "Waverly" makes some nice old school tuners.

@yayo2211 7 ай бұрын

Great playing.

@robhumphris 7 ай бұрын

Came for the review, stayed for the tunes... nice!

@delbertblackketter5978 9 жыл бұрын

Sounds great - the tone of the instrument is good, and your picking sounds great. Thanks!

@evanroberts6190 4 жыл бұрын

Death letter blues? Awesome playing. I'm buying one of these ASAP!

@cloudboy7750 8 жыл бұрын

I bought one of these about six months ago and the tone is somehow simultaneously 'Cheap and Boxy' and 'Authentic, Funky, and Awesome' - have just guiltily broken it out after a month of no use and am loving it!

@iggythedog3922 8 жыл бұрын

+cloud boy Well, it sounds 'authentic' because it has that sound of the old blues guys from way back when. Those players, although they're legends now, were far too poor to afford "good" guitars. Even for their day they played fairly cheap, crappy guitars. It's only in today's society that we equate "expensive" with "good". It reminds me of Duck Dunn's advice on how to make a good sounding record: "Get everybody to play good."

@telecasterblue 9 жыл бұрын

very nice licks ...the tone on that guitar is very nice indeed

@daveyewart4289 Жыл бұрын

got one . its fabulous

@Baci302 3 жыл бұрын

I LOVE IT!

@stevedangerslifemusic8323 3 жыл бұрын

Great playing !

@baby_bourgeois 10 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much, sir!

@Brembelia 7 жыл бұрын

(1) DADGBE is called, " Drop D tuning". You can check this on Wikipedia.(2) I enjoyed your demo so much, I went and got me a Gretsch Alligator, too. REALLY nice guitar. Thank you!

@theplacebeyondthelies2429 3 жыл бұрын

beauty lies in the simplicity

@PaulTheSkeptic 10 жыл бұрын

Sounds great.

@matteotamberini2152 4 жыл бұрын

Lovely

@welcometoozzero236 7 жыл бұрын

Bravo!!

@juneberry78s 10 жыл бұрын

Nice playing Terry. Think I might get one myself.

@bruth3659 10 жыл бұрын

Wow! nice technique, nice review. The guitar's nice too;) I bot a Gretsch Boxcar today...humm, now I want both !

@1823sunset 10 жыл бұрын

Oh, I tried that Boxcar. That's a sweet guitar. I'd like to have a Boxcar in G and the Alligator in D.

@virgiljjacas1229 4 жыл бұрын

I do own one and is the best " on the rack " below a thousand $$$. The Honey dripper is something unique.

@sjeter61 9 жыл бұрын

again this rocks! I am now in the market.

@outoworkdreamer 9 жыл бұрын

Just got my Gretsch Alligator Biscuit Cone yesterday...I love it. It plays great. Nice rosewood fretboard. Great for the money. Only thing I'm not really enthused about are the tuners. I'm thinking of having some black Grovers installed. Other than that it is great fun to play. Glad I bought it! Dude you sound great btw.........

@MasterKeySolutions 8 жыл бұрын

+mike Braxus What did you find wrong with the tuners? Do they not stay in tune? Or do you just not like open tuners?

@alejandrorico-gomez340 9 жыл бұрын

Something in the first part of your open G playing reminds me a lot of a certain Bo Weavil Jackson in the sort of major/happy feel it has, very good playing!

@binguhj 10 жыл бұрын

Thank you Sir!

@happeepuppee 10 жыл бұрын

I really REALLY enjoyed listening to you play! Thanks for posting this!!! aaaahhh....if only just buying the guitar were enough to get to your sound! oh well I will get there eventually (hopefully!!) ;-) Again thanks for posting......really enjoyed watching you play and I think I learned a thing or two!

@1823sunset 9 жыл бұрын

There are so many great slide players on KZfaq !!!! Have fun.

@jane55ism 3 жыл бұрын

Add my thanks to all the others! I’ve been unable to try one, hoping to compare this with the boxcar but this review may just make up my mind.

@joel2673 6 жыл бұрын

Just bought one! Had a lefty conversion. Can't wait for it to arrive! What strings, medium gauge? Is that why a tone lower, to reduce the stress! Sounds magnificent!

@loannes.lindley3949 6 жыл бұрын

This is my music stanza: 2:24 1: Let Your Light Shine On Me 2:57 2: Dust My Broom 4:33 3: Windy And Warm (Damn this tuned song is limited for the Auten Avenue.) 6:19 4: United song 9:26 5: Legalized song

@MrScottswan 4 жыл бұрын

Pretty sure there's some Red Rooster around 7:00 too

@Beachbumartist 3 жыл бұрын

I was going to buy one of these and i was wondering if you use medium strings for slide and have a high action on the guitar as well for playing slide? Thank you

@frantanovotny7876 2 жыл бұрын

Hello, may I please ask you, did you make any upgrades on the guitar? Because I bought the same guitar and when I play slide, there is a lot of buzzing. It doesn't happen when I play fingerpicking or strumming, it actually sounds awesome that way. The buzzing doesn't happen on my old acoustic, so i don't think it is caused by bad technique. Would you please give me any advise? I would be gratefull thanks.

@hdmf 2 жыл бұрын

Nice playing.

@Echohat 9 жыл бұрын

terrybellmusician what is the brand/model of slide you are using? It looks to be tapered externally. Great playing by the way, your video convinced me to get this guitar. Thanks