Got one of these today. Holy shit I'm blown away by the quality, feel and the sound. I can honestly say its the nicest guitar I've ever played!

RIP Malcolm Young ⚡️

sound quality and playing is superb. Your bends are so perfectly in tune and your timing is perfect.

Excellent demo. I have the "5232T" model and love it! Very aggressive sound when you want it but sweet also. I recently converted the guitar to a hard tail with a Gretsch G tailpiece.

Iconic style and sounds. You have to love those pickups. Such character 😊 Thanks for the fine demo

I have a 2655p-90 & a 5222 Love these little guitars. Best value on the market

Great demo. Lovely guitars, especially the red Bigsby loaded one! Loved that subtle and soulful track, and great playing as always Richard.

Both are great looking fine sounding instruments, another great demo from Richard and Guitarist

Nice explanation, your accent is very clear for non-native english speakers. Congratulations!

I always liked these Gretsch Guitars!

Lovely track

Nice sounds, beautiful guitars, well played!

Good work there, Mate...

I have the best guitar Gretsch ever put their name on, an Indonesian built Streamliner Jr, no if's or but's about it, I also have 2 American built and 2 Japanese built models, I'm only buying Indonesian built regarding Gretsch guitars from here on, I picked it out after trying around 6 others of the same model Jr and it is a flawless standout 100%....it was instantly recognisable in a shop full of pro players all around me at the time about 2 years back, it's still my main squeeze and is an absolute monster, I've been offered instruments 8 times it's cost and cash into the offer to depart from it...it won't ever be leaving! The only guitar on planet mud ball to replace it is the Collings LP (hollow body but with a closed front like a regular Paul costing about $9 thousand U.S.) -in fact the Collings is modelled after the Gretsch self-admittedly too) I'm fully confident it's not based on the Double Jet at all, it's without doubt modelled only after the Jr with a closed front is all.

Wow! Thanks for the great in detail review!

Very nice track! Reminds me a bit of the late great Walter Becker.. Nice one Richard. 🌟👍

Gretsch mixed up components alot . I have the G5237 which has the Black Top Filtertrons, no Bigsby and a different tail piece.

G5222 vs G5232: - 2:56 vs 5:59 - 3:10 vs 6:04

So Very Cool Thankyou for your comprehensive Review/Demo. I Have a Gretsch Electromatic G5248T Gold Top Double Jet with Bigsby such an Amazing Instrument and a Pleasure to play. Also have a Gretsch Electromatic G5215 Single Cut Single Pickup Rock Machine, also an Amazing Guitar and so fun to play. Everything Seems to prove That Gretsch are doing so much right and Creating amazing Instruments at affordable Pricepoints. Cheers

This guitar punches way out of its league. China or not, the QC on these guitars is excellent, and the frets are perfect. This guitar does an excellent job recreating that classic Gretsch sound. May I ask what OD you were using for the bit at the end?

Very nice review and just the stye of playing a review needs. At the start of the review of the 5232T you said it has Filtertrons, which is correct I think. At the end you said it has Blacktop Broad'Trons which is incorrect I think.

Lovely track!

I've had a couple Gretsch Jets and I liked them a lot. I've been looking at a couple Double Jets and I think they're cool as hell, but the thing I wonder about them is if they neck dive at all?

Got one. Only thing I can say is the action was too low when i got it and it had a little fret buzz. And the bridge has a slight rattle to it and its a non name bridge and its a known issue. Bought through Chicago Music and they dont take returns. Great guitar so im just gonna fix it myself. Killer tones.

Wow that red one...I think will be by next guitar. Ive been wanting something hollow and jangly but with a trem. And since there's no openings on the body I won't bother my roommates as much.

Richard, have you ever released albums, EPs or songs of your own that I could listen to somewhere?

Classy track

Is there any problem with neck dive while playing standing up? I wanted to get one of these a year ago but people did a lot of complaining about neck, head stock, dive. Apparently they're not real balanced. They sound great though and I would still love to have one

Neat

Ha Lindes f Dire Straits rocks these.

Is it just me or do the broadtrons sound more "gretschy" to my ears than the filtertrons? No idea, they just seem to sound a bit better, fuller I guess. Although maybe it's just my ears which are more used to the PAF pickups on my les paul guitar. I recently bought one of these guitars (the G5222) and it's a great sounding guitar, and wanted to change the pickups, but damn those broadtrons sound so gooood! :)

Sounds wonderful. Guitars look wonderful with just one exception...the fret markers...ahh well.

It’s not semi-hollow, it’s chambered.

You can make a Gretsch sound like a Les Paul, but you can't make a Les Paul sound like a Gretsch. So buy the Gretsch and have both! 🙂

This guitar will give me insomnia for a long while

They should have roller saddles and zero frets but it is not same quality as old guitars I guess.

Nobody ever tells you whether the guitar is top heavy on a strap ..!

They lost me when they moved them from Korea to China...

Sorry but another "made in china" makes me not happy also when it sounds "ok". 600 Euro rougly - and 665 Euro for the other.. Sorry - Nope. Gosh, i didnt notice that Gretsch made their guitars also in China. If they are produced only in Japan (or South Korea), well thats another thing (if it costs the same). I know thats not what you want to hear or see here, but thats how I'm thinking. The Gretsch Custom Shop US Guitars the same Story as "Fender Custom Shop" .. And they also made it in smaller numbers in the US because of the "exclusivity". But i give the video a like.

I don't care for the thumbnail inlays. I like to be able to see where I'm at especially in low light situations