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If you thought the PRS heel was big...

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  • 02-10-2006 12:21pm
    #1
    Doctor J
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    get a load of this :eek:

    gret-6120dc2.jpg
    gret-6120dc.jpg

    Dunno why they even bothered putting frets up there :p


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    feylya
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 23,359 Mod ✭✭✭✭feylya


    That's a bit stupid really...


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    #3
    Doctor J
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,848 ✭✭✭✭Doctor J


    It's very definitely a rhythm guitar :D


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    #4
    feylya
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 23,359 Mod ✭✭✭✭feylya


    Ya think the Japanese would have invented something better...


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    jcoote
    Registered Users Posts: 3,968 ✭✭✭jcoote


    in all fairness

    http://www.methodshop.com/tech/articles/Bad-Inventions/index.shtml

    so its not that suprising :p

    just buy that and a whammy pedal and away u go


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    Doctor J
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    In fairness, it's just a faithful replica of an original bad design... and that butter stick is a piece of salty genius :D


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    feylya
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    Butter stick ftw! Not as good as the headache stick though.


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    jcoote
    Registered Users Posts: 3,968 ✭✭✭jcoote


    yeah your right doc u can't make a replica that is more playable than the original its just not nature.

    smashing finish tho


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    Johnny Storm
    Registered Users Posts: 3,984 ✭✭✭Johnny Storm


    Nice :D

    What's that big drumhead thingie on the back of the guitar for?


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    Doctor J
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    I think it's so your cowboy belt buckle doesn't wreck the back, in a way different to how the clips which hold it on don't.


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    fish-head
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,896 ✭✭✭fish-head


    You bastards leave Gretsch alone!


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    bombidol
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,638 ✭✭✭bombidol


    Doctor J wrote:
    salty genius

    Whos robbin my slogans now! !!!! ARRGHH


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    Rustar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,217 ✭✭✭Rustar


    Heel block? No problem. The jazz/blues/country shredder greats who actually play guitars like that are so good that lack of thumb space is not an issue. :p


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    The Freeman
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    handy place for a spare!


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    Johnny Storm
    Registered Users Posts: 3,984 ✭✭✭Johnny Storm


    Doctor J wrote:
    I think it's so your cowboy belt buckle doesn't wreck the back, in a way different to how the clips which hold it on don't.
    Cool! and it looks like it unsnaps so you could use it for a cushion if you felt like a bit of a sit down ? :)


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    Quattroste
    Registered Users Posts: 1,433 ✭✭✭Quattroste


    Are they actual F holes or just stickers. Look at the way the light reflects off the hole!


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    Doctor J
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    There's a pair of Fs but no holes. Bagsy not rewire that one :p


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    Ancient1
    Registered Users Posts: 2,592 ✭✭✭Ancient1


    Johnny Storm wrote:
    What's that big drumhead thingie on the back of the guitar for?

    You can unbutton it and put your lunch in there. You know, for carrying stuff around. Very handy yoke.


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    #19
    It wasn't me!
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    Big mean heel, but sweet looking guitar to be honest.


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    Johnny Storm
    Registered Users Posts: 3,984 ✭✭✭Johnny Storm


    It's some guitar all right. How about the "flip-up muffler system" - whatever that is ????

    gret-6120dc4.jpg


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    punchdrunk
    Registered Users Posts: 3,355 ✭✭✭punchdrunk


    that presses a foam pad lightly against the strings for a muted tone,
    oh and no self respecting gretsch player is gonna be using less than 12's or 13's on that bad boy,try bending those strings up around the heel!


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