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I've got one and after the nut was replaced with a bone nut that was cut to the right height it's a fabulous guitar to play.
The build quality is stunning, not "For the price", but stunning all over anyway.
It's flawless.
I'm not sure of the numbers on the model name, I *think* it's a G2420.
It's the big single cut shape but without the Bigsby and with the Chromatic tailpiece.
Now it's been set up by @SteveRobinson it plays like a Les Paul, the action is so easy and expressive and that's on 10-52 strings.
It's been a solid favourite from day 1.
I paid £120 for a hardcase and £65 for the set up including the bone nut, after paying £380 for the guitar brand new.
I'm totally happy with it.
Steve also fitted some Dunlop straplocks for me and I use a Heistercamp 'Iroqouis' Raw strap with it.
It's stunning.
@darthed1981 and @Vinylfan have both seen it so maybe they've got something to say about it but I can't say enough good things about the Streamliner.
If they're still going strong towards the end of next year I'm going to treat myself to my first ever Bigsby guitar and get the same model in the colour they call 'Gold dust'.
For £437 plus another full set up from Steve it's a real bargain.
I'm sure there are better Gretsch models but this is all the Gretsch I could ever want.
Even the pickups sound great and just do not need changing out for anything supposedly better.
Totally impressed.
Well done Gretsch.
I fell in love with that colour.
I loved how different it is.
I also tried one of the semi hollow and the sole reason I didn't buy it was I already have an Epi Dot, was totally spot on though.
Next time I was in the shop a guy was there with his girlfriend thinking of buying it and they were having the sweetest chat about how to put the money together.
They weren't a married couple then
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All finished by Steve, .....Control knobs replaced with ebay items that cost £10 for a set of 4...........
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JM build | Pedalboard plans
I might well sell me Epi Dot and get one of the Semis.
http://www.epiphone.com/Products/Archtop/Riviera-Custom-P93.aspx
For some reason Epiphone have a bad rep on the Fretboard, but I've never really played a bad one, and they usually look fantastic, if you like a traditional look.
It's actually really hard to buy a bad guitar these days, even the Bullet Squiers get rave reviews. It's a great time to be into cheaper gear.
The usual criticisms are
1. Thick plasticy finish that sometimes feels sticky and unpleasant.
2. The headstock. Where Squier use Fender shapes Epiphone often use something else. It's divisive. (Not an issue on hollowbodies- it's usually LPs that folk find offensive).
3. The pickups CAN be a bit muddy. This is obviously subjective and fairly easy to change.
I'm looking for a hollowbodied guitar and will either get (budget depending)
G5420t- I've seen one locally secondhand
G2420t
Epiphone Century 66 (The non signature version of the James Bay signature model).
The headstock thing I just do not get, never have, never will. I only actually noticed the difference when I noticed people whinging about it on here, I had to go and look at the difference between my Epi and Gibson LP, and I thought "oh...errr...ok..."
The old Epi pickups can be muddy, agreed, though I've found it easy enough to dial out, and it suits some things (as far as I know the Epi Dot Josh Homme actually uses has stock pickups). The new Probuckers are very decent balanced sounding pickups though.
All IMHO of course
It's nowhere near thick.