Gretsch Streamliner

  I was pretty sure that after playing mainly seven string electric and acoustic guitars for a decade now I’d not buy another six string guitar. This past Summer (2016) we were supposed to record an album in Germany. In the past I had often borrowed an electric guitar so I didn’t have to carry one of mine on the airplane. But for a recording I wanted to set the guitar up just right with the right string gauge, etc. So I finally ended up looking at various inexpensive electric guitars at Musicland, Albstadt, where I used to teach 30 years ago(!) After looking at a lot of instruments this one stuck out. It’s a fun little guitar – we called it the ‘angry little red guitar’ because on the recording it’s going through a nice distored amp. The huge fret markers are great for my aging eyes and it’s not very heavy. It also has individual volume knobs for each pickup and a master volume. Takes some getting used to but I like it. The album was released on vinyl in 2017 and is called The Timeflies featuring Bob Berg.