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GRETSCH STREAMLINER G2622T-P90 & G2655T-P90 £609 EACH
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Despite an aesthetic that takes us right back to the birth of rock ’n’ roll, Gretsch is a surprisingly innovative guitar maker. What are we saying? Okay, the pictures of our review pair look pretty retro, but under the hood there’s plenty going on to indicate that Gretsch is far from a backward-looking heritage brand just putting out reruns of its past glories. And these are the lowly Streamliners that, as Gretsch’s product manager Adam Bowden-Smith explains, are “not just the entrance into the Gretsch world but also the Gretsch guitar for people who haven’t thought of owning a Gretsch guitar before. They do the Gretsch sound, but also all the other sounds you might want out of that style of guitar.” More from Adam later on.
We’ve been big fans of the Streamliner range since its inception in 2016
Four of the new 2021 models – the Bigsby-equipped G2622T-P90 and G2655T-P90 that we have on review, which are also available with hardtail V-Stoptail options – feature a new pickup design, the FideliSonic 90 single coil, which outwardly looks like a
