The MOD SQUAD
I’ve never owned a proper Gretsch guitar, but I’ve certainly played, tested, fixed, modded and gigged a few of them over the years. Like many I’m sure, I’ve sometimes been befuddled by the occasionally out-there circuitry, not to mention the ‘creaky ship’ build of many vintage originals. But they’re damn cool-looking, aren’t they? And there’s nothing that quite sounds like a Filter’Tron.
The experience of playing a Custom Shop Fender La Cabronita Tele a few years back still sticks vividly in my memory. A simple Tele that sounded like a Gretsch with a roots-rock vibe and an easy drive. Now we’re talking! Today, that now so-called ‘Cabronita style’, a masterstroke of the Custom Shop’s Mike Eldred, is commonplace, though not exactly mainstream. For example, Fender doesn’t make one and the current Squier version is a bit of an offshoot. That said, we did notice
