Gretsch Pro Jet vs Les Paul

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   Hi Hyrchu, thanks for the reply ! 

You can get Pro Jets without a Bigsby on them. I've had Bigsby's before, great way of untuning your guitar (and also making it not fit in the case. ;-) 

The main reason I was thinking of getting a Pro Jet was to have something with Filtertrons, rather than humbuckers. Of course, I can fit the Tokai with Filtertrons instead - Creamery Pickups make humbucker size Filtertrons.... "but why not just get another guitar ? " seems to be the question. ;-) 

"Because my wife might kill me" seems to be the answer. ;-) 

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Davesax1965 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: May 23 2013 Location: UK Status: Offline Points: 2839	Post Options Post Reply Quote Davesax1965 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Gretsch Pro Jet vs Les Paul Posted: January 10 2022 at 04:24
	Hi Hyrchu, thanks for the reply ! You can get Pro Jets without a Bigsby on them. I've had Bigsby's before, great way of untuning your guitar (and also making it not fit in the case. ;-) The main reason I was thinking of getting a Pro Jet was to have something with Filtertrons, rather than humbuckers. Of course, I can fit the Tokai with Filtertrons instead - Creamery Pickups make humbucker size Filtertrons.... "but why not just get another guitar ? " seems to be the question. ;-) "Because my wife might kill me" seems to be the answer. ;-)


Hrychu Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: November 03 2013 Location: poland? Status: Offline Points: 5346	Post Options Post Reply Quote Hrychu Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: January 09 2022 at 02:07
	If it's a vintage Tokai, then it should be fine. From what I've heard those instruments play really good so I don't see why you'd want to get the Gretsch. Especially considering the fact the Pro Jet has the Bigsby bridge, which is a PitA when it comes to changing your strings.
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Davesax1965 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: May 23 2013 Location: UK Status: Offline Points: 2839	Post Options Post Reply Quote Davesax1965 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: December 21 2021 at 04:25
	.... any thoughts ? I was thinking of replacing the humbuckers in my Tokai LP for Filtertrons. Getting a Pro Jet instead seems to be an equally valid course of action, and just upgrading the Tokai's humbuckers. Yes, more money, but..... Anyone here got both guitars already ? What do you think of them, comparatively ?