Guitar of the Day: 1957 Gretsch Sparkle Jet | Norman's Rare Guitars
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GUITAR: 1957 Gretsch Sparkle Jet
GUITARIST: Michael Lemmo
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Good to see a Gretsch once in a while.
Always a treat! Would love to see Lemmo on a Falcon
Mark was pretty good at including Gretsches, especially 6120s.
I wanna see a banjo on weirdass Wednesday someday
I wanna see what Lemmo can do with a banjo
Joel hasn’t washed his shirt since the ‘90’s too
1.Back in Black. 2. Change your shirt for me 3. Dirty Deeds
Godzilla didn't fit in a shower in China .... or Japan .... or anywhere.
Omg, one of the cleanest 50's guitars I've seen! It looks untouched
That might be the prettiest gitfiddle I ever laid my eyes on
I have come to the conclusion that Lemmo could stretch fishing line over a broom stick, and make it sound damn good. Not sure how the guy with the mid 60's ski boat is gonna feel about that section of his metal flake fiberglass gone missing to cover that guitar.
Well done Michael , Glad all of you are back. Jen too :)
I really thought you guys would have mentioned and paid your respects to Neal Casal today. We lost another brother, musician, but most of all a kind gentle soul. Rest easy, Neal.
Sparkle Jet is badass. The reverb and pedals make it talk but Jen pulls the hole thing together. She always leads Lemmo into the show. Love Jen...
The Sparkle Jet is probably one of my favorite Gretsches
Staying up until 2am in the UK to watch this
What went wrong...
I'm sure it was worth it... 😀
What's with the statickey soundtrack?
@@gibsons7057 I was hoping it was the looper dying.
I love the melody of the first song
I wanted to say this earlier, please, don't misunderstand, but if someone with a female voice laughs permanently and inappropriately and comments something unimportant, but mostly laughs, it seems absolutely dubious to me, because you wanted to sell all these beautiful guitars and not laugh at them? Or? That's why a guitarist is not interested in laughing, but in a presentation, which the young man does perfectly. That's why I start your videos only from the 3 minute where the sound comes. Laugh - you can laugh afterwards. I didn't want to offend anyone here, but a certain professionalism is already important in selling such expensive instruments, isn't it? At least in Germany we think so. The guitarist presenter is perfect. Hats off, man! Keep it up!
Now that there,...is a Sparkly Guitar!!! That pretty Gretsch just oozes 50's charm, sounds lovely as well, barring any audio infractions!! Nice to see everyone back, I trust you all had a nice and refreshing break and from all of the faces I've seen today, including Norman himself, it would appear a nice break was had by all!!! Looking forward to see what you have in store for us in the coming weeks!!
Out the park like always. Love it.
this man can play anything
A very nice guitar and the DeArmond pickups are like Michael said . . . in between Fender and Gibson, and therefore they have their own sound. Gretsch is such an underrated guitar. I have a green sparkle Hot Rod G6120-SH, made in Japan with TV-Jones Brian Setzer Signature Pickups, Bigsby tremelo, and bound ebony fretboard, just to start. It's build and components are 1st rate and it plays like a dream. There are 3 series of Gretsch, the Custom Shop ($3K and upwards to the sky or credit card limit is what you will pay), then the Japanese built guitars ($2K to just north of $3K), and then the Indonesian imports ($500 to $1000). Each one is a great value for the $$$. Thank you Fred Gretsch and your relationship with Fender for bringing this historic brand back to life and prominence (especially with Bigsby and the new version of DeArmond pickups by TV Jones called the "T-Armond" series - both also very underrated).
dang dang dang! Was Billy Zoom (and Poison Ivy) made me fall for Gretsch, and the sparkle was (is) his guitar. Sweet!
Zillion times better than a LP :))))
Mike, I love your style, skill and technique and I've got a "mom" suggestion, please comb your hair. Thanks for your daily serenade, they are beautiful.
he also needs to wash it first though.....
Jody ,
Gretsch moving up the rankings:
Fender: 50
Gibson: 34
Martin: 12
Gretsch: 3
Rickenbacker: 2
Epiphone: 2
Hofner: 1
Stromberg: 1
Taylor: 1
Vox: 1
Don Musser: 1
Ovation: 1
Paul Reed Smith: 1
National: 1
Zemaitis: 1
Mosrite: 1
GOTD Cancelled: 1
A galopadopadorus?! 😂😂😂😂 hope you all had a great week off xx good to have you all back x 👍👍
Good to see everyone is back and refreshed! Nice guitar too! However! Gotta do a Maton!
I’m on the EAST east coast (Newfoundland, Canada) and it is currently 8:53 a.m. Nothing like having my Wednesday morning coffee listening to Tele Tuesday. Day late(er) and a dollar short- story of my life!
BTW- That Gretsch is gorgeous.
Hey, sliding the Fmaj7 shape up & down the fretboard is my thing! 😇
Mine too. Sounds really good on a Rickenbacker 12.
Perfect tunes for this duo jet ! nice David Lynch spirit !
Made in Brooklyn... actually you can still see Gretsch building No. 4 just south of the Williamsburg bridge... it’s either condos now, or artist spaces... I forget.
Jen I love your Italy photos!!! Cool bedazzle Gretsch. Nice sound
Like my daughter got a hold of it when she was in her pink sparkly phase. 😂
Dudes a champ! Do whatever you like Mike, you own GOTD! Marshall, Looper whatever’s floating your boat at the time! Rock on! Love those Gretsch’s
I too would love to see and hear more Gretsch guitars, and other brands as well. Still love Fender and Gibson, but it's nice to branch out a bit from time to time.
Geez people, what’s the problem with using a looper? It adds more depth to the demo. It doesn’t change the guitar tone! Are you just jealous you can’t play as creatively as Lemmo? He’s a genius.
Gretsch Jet famous players: George Harrison (Duo Jet), Billy Zoom (Silver Jet), Smiley Lewis (Roundup), Wynonna Judd (Roundup), Chuck Berry (Roundup), Bo Diddley (Jet Firebird), Malcolm Young (Jet Firebird), David Gilmour (White Penguin), and Peter Green (White Penguin).
I can’t wait to get this good and even better on the guitar
Well you've gotta long way to go
Good luck 👍🏻. Enjoy the ride and don’t compare to others.
I believe that this is the Roy Orbison Signature Model. Seen him live in '65 playing a Gretsch just like it. Only the Lonely.
Thanks for the Gretsch demo!
Sparkles
Glad you guys are back and I love Gretsch's ! That one looks great and those pups are supposed to be awesome so thank you and, more please !
As always I love the sound!!!! Great playing!
A little Mad Season is always welcome!
It looks amazing and of course your playing is soooooooooo great!
more beautiful playing!
What is the first thing he played called?
Alastair Jackson tks
When I forgot to add my white falcon is in its original case with his original pedal and chords it has spent the last five decades on 95th Street in Chicago in my grandmother's attic untouched.
The sound of that bridge pickup is really hard to describe but that song was great
Dude is baked!
Nice guitar and playing ML!
That was really enjoyable, thanks!
RIP Neal Casal.
That first cut reminded me of Danny Kirwan ( he didn't use a Gretsch ) Welcome Back Michael and Jen
Welcome Back
Love the Gretsch brand. To this day, after more than fifty years of playing guitars it's still the first I reach for and the last to go back on the rack. Let the Gretsch lead you, she's an untamed filly looking to run.
Very distinctive Gretsch tone , curious to know what it would sound like OD'd , it is very cool looking tho , I like the raised pick guard , the master volume , that weirdo bridge , and of course the sparkle , I'd rock that. Thanks guys
My cousin has an old Gretch he uses as a wall hanger 🤷🏼♂️ It'll be mine someday!
Awesome more Gretsch stuff
A Gretsch Sparkle Jet and NO Billy Zoom (X)?????
Smooth AF. Good gear
its wednesday in Australia
Cool sounding guitar though I am not a big fan of sparkly things the exception being booze. 😂 Good job Lemmo! I hope you all had a wonderful holiday. 👍👏☀️🏄♂️🏊♂️🇮🇹🇺🇸
Will never forgive him the dinosaur joke hahaha
Great episode, cool job with the looper 👍
Gretsch’s have the clearest most well balanced tone. They always seem to sit right in between the twang of a single coil and the roundness of a humbucker.
Cool guitar..
Pretty sure Mr Lemmo uses more reverb by Wednesday that most folks do all week!
Gorgeous playing. It might have been showing off the amp even more than the guitar, but that is a gorgeous machine.
I’m always afraid to set foot in your store because I’m afraid to ask, but what is the rough range of prices one can expect for instruments like this?
Would have been interesting to find out how the Synchro-Sonic bridge works, and also to have all the tonal variations via the different switching options demoed.
Also a mention of scale length.
Can we have days without the looper and just straight thru the vintage amp pleeeease?
😑
Yea...that would be really boring
daumn thats some tone
Someday they're going to play some X with one of these things. Is there a player more connected to a Silver Jet than Billy Zoom?
Agreed
I'm sure that if I'm ever in L.A. again, and I'm handed a sparkle jet, I'd be rockin' some X!
Pretty guitar. How many lolly sticks are holding that one together?
The first thing you played was really nice
That's one of my favorite Gretsch finishes! And I love Gretsch guitars, so this GOTD just made my day a little more sparkly and bright.
86 the looper
Why no tele on tele tuesday??? Its so preety😍😍😍😍
And on the 8th Day - God Created Micheal Lemmo!
That's a purty guitar.
The Gretsch is nice. The looper HAZZZ to go. Its about the SOUND OF THE GUITAR. ANYTHING that takes away from that is ?
I am just grumpy today. Lemmo is awesome as long as you skip the beginning part of the videos, read up on the guitar yourself for the history, etc, and no looper.
This video is a show case of what happens when someone goes from a week of east coast grass back to West coast grass.
Lemmo, please do an album of solo guitar.
Agnesi played music that matched the instrument. I struggle with way some of these awesome guitars are presented.
Have you ever done an es-295?
You just offended all the paleontologist out there. Some more beautiful playing, Mr. Lemmo. I believe this is a Silver Jet. Sparkle Jets came out in the 90's to look like Silver Jet's of the 50's and 60's. Still a cool guitar.
Woohoo
They call it hump day because it's in the middle of the week but you can celebrate it anyway you want😉😉
6:03 surch the vibrato?
Do you ever nail these first take?
deym,what is the song he's playing? I wanna learn that
Awesome shows!
A little less reverb would let us hear the guitars tone better.
You forgot to mention the Stratosaurus. ;)
What do the knobs do?
The loopy stuff drenched in reverb gets old after a while...
Well, instead of pointing out what's bothering you, how about you come up with a few suggestions instead? I personally love the loops and reverb. A few episodes ago he played straight with zero pedals.
Iptomtom...dont be an ass...enjoy it for what it is
I've been a GOTD fan for years, even made the pilgrimage to Norm's when I was in LA and have been supporting Lemmo's playing ever since he followed Mark, but God forbid I should make a single critical comment, right?
IMO the reverb+loop demos are way less interesting than the drier ones, because they all sound so similar and the guitar sound is less defined.
@@lptomtom..yeah, dont make a single critique mFer
@@lptomtom ...I'm just tlkn shit man..✌
Name of that first song anyone?
@Alastair Jackson legend!!
Nice
Anyone recognize the second tune he plays?
Song name
@Alastair Jackson thanks
Hey guys you forgot about the one eyed dinosaur 🦕 didyouthinkhesawus 🦖😂
Silver Jet
Welcome back you comedians.........oh guitar players too. LOL
Please someone remind of what the first song is lol
We need more reverb! No more looper! I just want to hear what the guitar sounds like. Make Normans great again lets here the guitars.
looks like my Dearmond m75T champagne sparkle
It all sounds good and I don’t want to be THAT guy, but that G String was out of tune. Maybe it was an artistic choice though
Noice
He's cooler than Woody from Toy Story