It's about the same size as a mustang, and the scale length is extremely close to my favorite neck on my Ovation....the Gretsch is 24.6 to the Ovation's 24.5. Someone installed a Wilkinson style roller bridge which helps keep it in tune immensely.
So what don't I like?
I need need NEED a trem arm that doesn't have a stop, and is ideally longer and round, unlike the short flat one on there now. I really would have the Ovation trem arm if I could find another one without a guitar attached to it. Looking into Chet Atkins arms, which come in two lengths, but are also oddly shaped and from what I read may not simply bolt on to an import "licensed" Bigsby. There are ways of getting what I want but none of them as cheap or easy as I feel like it should be to have a normal feeling bar in your hand at a length you can sweep over the strings to bend spooky surf chords while playing.
I just noticed that towards the middle of the neck (around frets 7-9), the middle two strings seem to buzz a little more than they should, indicating the Wilkinson is not the correct radius. I think I'm going to try my hand at
Honeyiscool's soda can trick the next time I need to change strings.
Also I need a case, and the only one made for these by Gretsch is over half the cost of the guitar (used) and no longer being made.
All in all though, I'm very happy with it
