Gretsch G2215-P90 Streamliner Junior Jet Club

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JULY 2021 GUITARIST
GRETSCH G2215-P90 STREAMLINER JUNIOR JET CLUB
Feel & Sounds
With a good weight and well-balanced feel
both strapped on and seated, comfortable is
an accurate description, particularly with
its Gibson-like 629mm (24.75-inch) scale
length. There are no surprises with the
mainstream-feeling neck, which is 21.2mm
deep at the 1st fret and 24.6mm by the 12th.
It’s spec’d as a ‘Thin U’, but that seems a bit
of a misnomer because, aside from a very
slight flat to the back in the lower positions,
the tapered shoulders give a more regular,
classic C feel. Either way, it’s a perfectly
good profile that feels far from ‘budget’; the
medium gauge fretwire has good height and
there’s a very lightly rounded edge to the
neatly bound fingerboard.
Now, if you think you’re going to replicate
classic Gretsch fare when you plug in, this
Junior Jet Club should probably come with
a warning: this is a no-Gretsch zone. As
initially supplied, the P-90 is big and thick,
with a big blues voice and a muscular slide
The bridge unit might
not shout ‘Gretsch’, but
it’s a perfectly good
rootsy rock voice that
laps up crunch
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