I bought my "dream guitar" this week. Gretsch Duo Jet 6128T Player's Edition with Filtertrons. I first got the bug for one about 10 years ago when I played a Power Jet in a Guitar Center. But I couldn't afford one until about 2 years ago or so, and by this time I was looking for one with a neck on the bigger side, so I abandoned the Power Jet (slimmer necks, hotter pickups) and started looking at regular Duo Jets. During my
pathological obsession research, I learned I
could get a meatier neck with the right specimen. The tolerances for neck depth on the biggest end are closer to what I find comfortable, but the majority of examples were thinner than that, so it would be hard, and it would also depend on either finding one locally, or whether online sellers would be willing to provide measurements. So I set a Reverb alert and bugged every seller that came up. Against all statistical probability, I found a used one at a great price that was--by a modest amount--bigger than the thiccest neck I had seen listed for a Duo Jet anywhere before. I bought it instantly.
It is perfect. The pickups sound incredible, the neck feels like home, it has the best tuning stability of any guitar I've never played, and it looks so good I feel like I'm underdressed when I play it. Here's a pic from the seller because I live in a dungeon with no natural light and can't do it justice.
