I'm in Spokane, Wa and feeling mighty alone in my Gretsch fixation.

Howdy Zack, good to have you here. Don't recall anyone on the site in Spokane, but I'm a hunerd miles to your west, there's a handful of folks west and southwest of me, and a few to your east.

see you're on a new pinstriper. I'll bet the pics don't do it justice.

Actually one of my street rod buddies did an airbrush job on her.. I'll have some pics up soon I swear!

100 miles west hmmm where is that exactly? Do you live in the Warmoth factory(fingers crossed)? lol

I live in Southern Cali and the only other person that I met that owned a Gretsch was Brian Setzer haha, apart from that it's dead as far as Gretsches go around here, I'd be lucky to see one or two at the local guitar center or sam ash. Bah they can keep their Ibanez and their Gibson robots. I'm a Gretsch boy :D

I am the Warmoth factory.



Actually I'm typing from the biggest of Dams.

judging from the avatar he did a heck of a job

Welcome aboard. Extreme Northen
Ca. here. I walk down my driveway,
and look north, I see the sign that
says "Welcome to Oregon".

I lived in Newport, Wa. when we were
building the newsprint plant in Usk. Nice
country up that way.

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Steilacoom, WA here, and I work in the corner of Lakewood next to Tacoma and Puyallup. Warmoth is 5 or 10 minutes away, but they don't allow walk-ins. I tried. :(

What about break-ins?

Dillon, Mt. Does that count?

I bought my Smokey Amp while in Spokane on business a few years ago. Really liked that city.

It's not bad here, gets a little stagnant though, and the music scene is absolutely terrible for the amount of people we have.

But is is the Inland Empire!

I'm from Tumwater. I have cousins in Spokane. Great Place. Hey Carbo why don't you come on down to the GReat American on Saturday night and say Hi. B-rad http://www.myspace.com/stircrazyband

Hey, I'm from Spokane. Great city, not great for Gretsch. Hey Regalzack, have you ever been to the Cole Music Company on Garland? He actually has three pro-line gretsches there. A vintage Anniversary 6117 (without bigsby), a '94 6120, and a 2000 and something Country Club. I'm not associated with him or anything, that's just the best selection of pro-line Gretsch in Spokane.

Hey Zack, I'm in Missoula just a couple of hills away. I make it to Spo-Kompton pretty often for shows and such. We'll have to grab a beer sometime.

Yeah I know Eben Cole pretty well, best music store around here for sure...
You playin' in any bands or anything round here?

And Gretschy Definitely get a hold of me if your round, Well have to get a Gretsch head get together

I do play in a cover band with my friends, we play parties, and every once in a while we'll play a bar or something a little better than parties. Oh, we played on the mishanock (SP?) on lake CDA. We get paid in beer and food mostly, I think $60 was the max we made a piece one time. I actually play the drums in the band. I'm just a hobbyist with guitar.

I think I may have seen you once at Cole music company. I brought my Tennessee Rose in and i think you're Gretsch had dice as knobs, into psychobilly you might've said? Didn't Cole let you set-up your stuff and at his shop? I'm a big fella. It was a more than a year ago I think. Anyway, if it was you, I remember you were pretty good on the guitar goofing around at the shop. Me...not so much, I am a hobbyist. :)

Yep chances are that was me... yeah I used to do Rock/Psychobilly stuff but I finally found my Niche and I really don't know what the hell you'd call it...

You can listen' here if' you would like..
http://www.myspace.com/thecrowdedsouls

I'm pretty sure that was you from looking at your My Space. Good stuff. I'd call it Rock and Roll. Sorry for the detour on the thread. Anyone else from the Northwest?

I am really far Northwest. Camano Island, about 50 miles north of Seattle. I don't own a Gretsch. I have a Ventura Classical, Guild accoustic and a Ibanez Af 125. Putting pennies together for a Gretsch someday.

I'm down here in Vancouver, WA USA, outside of Portland, Oregon.

I'm from the Sandpoint area. A little closer than DaFreeze. Welcome!

I love Sandpoint NwAttorney, Ride my motorcycle up there all the time in the summer, usually swing by McDuffs :)

How is the music scene in Portland hotraman? I've heard amazing things

I am just outside of Seattle...Renton/Issaquah area.

I like McDuffs too. A couple others to try are 2nd Av. Pizza & Jalapenos.

You ought team up with DaFreeze and his son for the "lost in the 50's" weekend. BIG 50's weekend up here with all sorts of cars, food, music, etc.

I'll watch and wish I was a real guitar player.

I am just outside of Seattle...Renton/Issaquah area.

Renegade,

I just moved to Idaho from Issaquah Highlands. We were basically neighbors.

Yeah I usually make it out there for the lost in the 50's

I live in Southern Cali and the only other person that I met that owned a Gretsch was Brian Setzer haha, apart from that it's dead as far as Gretsches go around here, I'd be lucky to see one or two at the local guitar center or sam ash. Bah they can keep their Ibanez and their Gibson robots. I'm a Gretsch boy :D

Great shot of you and Brian. That must have been a blast.

Yep chances are that was me... yeah I used to do Rock/Psychobilly stuff but I finally found my Niche and I really don't know what the hell you'd call it...

You can listen' here if' you would like..
http://www.myspace.com/thecrowdedsouls

You've got sort of a Warren Barfield style. Nice.

hmmm Warren Barfield, I'll have to check that out. thanks!

Lost in the 50's...when/where?

Anyone else from the Northwest?

Orcas Island here....
Lots of GreTsches floating around out here, both vintage and new-ish....

Lost in the 50's...when/where?

May 13-16th, 2010. Downtown Sandpoint. http://www.sandpoint.org/lostin50s/

The Seattle area has got to be one of the best places to find gear of all sorts in the U.S., used and new. Lots of bands, or failed bands over there.

In Spokane you can find any color of Strat that you want. The guitars available in the Spokane area are 55% strat style 25% les paul style, 7.5% tele style, 7.5% SG style. The remaining 5% includes all the rest. There are a few Gretsch electromatics in that 5%. It sure would be fun to be able to go try a Rickenbacker or a 6120 or a Jazzmaster, but I guess we just don't have the market. You have to buy over the internet to try, and then sell it if it isn't your cup of tea. It's a reall pain.

I'm from Tumwater. I have cousins in Spokane. Great Place. Hey Carbo why don't you come on down to the GReat American on Saturday night and say Hi. B-rad http://www.myspace.com/stircrazyband
Hey man, I might just do that! You been to that casino before? You know the office complex directly behind it that shares its driveway? That's where I work. It would be a two minute walk. :)

The Seattle area has got to be one of the best places to find gear of all sorts in the U.S., used and new. Lots of bands, or failed bands over there.
Seattle and the surrounding area is great; you got all sorts of stuff there. Seattle itself has Emerald City Guitars, which is a great shop with a sweet vintage collection (including both a 59 and a 60 Burst [seriously]). There's also American Music in Fremont, which has the most Gretsches of any Washington shop - last time I was in there, they had a Tenny, a 6120, a 6136-LDS, a 6118-125, a Hot Rod, and various Electromatics. They also have a buncha Eastwoods - I love Eastwood! A Sharp Music in Renton has a nice collection of high-end stuff like PRS, Grosh, and Santa Cruz. There's an American Music in Bellevue that's not associated with the Fremont one. I don't go there often, but last time I did, they had Deusenberg, various Gibson Custom Shop one-offs, and CA Acoustics (this is before they went under). Cool stuff all around.

Oh, and I guess the Seattle Guitar Center isn't too terrible.

edit: Music 6000 in Olympia also has a few Gretsches, but that's not really Seattle area.

Carbo. Yeah we've played there quite a few times. It's a very nicely ran casino. Being non tribal, its a non smoking place. great management and staff. Would be real nice to meet a fellow poster. Brad ( I'll be on the bass). Saturday is my favorite night out.http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i4/lhoglan/P1040174.jpg

Carbo. Yeah we've played there quite a few times. It's a very nicely ran casino. Being non tribal, its a non smoking place. great management and staff. Would be real nice to meet a fellow poster. Brad ( I'll be on the bass). Saturday is my favorite night out.http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i4/lhoglan/P1040174.jpg
Hey, turns out I've got dinner plans Saturday, but it looks like you'll be there tomorrow, too? May have to stop by then. :)

Seattle and the surrounding area is great; you got all sorts of stuff there. Seattle itself has Emerald City Guitars, which is a great shop with a sweet vintage collection (including both a 59 and a 60 Burst [seriously]). There's also American Music in Fremont, which has the most Gretsches of any Washington.

I can vouch for the fact that these are both great stores...also if anyone is ever in the area check out, Trading Musician.

Hey Carbo. I will be looking for you. Not really sure what this weekend will bring due to the storms coming in, also Easter sunday. Possibly friday will be the better night.

It was nice to meet you Carbo. The night got going pretty good after the First few songs of the 2nd set. I sure enjoy playing on that big stage. Let me know when your playing. We talked about original music and I wanted to connect you to my son's project. He's on the bass. YouTube- STAIN

Great meeting you, Brad! Did the crowds improve by Saturday?

I'm in Spokane, Wa and feeling mighty alone in my Gretsch fixation.


I'm over in CDA, ID. Drop me a line and maybe we can find some time to get together.


Jeff

I live in Portland - music stores here can be great for Gretsch guitars, especially Old Town Music. I traded a Rick 366 for a Setzer 6120 at one point, but had to sell the 6120 back due to an unfortunate confluence of my ex-wife's attorney and the IRS. Still have my Rancher, though....

There used to be a double cutaway 1969 White Falcon at one of the two Guitar Centers here (can't remember which one).

Cheers,
John

Just joined minutes ago, I'm in Olalla, dandelion capitol of the WORLD. Where the @#*! is that, you say? Well, it's right between Gig Harbor and Port Orchard on the Kitsap Peninsula.

Well, as usual, I'm a bit late "to the party"... I live in Spokane Valley, and I've recently joined the forum after "lurking" around this site gathering info. which led me to acquiring my first Gretsch. She's an '01 G6114A New Jet. I've posted a few pics over in the new members area. Seven years ago I formed my band which can be seen/heard @ : http://www.myspace.com/curtdonnerpartyband