Is Gretsch Pages still online or what?

[FiveAces]

I've tried over the last few months to get to http://gretschpages.com/ Is that forum dead or is it a temporary offline thing?
.....anybody know the scoop?

I keep getting this....

This site can’t be reached​

gretschpages.com refused to connect.

 

[capnhiho]

Lots of discussions here:

Gretsch Pages down?

Not sure if I'm "allowed" to post about the "other Gretsch forum" here :rolleyes: but ... it seems to have been down for several days? Has anyone else been able to get on it?

www.gretsch-talk.com

 

[tartanphantom]

The site is not currently online. It is archived, but currently in limbo. There are several things being done behind the scenes before a final decision is made to bring it back online. That's about all I can tell you at this point.

Reviving the site to practical usability has been a real Pandora's Box, for sure.

 

[Horse Nation]

I blame Thunderball and his gold piping guitar case.

 

[journeyman]

There were quite a few dedicated members over there. What is dissappointing is that there was no notification of any kind about it going offline. Someone on here posted that it is being rebuilt, but tartanphantom's post suggests that its future return is uncertain. As they say in Newfoundland, "....and there is was.....gone."

 

[ToneM1]

Sad.., I started on there when they first started up. I think they were the first real Gretsch Guitars site. I've been playing Gretsch's since 1969. I hope they come back up soon!

 

[Henry]

The answer is "what."

 

[Likeabrave]

The Wayback Machine archived it. The forum isn't current (of course) but the guitar database is intact as of 4/21/2021

Gretsch Guitars: The Gretsch Guitar Encyclopedia And Registry at The Gretsch Pages

The Gretsch Guitar Encyclopedia And Registry (Gretsch-GEAR) covers every Gretsch guitar ever made, with more than 500 different Gretsch guitar models, and year-by-year examples of Gretsch guitars.

web.archive.org

 

[Drock2k1]

I only check it when I'm trying to buy a new guitar. Some of those members have some rare birds. There were some good folks over there. Gretsch-Talk is my home though

 

[Karl]

There is a sign of life finally, a page that says '

Sorry, we are currently doing site maintenance, we will be back very soon ...' So this is a very good sign​

 

[DavyH]

After they let me aboard here, I stopped checking it.

 

[razzer10_4]

There is a sign of life finally, a page that says '

Sorry, we are currently doing site maintenance, we will be back very soon ...' So this is a very good sign​

That's a good sign. It appears one can access the old threads. The needle has moved!

 

[cielski]

I blame Thunderball and his gold piping guitar case.

Don't forget Chonny.

 

[senojnad]

It is still not available as of today (1/29/23)........

 

[audept]

I check every day just in case it revives. I'm no stranger to disappointment.

 

[thunder58]

Theres another Gretsch forum ......??

 

[Jim Krause]

Theres another Gretsch forum ......??

Not anymore.

 

[BrickwallJackson]

Gotta be honest, I won’t miss it. There were some stuck up a-holes over there. I have always preferred this forum right here. Y’all are good people. Don’t need the attitude or the drama.

 

[Merc]

The Wayback Machine archived it. The forum isn't current (of course) but the guitar database is intact as of 4/21/2021

Gretsch Guitars: The Gretsch Guitar Encyclopedia And Registry at The Gretsch Pages

The Gretsch Guitar Encyclopedia And Registry (Gretsch-GEAR) covers every Gretsch guitar ever made, with more than 500 different Gretsch guitar models, and year-by-year examples of Gretsch guitars.

web.archive.org

Thanks for the link. I remember using that database when I first learned about Gretsch. If the site doesn’t come back for some reason, it’d be great to get something similar on here.

 

[journeyman]

This site has a lot of potential to become a 'go to' place for Gretsch information. A database is a good idea, but it needs to be done in a way that isn't haphazard, and that takes work and someone's time. The other Gretsch site had issues. Losing everything and not having it backed up was perhaps the biggest mishap, and as others have mentioned from time to time, it could feel somewhat exclusionary or at least, cliquish. It was a little better when the moderator finally decided to curtail political discussions, and offensive language.