Gretsch G2655 Streamliner | Best budget-friendly semi-hollow? [Guitar Demo]

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@Cadet44642 10 ай бұрын

I have owned one of these with a bigsby for 3 years now. I absolutely love it. It is comfortable to play stays in tune. I have never set it up. It played great out of the box. It keeps me inspired. If you are looking for a semi-hollow you must consider it.

@AmbientEndeavors 10 ай бұрын

Glad to hear you’re digging yours! Mine has had pretty solid tuning as well which is always impressive for a lower end guitar. Thanks for watching!

@Ashleysagemusic 2 ай бұрын

Played one at guitar center…. Immediately fell in love

@AmbientEndeavors 2 ай бұрын

They’re really fun!

@joyfulservantsofChrist 10 ай бұрын

Best demo for this guitar I’ve been wanting to get. New subscriber here! Thank you very much!

@AmbientEndeavors 10 ай бұрын

thanks so much! really glad to hear it was helpful :)

@grimlyfiendish7474 10 ай бұрын

Had a 2622T for a couple of years. Put a roller bridge and locking tuners and it keeps in tune. Sounds great, plays great, feels great and looks great! Hard to beat a Gretsch in ANY price range. Nothing else like them!

@AmbientEndeavors 10 ай бұрын

the roller bridge is the one mod I often think about for my gretsch's. Might have to try one out - I think it'd make my 5422TG (w/ bigsby) even more smooth. Thanks for dropping in!

@brajkraft 4 ай бұрын

I would never say its the best guitar ever... but this is my favorite guitar ever. Has just the tones I love, dimensions are amazing and it looks so bloody beautiful that even my girlfriend hates it when I DON'T hang it in the livingroom.😮

@AmbientEndeavors 4 ай бұрын

haha seems like it checks all the right boxes!! It really is a fun guitar, great value, beautiful looker!

@thebigsmooth99 10 ай бұрын

Gretsch just makes a gorgeous guitar. I can window shop their website all day.

@AmbientEndeavors 10 ай бұрын

Agreed! Lots of beautiful goodies to choose from :)

@boomerdell 4 ай бұрын

Just bought one of these today. I went in with the intention of trying and buying similar guitars, mostly Gretsches, at price points that were at a minimum twice the cost of this one. After trying several models for most of the afternoon, I kept coming back to this one. I reached the point where I realized I was ignoring the others. So impressed with this guitar. Super light and comfortable, sounds great, and looks really cool. Fantastic!

@AmbientEndeavors 4 ай бұрын

It’s a fantastic value imo, glad you’re enjoying yours!

@filtermat 10 ай бұрын

I love this one! Hope to try one day

@AmbientEndeavors 10 ай бұрын

You should! It’s worth checking out

@paulneugebauer7768 10 ай бұрын

Bought one today. After I bought a 5320t I fell in love with these guitars. So much for the price point.

@AmbientEndeavors 10 ай бұрын

Love it! There is definitely a lot of value in these guitars.

@mickreno9780 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for the great demo. Next week I’m purchasing the G2655 in Claret Burst!

@AmbientEndeavors 4 ай бұрын

dig it! They're great guitars!

@andsoistopped 10 ай бұрын

Sounds very nice particularly those cleans.

@AmbientEndeavors 10 ай бұрын

Yeah there are some nice chimey qualities to the cleans that I love as well.

@designbyjohnperez 10 ай бұрын

I have a g2622, part of me wished that I went with the smaller g2655. Great video, descriptive, and good sound samples.

@AmbientEndeavors 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching! The small body is nice when sitting, does feel a bit small when on a guitar strap. Pros and cons I suppose!

@lauriemacquanan2141 Ай бұрын

Great review, now I want one even more.. but now I want to learn how to play!!

@AmbientEndeavors Ай бұрын

Haha you got this! Highly recommend learning guitar :)

@jm17034 6 ай бұрын

Colorful vibes!

@AmbientEndeavors 6 ай бұрын

indeed!

@ThePedalboardOrchestra 10 ай бұрын

Very nice demo 👍👍 it sounds really great in your setup. I like that smaller body size of this G2655, because I usually play at home having the guitar on my lap 😉 So I am looking forward to a boygenius Streamliner arriving in September, which has some special features on top. 🤩

@AmbientEndeavors 10 ай бұрын

Love it! Yeah, the smaller body makes it a really comfortable player. Gotta check out the boygenius version!

@ThePedalboardOrchestra 10 ай бұрын

@@AmbientEndeavorsunfortunately Gretsch make only 1000 of them and they were sold out within two weeks. So many people were not able to order one. There is a nice video with Julien Baker talking about the boygenius Gretsch. She's so great. 🖤

@Adam-dy4iq 20 күн бұрын

This is the third time watching your video review of this guitar, and I've enjoyed it more with each viewing. I bought this beautiful Gretsch G2655 (Steel Olive) back in mid-November and have been absolutely thrilled with it. My local guitar store's technician did a very nice set-up for me, and switched to D'Addario strings, making this guitar pretty perfect for me. I also have a Squier Affinity Telecaster and a Squier Classic Vibe Stratocaster, and wanted a semi-hollow to round out my collection. I also spent some time with the full boiy fully hollow G2420, and found it to be too big and cumbersome, with annoying feedback. The G2655 really hit the sweet spot for me, and I absolutely love playing it. Than you for your terrific review, and I agree with all your thoughts and comments.

@AmbientEndeavors 20 күн бұрын

So glad to hear you love it! These are surprisingly good / cool guitars. I really found myself liking the split coil sounds, and it's just beautifully presented for the modest price tag. Thanks for watching and sharing your thoughts!

@lumpodogge Ай бұрын

Something happened with these in the last year or so. As far as I can tell, the ones with thumbnail fret markers (and maybe black pick guard instead of tortoise shell) have the coil split n the volume control, and the ones with full fret square fret markers do not. They are both listed as 'G2655' models everywhere I have seen them, so caveat emptor. I even contacted Sweetwater and they had no info on the change. I prefer the coil tap version - the smaller fret markers are not a deal breaker and I can change out the pickguard.

@AmbientEndeavors Ай бұрын

oh interesting, the coil split is a definite distinguishing/selling feature for me. I love the single coil tones on this guitar.

@scottejohnson83 15 күн бұрын

Yes, this is an updated model for 2024. The previous model as you mentioned had no coil tap and a ‘tear drop’ pickguard. These newer models have a more traditional Gretsch pickguard, coil tapping and thumb nail inlays. I prefer the 2622T to this for the larger body, but streamliners are the best bang for the buck on the market today.

@im58woody 10 ай бұрын

I like that you are playing guitars on your channel that most people can afford. This one is about the size of a Epiphone 339 which I owned briefly. I didn’t like the Epiphone due to too many quality issues. Thanks for showing us this cool Gretsch!

@AmbientEndeavors 10 ай бұрын

Love it! Yeah , I think there's a place for $500 guitars and $5000 guitars even in the same collection. I had admittedly low expectations for this when Gretsch sent it out but it's sort of a testament to where the lower priced guitars have come; the feel and playability and finish all exceeded my expectations. I personally might consider a pickup swap if this was going to remain my main player, just for more humbucker clarity, but there are so many tonal options with the coil-split that it becomes nit-picky. Thanks for watching, appreciate it!

@im58woody 10 ай бұрын

@@AmbientEndeavors What would be on your list of pickups to try as replacements?

@im58woody Ай бұрын

@MaxQuagmire-u3r Thanks for the suggestion. I really like SD pickups

@lauriemacquanan2141 6 ай бұрын

Great review

@AmbientEndeavors 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching! Glad it was helpful

@josecardenas4013 9 ай бұрын

Beautiful guitar !!! Beautiful sounds!!!! Awesome

@AmbientEndeavors 9 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot for stopping by!

@childofthe60s100 8 ай бұрын

Excellent review!!

@AmbientEndeavors 8 ай бұрын

hey thanks so much for checking it out!

@CloudyNoodling 10 ай бұрын

Did you had a change to check D'Angelico guitars? Also nice semi-hollow option. Nice playing, btw!

@AmbientEndeavors 10 ай бұрын

Thanks! :) I haven’t checked out the D’Angelico. In my mind those were only high-end jazz stuff but I’m seeing some of the lower end models now. I’ll have to investigate.

@CloudyNoodling 10 ай бұрын

@@AmbientEndeavorsYeah, now there is a bunch of Korean & Indonesian made, which are pretty affordable and pretty good. For my taste at least :).

@DanAddison 10 ай бұрын

I’ve owned one of these. I wasn’t crazy about the pickups, the pots were really poor, the tuning stability wasn’t great, and it had some neck dive. On the other hand, I’ve never had a more comfortable and inviting guitar to play - so light and such amazing buttery smooth low action. And I love the look of it, has some individuality in a sea of safe sameness. I’m not into doing much work or mods on a guitar, so for me, it wasn’t good enough to be a keeper, but I do miss the feel of it. I guess I need to go up a level to the Electromatic series, for hardware that isn’t so compromised.

@AmbientEndeavors 10 ай бұрын

I hear those critiques - the pots definitely don't feel luxurious ha. And if the pickups were just standard 3-way humbucker config I'd be bummed, but the coil splitting really opens up a lot of different sounds that I'm pretty pleased with for the price point. I am definitely curious about doing some mods on one of these Streamliner tier guitars and seeing how pickups / roller bridge / etc might bring it to life.

@nellayema2455 6 ай бұрын

Very good sounding guitar. I wonder what the difference is between the BT-2S pups that used to come in this model and the new BT-3S pups that are in this one?

@JoeFishtat2 Ай бұрын

You are truly an inspiration. I am mostly a bass player and currently own a Fender Player Precision, Fender Player II Mustang PJ bass as well as a Guild DS-240. I’m looking to add a reliable and tough semi hollow and this sounds amazing. Do you still own this? Looking to possibly buy myself one for Christmas

@AmbientEndeavors Ай бұрын

man , thanks for the kind words. so cool to hear. I do still own it; it is an impressive guitar that IMO sounds better than it should for the $. And they look so good. There is a little neck dive to this one, it might be worth trying one in person before buying to see how big of a deal that is to you and the way you play. I find I just adjust to it in the way I hold the guitar , but some are really bothered by it.

@signalpath 10 ай бұрын

man gretsch stuff always looks so good. sounds awesome too!

@AmbientEndeavors 10 ай бұрын

agreed. It’s a fun vibe.

@taylornutt 10 ай бұрын

I liked the G2655T models I played like yours but didn't like the sound of the ones with metallic P90s. I have a G5655T that picked up last year used and it has made me fall in love with Gretsch Guitars. I definitely prefer my single cut to the double cutaway because the bodies on these seem almost too small for me. I want to grab a G5210t-P90 model as I keep liking those models. My dream Gretsch right now would probably be a Penguin, but these Streamliners and Electromatic Gretschs are totally underrated.

@AmbientEndeavors 10 ай бұрын

agreed! I love the 5422TG I demoed a while back, and these have been rather impressive too.

@ottodiazo 2 ай бұрын

I’m thinking of getting one. How does this guitar do regarding neck dive? Also, do you think they’ll drop a 2024 version?

@AmbientEndeavors 2 ай бұрын

no clue about 2024 models, although we're coming to the end of year and I haven't heard anything. regarding neck dive, yeah this one does have a bit of neck dive. I've played it live a few times and it's something you can work around, but the weight and balance is skewed neck on this one.

@ottodiazo 2 ай бұрын

@ thanks!

@mayomusicco.772 19 күн бұрын

What colorway is this? tia

@AmbientEndeavors 19 күн бұрын

it's called "Abbey Ale" and its as beautiful in person!

@mayomusicco.772 19 күн бұрын

@AmbientEndeavors Thanks man. I have this video on loop for 2 days. Just a beauty. Cant find one here in the philippines 😭

@BkBk-gy6vr 5 ай бұрын

How do you feel about the pickups playing them in person, swap or no need to swap?

@AmbientEndeavors 5 ай бұрын

you know , they're pretty decent, especially for a $400 guitar. To upgrade, you'd probably be spending as much as the guitar is worth, so for me they're good enough to keep em in - I really enjoy the split coil sounds in this guitar. The full HB sounds are fine to good, sometimes feeling too muddy for me but I've heard worse for sure.