Gretsch Streamliner Junior Jet Club G2215 P90 Review and Demo - Fret Success Gear Review

The Gretsch Streamliner Junior Jet Club G2215 P90 is a budget guitar with lots of features and great playability. I was pleasantly surprised with the range of sounds this guitar can produce. With a great neck also! I put it through it's paces in this review and demo video.
Thanks to Guitarworks Canada for lending me the guitar for the demo. Check them out here: guitarworks.ca/
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[@alienvolt7741]

Very warm guitar. I've been used to hearing strats so much I've forgotten how nice a warm tone can sound.

[@FretSuccess]

The P90s are great for that warmer tone. Even warmer than a standard humbucker I think. Everything has its place I guess but this is very much a warmer guitar because of it. Appreciate you stopping by to comment

[@roquevillafranca4018]

Just bought one. Wow! Never thought I’d be into this style of guitar but here we go

[@FretSuccess]

Nice! Great value for money! Congratulations!

[@Fnmag762]

Got one, can't understand the price given the quality of it, but I'm certainly not complaining.

[@FretSuccess]

Good for you man! It's really cheap for what you get. I think gretsch could seriously blow out the competition in this price range if they really went for it.

[@frankpearson1840]

Hi, I'm eyeing this too. So you really would recommend this geetar then?

[@Fnmag762]

@@frankpearson1840 I'll will get a little bit of set up done to adjust the intonation of the g-string (common issue with 3v3 tuners I think) but for what I paid it's worth it. It's a simple, solid, well finished and very reasonably priced guitar.

[@frankpearson1840]

@@Fnmag762 Oh ok. How does the humbucker sound with some gain? I have a Marshall myself.

[@Fnmag762]

@@frankpearson1840 The broadtron humbucker does not have as much output as a standard HB/PAF. Running it through a boost and into a marshall would make it roar just fine I expect.

[@dareelrca3595]

I just got one yesterday and it's amazing! I have several guitars and this may become my fav. Highly recommend this hidden gem!

[@FretSuccess]

Fantastic news. Great addition to the family it seems. It is a hidden gem, completely agree

[@IstominStroganov]

I think I'm ready to take one :) Thanks for your review!

[@FretSuccess]

Hey. Glad it was useful. Awesome guitar for the money.

[@GrahamMylett]

What a great review! thanks for taking the time to record and upload this video. Very helpful information and descriptions.

[@FretSuccess]

Hey Graham, not a problem. I'm really glad it was useful to you. Are you thinking of getting one?

[@GrahamMylett]

@@FretSuccess I actually bought this same model (metallic mint) after watching your review.

[@FretSuccess]

@@GrahamMylett nice man, I'm so glad it was helpful! Are you enjoying it? I think it's a great guitar for the money.

[@GrahamMylett]

@@FretSuccess sorry for the late reply. I think it's got a great sound, as well as a very unusual one. I've never owned a Gretsch before and I'm loving it.

[@FretSuccess]

@@GrahamMylett yes. Unusual is definitely the word for it. But also usable. I think for the price, it is hard to beat. The gretsch budget gear is very very good.

[@paulsmith616]

Awsome budget guitar pop and a filter from type pickup set up is awsome the finishes are cool too

[@FretSuccess]

Yeah Paul, I enjoyed playing it. very cool colour too! Do you have one mate?

[@jlc19626]

I bought one of these to use exclusively for slide. Love it. I think the quality is high and love the sound. BTW enjoyed your review and demo Mr Fret. Thank you.

[@FretSuccess]

Yes they are great for slide actually. Fantastic guitar for the money. Glad you enjoyed the review and demonstration. Appreciate you stopping by.

[@ricdoliveira3075]

I’m looking out side my normal preference due to a hand injury. The layout is perfect for me. Thanks for the demo. I’ll get one.

[@popsfereal]

EXCELLENT review.

[@FretSuccess]

Glad you enjoyed. Thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment

[@johnkeating4084]

Reminds me of Pete Towsend (the Who) sounds, his SG Junior crossed with a Les Paul Deluxe, very versatile.

[@FretSuccess]

I totally get that description. Good way of putting it.

[@gerryk9]

you sold me dude... going to try one tomorrow

[@FretSuccess]

It's worth a play Gerry! Let me know how you get on!

[@FretSuccess]

Did you get one?

[@Catboy.]

Just picked one up in the single barrel finish and i absolutely love it. I was originally going in to buy a tele but after playing both i went for the gretsch

[@FretSuccess]

Nice! Congrats. Yes it plays awesome for the money, I loved playing it. I do love a tele but you need to spend more than this to get into the good tele ranges. What kind of things will you be playing on it?

[@Catboy.]

@@FretSuccess i really want a good "foo fighters" sound and as i cant really afford a good semi hollow this was my best-ish option

[@richardprisuta8150]

Nice! Just picked up one used for cheap. Plays like butta, very happy with it. Has a good vibe! Got the green one 😎 thanks for the video!

[@FretSuccess]

Perfect. Glad it's working for you buddy. It is a great guitar. The neck if especially good. I preferred the green one. Good choice

[@alistairwaling7094]

Looks a beauty.

[@FretSuccess]

Is a nice guitar, especially for the money

[@cassyvorster466]

Want one so bad😢 just raise the bridge pickup a full screw and lower the neck pickup 2 screws. It will even out the volume change between the two pickups.

[@JedrekVRoscoe]

I have one of these and I love it! The ONLY down side to this guitar is the lack of comfort carves-it rubs my right forearm. It’s no different than what happens with Les Pauls and Teles, so it they don’t bother you, then this guitar is amazing.

[@FretSuccess]

interesting and yes, I can see that perspective. It's very similar to a les paul in weight and feel.

[@davideckford1282]

I bought this in the Havana Burst, it sounds ( and looks)the biz!

[@FretSuccess]

Congratulations. I agree!!

[@Mandobird1]

I have one of these. Great guitars.

[@FretSuccess]

They are incredibly good. What color?

[@Mandobird1]

@@FretSuccess Mint Metallic.

[@superelectic45]

Good variety of sounds, the bridge pickup crunches really well but the neck pickup has to be wound right down as it's louder. Only issue I found is build consistancy is iffy so you might have to play a couple to get a good one. Definately replace the Chinese lucky bag toggle switch with a Switchcraft one before it falls apart.

[@MaxNafeHorsemanship]

I just bought one as my last guitar. Bang for buck is great. Killer P-90. Not perfect, but better QC than most $5,000 guitars.

[@FretSuccess]

It really is amazing value for money. Can't fault it for the price. Which color you get?

[@MaxNafeHorsemanship]

@@FretSuccess Good question. Not a color that is on their website. Not the mint, and not the single barrel stain. A metallic brown that is darker than what the "book" says, but I don't really care. Just couldn't stand that green. They had one of those too.

[@FretSuccess]

@@MaxNafeHorsemanship haha. Yes. The green is unique. Sounds like you might have the Sahara metallic potentially?

[@MaxNafeHorsemanship]

@@FretSuccess That's what they call it, but it really changes depending on the light. I had to hold it just right and then tilt a little to make it look like the picture. BTW, I'm not far away. In Saskatoon.

[@FretSuccess]

@@MaxNafeHorsemanship yes I know the colour. Saw it in guitarworks when I picked up the green one to demo. Just went with the green one randomly. The neck on it was fantastic. Really solid and setup nicely. Ah yes, not far at all. Was over in weyburn in the summer. Nice drive through the prairies. If there's anything you want a demo of, let me know. Going to hopefully be heading out to interview the owner of bad apple amps in Saskatchewan in a few weeks. That should be fun!!

[@kilohotel31]

Has anyone swapped out the bridge pick up for something else? Upgrade the nut and tuners?

[@JosePineda-jn8jk]

I got one for $250 on a MusiciansFriend flash sale. I hadn’t done any research it was really just an impulse buy but, wow I am blown away by the quality. I got the Sahara gold metallic finish and it really looks phenomenal in person. My only gripe is the bridge pickup is microphonic so when I turn up gain or volume it squealed a lot. I swapped it out of a Seymour Duncan Phat Cat which is a P90 in a humbucker casing and now this thing is perfect. I know it seems silly but, the most impressive thing to me after owning it for a few months is how nice the tuners feel and maintain pitch. No idea how they can offer it at $400 but, I think Gretsch also gets overlooked because these should be out of stock all the time imo.

[@FretSuccess]

Nice. Always fun to hear people doing good mods on a solid guitar foundation. The best way to add those extra bits you really overpay on the more expensive instruments

[@brittwin]

Yeah.. I have one and can’t get over the attention to detail and quality & feel overall for a guitar in this price point. I’ve owned guitars that are at least double and triple the price that can’t touch this. Bravo Gretsch.

[@FretSuccess]

Hey! Fantastic! I couldn't believe how good it was for the money. People should talk about gretch budget guitars more. The stand out element was the neck for me, played like a much more expensive guitar. Glad you managed to get hold of one! Thanks for the comment. What do you generally play on it?

[@brittwin]

Fret Success - Rock, Blues and Country and it does it well. I love if you roll the volume back on either pickup how much it cleans things up, not unlike my Gibson Les Paul Junior

[@neightmorris]

great demo 👍 is the middle position hum cancelling as well?

[@FretSuccess]

It seems to make it a bit better yes. All in all it was a pleasure to play. So much variety sonically

[@gerrypair3856]

I have one and it kicks ass. Plays great. The P90 in the neck works great. I just wish they would have put a P90 at the bridge. But other wise a great guitar.

[@FretSuccess]

It is great. Interesting comment about the P90 in the bridge. What do you find is the issue with the stock one there?

[@leereysetiawannaldi4660]

🔥🔥🔥

[@FretSuccess]

✔👌😃

[@frankpearson1840]

Hi there, would you say this humbucker is a PAF type or more of a regular wound HB pickup? I think this geetar is gorgeous too.

[@FretSuccess]

Hmm. A bit in between I'd say.

[@richieedwards3916]

Sounds great, I wish my first guitar sounded that good...or maybe it’s just your great playing!

[@FretSuccess]

What was your first guitar?

[@richieedwards3916]

1959 Gibson Les Paul, it was alright

[@FretSuccess]

That's one hell of a first guitar mate

[@grester5929]

@@richieedwards3916 holy shit thats your first?

[@muhammadkemal8583]

@@richieedwards3916 wtf lmao 😂😂😂

[@400dollarhandcart]

I can't quite get over the price - you were bending quite a bit - did you re-turn a lot during this video? Is that straight out of the box or was it set up before you made this? Great playing and thanks for keeping the demo pedal-free

[@FretSuccess]

Hey. Yes the price is great for this. it was straight out of the box. When I started playing it, I had to retune a bit but it settled down after a bit of playing.

[@rainemclellan208]

Hey man. How do you think this guitar would fare for pop punk or alternative stuff? The tone you got when you first started playing higher gain stuff was so solid. Gave me the confidence that I could achieve that tone and have success with this guitar for punk/emo/alternative genres. Thanks!

[@FretSuccess]

I think it would fair well. In those situations, the amp makes more of a difference. It's got a good array of tones, should suit you well!! Appreciate you taking the time to comment

[@azareltan1994]

Hi Sir, thank you for the review. I enjoyed it. May i ask for your advice should i get the Epiphone LP Special TV yellow or the this? thank you so much

[@FretSuccess]

I would say this one. I've seen a host of issues with budget epiphone over the years. Sure there are good ones but the budget gretsch are leading the way in the low budget world.

[@azareltan1994]

@@FretSuccess Hi Sir, thanks for the reply:) gonna get it this weekend thanks:)

[@FretSuccess]

@@azareltan1994 great stuff

[@yobhsiFehT]

I skipped around a bit, did you accidentally/intentionally do this with the tone knob all the way down, or do you just always have your amp set to make everything sound muddy? 🤨

[@FretSuccess]

Hey. Yeah the audio was strange on the upload. Turns out the signal wasn't as high as it should have been for the noise gate. Hopefully didn't detract too much from the content itself. That's for the feedback.

[@SpaceTimeManipulatorSTM]

I saw the brown version of this guitar in an ad and it looked perfectly ugly enough for a band I've been wanting to start with my brother so when I started listening to this I was like "WOW THAT'S THE ONE!" lol.

[@calle8109]

just a quick question, is the guitar like a mint green or a mint blue color? cheers

[@FretSuccess]

More of a mint green. Like ice cream colour.

[@santiagobarraza28]

This is a very solid review! Good job man, this is honestly very high quality, with a very nice presentation and it achieves it's goal of showcasing the guitar! If you had to rate the guitar from 1/10, what rate would you give it? Cheers!

[@FretSuccess]

Hey. Thanks so much for the kind words and I'm glad you enjoyed it! That's a tough one. I think I'd have to give it a few different elements as a combination review and keep the budget in mind. As a blanket statement, this is a great guitar for the money. Feel and playability 9/10, Finishing 8/10, sound 8/10, value for money 10/10. It's really hard to give ratings that factor in the cost element and make it fair. My thought is that within the $500 budget how does this do. Hope that helps! Thanks again for reaching out and commenting. Take it easy. Dan

[@andykalaveshi8894]

I love the look, and the tone is spectacular. The only concerns I have with mine are that the frets are very sharp, it does a lot of buzzing, and when I shake it, there is a weird rattling noise. Are these just gretsch things?/does anyone have any advice on how to fix these?

[@FretSuccess]

There were a couple of sharp frets on the ones I used. The buzz and rattle may be something that's slightly loose on the guitar or something around the bridge that's slightly loose. If it was me, I would take it to a local technician to get a setup and they should be able to sort it out for cheap. It will make the guitar play its best too. Money well spent.

[@giri.goyo_yt]

​@@FretSuccessExcellent advice.

[@mg-yu5od]

My friend has this guitar and we’re in a band together just for fun. I want to get my own electric guitar and it’d be cool if it complimented the sound of hers. Do you have any recommendations for guitars that might sound good with this one? I want something that has more of a grunge sound to contrast the clean sound of her guitar.

[@FretSuccess]

Hey! What kind of budget are we talking? Do you have an amp or pedals that can do grunge? Those are equally, if not more important. Lot's of guitars are grunge. The first guitar that comes to mind is a jazzmaster, lots of tone variety there. The new american II series are great. SGs can also be a good option of even an se PRS (just doesn't look as grunge, if that's important to you)

[@mg-yu5od]

@@FretSuccess thanks for responding! I don’t really have a budget but the most I think I’d ever be willing to spend would be around 500 dollars. I don’t have an amp but I was planning on buying one when or if I decide on a guitar I like. I don’t have pedals but they’re something I will be buying in the future. But this would be my first electric guitar so my main focus is getting something reasonably affordable. It’d be cool to have a cool looking guitar but it’s not my main concern. But overall I’d like something in my price range that I would be able to play alt indie rock and 90s grunge type of music on. I don’t know much about electric guitars since I’m self taught and relatively new to playing guitar. But I figured a good place to start is with a guitar that I already play for my band. So sorry that this was ridiculously long but I hope that gives you an idea of what I want.

[@heinzinthegreen8227]

Hi mate! What genres do you think can be played on this guitar? I love play above all Beatles, Rolling Stones, Beach Boys... but also more modern as Nirvana, SoundGarden, Red Hot, Pearl Jam etc... do you think it can do a good job with them?

[@FretSuccess]

It will smash all of those genres. You may not get all beach boys/beatles tones with just this (they used a lot of different guitars with various pickups but with some EQ tweaks on the right amp then you should get close/in the ball park. It will cover the modern stuff you want very well perhaps except RHCP as they generally use standard single coil guitars, like fender Strat. This has more of a Les Paul type tone. Hope that helps.

[@Lalairu]

I considered the Jet (G5220) once, but when they released these ones they looked more interesting because of the configuration and because of they also seem less heavy. Have you tried the jet? I know the pickups are not the same, but maybe the neck and the guitar itself feels better than this one. Sorry if I made mistakes, English isn't my mother language. Thanks for sharing :)

[@FretSuccess]

This is the junior jet club. I haven't played just the jet. But the neck on this one was very solid and I enjoyed it. I thought that this was fantastic value for money and they look cool too. Don't worry about your English, it is great.

[@Lalairu]

@@FretSuccess thanks ;) I might be able to try both someday.

[@FretSuccess]

@@Lalairu that's best. Don't rush. I've got sone high end guitars and this one was stacking up nicely. Good luck on your search.

[@Lalairu]

@@FretSuccess thanks man :) take care

[@FretSuccess]

@@Lalairu no problem. You too!!

[@EGtoneroom]

I got the same guitar and I love the way it looks and sounds, but I'm having a really bad tune issues, and intonation issues when I play it live. My strings are new. Do you think it is because my strings gauge I used 10/46. Do you think it's too heavy gauge for this gretsch ?

[@stormyweather2837]

10/46 strings are fine. You need 3and half winds on each tuner string to keep the tuning stable. I use 10/46 and my guitar says in tune very well

[@nohero178]

How do you see a three-way switch set up near the strap and call it "a bit like a Telecaster" . . . you ever seen a Les Paul before?

[@FretSuccess]

Could be either. Just first guitar model that came to mind

[@talkychris]

Just ordered one for £275 after bit of haggling. Gone for traditional looking stain finish. Think the P90's sound great. I own several more expensive guitars but I think this will become my daily player and good for popping to a mate's house for a jam. Considered an Epiphone Les Paul Junior but this just trumps it IMO for tone and quality.

[@FretSuccess]

Yes Chris!! That's awesome. I completely agree with your conclusions. I think the p90 and neck are just outstanding for the price. It blows other budget models away completely. The traditional finish is good. I did find the green hypnotic haha. Thanks for commenting.

[@talkychris]

@@FretSuccess The plastic buttons let the guitar down and tbh I have found I need to tune it every day before playing it. It really doesn't hold tune very well for any length of time. The buttons are coming off this weekend when some replacement chrome ones arrive. Still a good guitar for the money. Has to be said it does feel heavy. Not sure I want to play it standing up for too long.

[@FretSuccess]

@@talkychris Yes the plastic buttons are a bit cheap but not surprising given the low cost of the guitar. They spent the money getting the neck good and using decent pickups. I did notice some in and out tuning but this is likely fixed with a nut upgrade and better tuning pegs/machine heads. The weight is subjective. some like the weight of heavy guitars and others want a light strat feel. Hope it's still working out for you. a reasonable guitar setup and slight hardware upgrade will probably sort you out. I often judge a guitar by it's neck first and playability. This one just delivered on those very well for this price range.

[@talkychris]

@@FretSuccess Still very pleased with the guitar and at £275 certainly wasn't expecting PRS levels of finish. One thing i would say is I don't get much tone difference using the tone knob. There's a tiny bit, but not a huge change in sound from one end of the spectrum to the other. There obviously a difference between the tones of the pickups themselves but rotating the tone knob makes very little difference at all. I hope my wiring is good inside.

[@bangsart13]

What do you think use this guitar / pickup for high gain tone?

[@FretSuccess]

Will do a good job but have more of that p90 sound.

[@bangsart13]

@@FretSuccess i got this guitar last month, yeah it can get high gain tone, but not much high gain. Broadtron pickup have medium dcr output, but stiil have low gain output, really vintage gretsch guitar tone. really love this guitar

[@Jerry-rm9pk]

3:15 Niceeeeee sound

[@FretSuccess]

Thanks for watching! Appreciate it!

[@ZacCostilla]

How much does this weigh?

[@FretSuccess]

10.3 lbs I believe

[@globalnova]

@@FretSuccess holy crap!

[@davereeves1775]

I suspect that's the shipping weight 🤔 Guitarworld site lists as 7.76. Yeah, I saw this and thought NO WAY that guitar's as heavy as my 70s Cortez MIJ plywood LP, lol

[@deanisplemoni]

Certainly not as light as a *proper* Gretsch Duo Jet...

[@BenjaminGurnung]

Is it throwing a feedback? I think I hear it while you put your hands away from it.

[@FretSuccess]

I was close to the amp and it was cranked a little but I didn't have huge issues with it. It's a great buy for the money.

[@prisonmike4971]

I've had my eye on this for about a year now. As soon as the holidays pass and allow my bank account to recover I want to grab one. I had to sell my les paul to make rent, so I'm going to need to grab a new one. Can't just leave a half stack and all those pedals by themselves- and my acoustic isn't much comfort to them...

[@FretSuccess]

Did you manage to grab one mate? You really can't leave the half stack and pedals. They'll get lonely

[@prisonmike4971]

@@FretSuccess I actually ended up with a jackson..not complaining though, it sounds really solid.

[@FretSuccess]

@@prisonmike4971 also a fantastic choice. What model?

[@prisonmike4971]

@@FretSuccess I got the Dinky JS42, with the natural wood color zircote finish. Plays fantastic! I didn't expect to like it so much..and it was almost set up as it was..could use more stable tuners, but that's an easy fix!

[@FretSuccess]

@@prisonmike4971 ooh. They look great. I haven't played one but sounds like you approve! Get some gotoh locking tuners on it! Is it going out of tune?

[@contactolequotidien8492]

That’s not full sized right?

[@FretSuccess]

Yeah it is full size I'm sure. I'm just very tall haha!

[@contactolequotidien8492]

@@FretSuccess lol! Great thanks, would you choose this or g5655 gt?

[@FretSuccess]

@@contactolequotidien8492 I haven't played that model but it looks and sounds great. It's got a bigsby trem also, which are fun too. They are in different price ranges. If you have the money I would say go with the G5655

[@contactolequotidien8492]

@@FretSuccess yeah I recently made my own guitar and included my first bigsby and it is indeed so much fun

[@FretSuccess]

@@contactolequotidien8492 cool. How did you find building your own? I enjoyed building my tele. It took a long time but was worth it

[@richieedwards3916]

More feet pls!

[@FretSuccess]

Haha. He's back

[@jameshunt8373]

Playing it like a Tele

[@FretSuccess]

the real guitar!

[@jameshunt8373]

@@FretSuccess facts

[@FretSuccess]

@@jameshunt8373 you know it!

[@stealthbum34]

The clean sounds very dry and lackluster. You can hear this guitar wants to be in the dirty zone.

[@FretSuccess]

Definitely does prefer dirty this one, I agree

[@pmay222]

piss poor demo..... no enthusiasm

[@FretSuccess]

Cheers lad!