Guitar of the Day: Late 1960's Gretsch Double Anniversary | Norman's Rare Guitars

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GUITAR: Late 1960’s Gretsch Double Anniversary
GUITARIST: Michael Lemmo
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[@greg7656]

Do You Want To Know a Secret just lifted my quarantined spirit right through the roof

[@wanderingsurf2842]

Fender: 106 Gibson: 84 Martin: 28 Gretsch: 10 Epiphone: 8 Rickenbacker: 7 Guild: 2 Hofner: 2 Don Musser: 2 Silvertone: 2 National: 2 Stromberg: 1 Taylor: 1 Vox: 1 Ovation: 1 Paul Reed Smith: 1 Zemaitis: 1 Mosrite: 1 Harmony: 1 Whitehead: 1 James Trussart: 1 Music Man: 1 Modulus: 1 Bill Nash: 1 GOTD Cancelled: 1

[@slbolfing56]

That is a beautiful guitar!

[@davidhumphries853]

Not many guitarists can play pop music so well, whilst showing off the guitars attributes. Well done.

[@coachdewalls9355]

I'm so glad, that she's my little girl. She's so glad, she's telling all the world that her baby buys her things, you know, he buys her diamond rings, you know, she said so. I've always loved that song!

[@localguy8]

Good playing Mike , well Jan you just stay away from him n use your zoom. I just marvel at all those clips at the end Jan video n put together wow love ❤️ it 👏👏👏🍺

[@martinandersson5833]

Thank you Mikey and Jen for keeping GOTD alive. Very cool tunes. 👍👏

[@glenkepic3208]

As much as I've loved SB finishes, this seems like the first I've seen on a big bodied Gretsch. Kinda weird at first but fell in love all over again :)

[@toddflowers8052]

Sunburst on a Gretsch is rare I do believe ! That was really cool Lemmo ! Thanks Jen ! 😎🎸

[@jens8014]

When i hear Lemmo play it makes me smile everytime 😀

[@stevehornshaw4478]

Thnx Michael and Jen again turning to give us ourstaple of GoTD. I appreciate it so so much. Great playing as always Michael of THE BB'S & THE B's. + back issues sessions

[@stevelinbergbaby135]

I got the hi-lo Tron pickups - it's like flying a space shuttle👍

[@chimpsticks1]

How so? 👍

[@RockHardRiffs]

George would be proud. Cool guitar 🎸

[@markjohnson8352]

Thanks guys ✊🏻

[@howamidriving27]

I have the single pickup version of this guitar, the Clipper. From the research I've done on the serial numbers I'm pretty sure mine is a '64. Nice little jazz box with the tone rolled off.

[@TheRockyhockey007]

I luv the Gretsch sound , very unique , perfect for those 60's classics , my buddy and I were just thinking it would be cool to learn that "I feel fine" lick , and now we have it , plus the chords , thanks lemmo , the Beach boys were cool too , some great songs , very well done , and such a cool guitar , very slick looking and great tone , thanks guys.

[@danielcox-gonzalez7430]

You didn’t do much homework on the guitar but the playing made up for it. Stay safe you two.

[@joelsimms4636]

I liked your rendition of the Beachboys song a lot better. Very good Micheal! You to Jen!! Without you it wouldn't happen. Love fromTexas. You go Todd!! Mark too!!

[@jameshayes9440]

joel simms what song is it ?

[@jameshayes9440]

The first song he plays

[@primalscream8000]

James Hayes it’s “do you want to know a secret” by the Beatles, ”don’t worry baby“ by The Beach Boys, and ”I feel fine“ by the Beatles

[@jameshayes9440]

Primal Scream thank you

[@vernonhoover1387]

Sweet guitar!

[@Smagledorf]

Awesome Gretsch today Lemmo! I love the anniversary guitars! However! Gotta do a Maton!

[@murphyebass7837]

Beautiful

[@pauloppel3890]

The thing I miss most is that big ass Sheppard making cameos..

[@dieselboatman5357]

It's a long time ago (obviously), but I seem to recall the Beatles using flat wounds to get their sound. My first decent guitar was a Gretsch Clipper; it looked just like the double anniversary, but with one pickup. All the best.

[@kevingunderson8905]

More Gretsch! 🙂

[@guywerry6614]

Beach Boys 2 days in a row ... ahhhhhhhhhhhh. They were the first band that I really discovered as a young teen and still regard them as genius.

[@josebuschiazzo8171]

What is the song in 3:10 ?

[@joermnyc]

Really nice use of the sunburst around the sides and back of this... much better than Gibson just spraying it in a trans red, brown... or worse solid black/ebony.

[@musicmatty67]

Some nice Gretsch guitars and love the Beach boys music!

[@joesasser4421]

Where is the missing headstock plate?

[@TheLocalZeroChannel]

So, i looked up the Grestch tone switch on the interwebs cuz i've been confused by them before. The middle position is like having the tone up all the way, or actually by-passing the tone knob altogether. The up position ( you know, like neck pickup if it were a pickup switch) is like rolling the tone all the way off. The down position is like rolling off the tone a bit. --- i found Michael's tone to be a bit subdued for a Grestch, none of that twang thing, and now i know why. the tone switch was in the down position. It's a nice sound. Just not the tone i was expecting.

[@bonito_japan]

Is the guitar good or player is just amazing?

[@angusseletto1511]

Second that Dominic

[@donaldholman9070]

Pun-chee...forever....thank you so much

[@paulalferez4339]

"VINTAGE DEMO" 👍🤙

[@BlitzHopB]

First like, than watch!

[@mattrogers1946]

Wow, some other 12 year old out there probably thinks you're cool. 😴😴😴😴😴😴

[@BlitzHopB]

Matt Rogers Oh, it’s you again! Sup Matt! 🤘

[@refugiopoint]

Mark sure had an angst to him, I'd forgotten after enjoying Michael's mannerisms.....Mark rocked it too though for sure!

[@dominicwalker88]

Lemmo is better than any other player I’ve heard

[@thescaredcrows]

shred

[@unfortunatefind6923]

song request paradise skies by max webster

[@papersquares]

Got enough spring reverb there Mike??

[@jyggalagdaedricprinceoford6239]

PVC not until it sounds like a wet fart

[@richardferris6976]

Lemmo is soon to go im surprized no one has picked him up yet

[@jamesriley6315]

Planning on getting a guitar again after breaking most of the bones in my left hand 10 years ago any tips

[@TricksPodigy]

a lot of tele's and especially a short scale fender mustang have really small necks so it would be less strain on your hand. Definitely look into it bro

[@jamesriley6315]

@@TricksPodigy thanks I will

[@judgeguywilliams8064]

@@jamesriley6315 try 7 gauge strings by Jim Dunlop or 8 gauge. Look for Billy Gibbons String Lab Series by Jim Dunlop. Made in USA.

[@jamesthe-doctor8981]

Open tunings. Some are better than others, but once you learn a very few things that are all over KZbin, it’s almost more difficult to play off-key, or out of tune with an open tuning. Also, learn to play slide, man. Some players prefer standard tuning for playing slide, but most of the best slide players tend to use standard tuning for some songs, and open tunings for others. A lot of that decision can be due to where your singer’s range is, if you’re even using a singer, that is. Open D, G, and E are all popular open tunings, and so is DADGAD. If you don’t know what any or all of that means, google it, then search KZbin for tutorials on open tunings, and playing slide with open tunings. One more thing... I’m sure I’ll catch a LOT of flack for this suggestion, but the device I’m about to mention works FLAWLESSLY on my one axe that had it, and that “it,” is Gibson’s G-Force “Robot Tuners.” I don’t care what ANYBODY says, I’ve got one on a 2015 Les Paul DC (Double Cutaway,) and it works precisely how it’s meant to work, every time. It has firmware containing every open tuning I’ve ever heard of, with room for several of your own, custom tunings. A lot of people really bellyached about it, but I have to believe they didn’t spend enough time with it to be able to appreciate what it can do. I bought it from Sweetwater during what must’ve been a clearance sale because I paid about 1/3 the regular street price, and I’d heard so many horror stores about it that I was going to replace them with regular locking tuners...but once I messed around with it a little, I fell in love with it. In a matter of a few seconds my guitar has re-tuned itself to any open tuning, standard, DADGAD, Nashville Tuning, Dobro Tuning...hell, the list goes on. Heh, right about now you’re probably thinking, “PFFFFFFTTTTT!! This asshole is probably a shill for Gibson,” but the truth is, I just really like mine, and since I’m suggesting open tunings, a set of those G-Force tuners is a no-brainer. One other thing you may want to consider is switching to left-handed playing, especially since it’s been so long since you’ve had a guitar. It sounds like you’re in for a bit of a struggle, getting your left hand as strong and lumber as it needs to be to play guitar. Of course, you’d also be limiting your options in your choice of guitar to buy. Go into a music store...any music store like, say, Guitar Center. Unless you live out in the sticks the GC will have their famous, “Wall of Guitars”...and all but 2 or 3 of those hundreds and hundreds of guitars will be right-handed. But there’s a solution to that, and you’d need to be pretty dedicated to playing this way, but it was worth it for this one Englishman I knew back in the mid-70s. He played left-handed, but on both left- and right-handed guitars! He had started out as a child playing lefty. Then, because left-handed guitars are pretty rare, he taught himself to be able to pick up ANY guitar and play it.

[@jameshayes9440]

Maybe play a lower action

[@billyrossi4661]

Do you want to know a secret..🤔🎸🔊 I feel fine..🙂🤘👍

[@plumiegirl47]

Thank you for Beatles and Beach boys. Can you do the #innerlight foundation. It would make a difference at no cost to you. It’s Dhani Harrison charity

[@josebuschiazzo8171]

Song 3:10 ?

[@julesbsl]

1:57 song please ???

[@orsonwells7997]

really starting to miss Mark's tune selections...

[@Zacharysharkhazard]

boooo

[@angusseletto1511]

Go to Gibson then

[@jamesthe-doctor8981]

I liked his song choices too, but I liked the fact that he played without every one being palm muted to DEATH!! Lemmo has always done it, even back in his Lemmo Demo days when Agnesi was still around. I can’t remember the last time I heard what the GOTD actually SOUNDS LIKE through all the muting. But he’s not here to sell guitars so I don’t expect him to change anytime soon.

[@steveh1273]

muffling the notes, would like to hear it ring out

[@LAUptegrove]

While I'm sure that EVERYONE is just so amazed at your "strummy" type of chord melody stuff...….after watching this I still don't know anything about this guitar. It's about THE INSTRUMENT......not about your ego as a player.

[@poppasteve2976]

Mine has a Bigsby. But it has had other horrible things done to it, so it may not be original.

[@julesbsl]

1:57 song please ,,

[@sturusk3620]

jules . bsl Do you want to know a secret ? An early Beatles song 👍

[@julesbsl]

@@sturusk3620 thank you bro !!

[@GuitarlosCarlos]

BY 1970 THE ONLY GRETSCH GUITARS WORTH BUYING WERE THE WHITE FALCON I HAD ONE IN LV, NV IN 1972 GREAT CRAFTSMANSHIP ✔️ NEW ONES ARE DOG SHIT MIKEY MISSED A FEW OF THE CHORDS HERE BUT IT'S OK ALL 3 WERE COOL SONGS I PLAYED BASS ALONG WITH ALL 3 SONGS WHICH IS WHY I HEARD THE DISCREPANCIES STILL A LOT OF FUN MIKE I DON'T LIKE THE GUITAR BUT IT WAS A VERY COOL GOTD carlosguitarlosmusic.com CARLOS GUITARLOS 90042

[@alexandervoetmann9193]

At 6:55 song please?

[@musicfan8253]

Alexander Voetmann it almost sounds like a variation of “Oh Well” (at least the first part), but, I’m not certain.

[@sharkattack67]

I agree with Elaine "Oh Well".

[@alexandervoetmann9193]

Ronzo Nogurt its actually beating around the Bush by ACDC, just found out.

[@musicfan8253]

Thanks. Sounds like they “borrowed” from Fleetwood Mac’s “Oh Well”.

[@t.k.mcdonald4216]

Why are you guys tempting fate by venturing out and going into the shop? NY, D.C., and Cal are begging people to stay home and here you guys are with an average of 20K+ views per video doing just the opposite. What gives? I get that positive vibes are needed right now and music and musicians are key but dude, really?

[@jamesthe-doctor8981]

Do you think you’ll ever skip the palm muting and let us hear how these guitars actually sound, someday? Mark and Todd managed it in the bonus clips at the end...and then, more of Lemmo’s palm. I’m not slamming your ability as a guitarist, I just want to hear what the guitars sound like. I know you can do it because you’ve done it before. Like, twice.

[@MichaelDeFillippo8889]

Agreed. The palm muting kinda defies the whole purpose

[@jamesthe-doctor8981]

Michael DeFillippo exactly. I hate bitching about it, but I come here to hear what they sound like, not how well somebody can play them. That’s not serving the instrument, and it’s not what’s selling them, either. I’d even prefer that he just roll off the tone, strum an open chord, then the same chord, but as a barre chord, then pick out the notes in that scale once or twice. Then repeat with the tone rolled on. It would even be cool if he’d just do that before or after all the palm muting, then the Lemmo fans get to see and hear him do his thing, and I/we get to hear how the guitar sounds.

[@USNVA-yn6cp]

muddy nice playing though that is not a classic Gretsch sound though that is flat

[@jeffdixon847]

He’s got the mud switch down which is like rolling off a tone knob. Hilotrons are a lesser known Gretsch pickup. They were the budget single coils while the more expensive models had humbucker Filtertrons. Hilos are very low output but sound fantastic. The bridge can be very snappy. You just need the mud switch in the default middle position!

[@0richbike]

pity you got make these quickies cuz that was "brill".

[@jerrytee2688]

"brill"?

[@DavidFell]

Jesus Christ turn off the mud switch for a minute!

[@barryvernon5442]

Gretsch are wonderful guitars and your playing was superb but please,please stop muting the strings after all it is Guitar of the day so let's at least hear the sounds the guitar makes.Thank you

[@richardferris6976]

Lemmo is bad ass but mark ws more techinal

[@georgeagustialvarez]

U gotta be kidding

[@joelsimms4636]

??? Mark knew a lot more about vintage guitars A LOT ! But I think Lemmo is the better guitarist. It really doesn't matter. Please disregard.

[@davids9192]

Who cares what knobs do what or when the headstock design changed? You can get all that info on Google. But Lemmo is unique and we are so lucky to have him.

[@papersquares]

Mark for guitar history and classic tunes, Lemmo for insane chops and creative playing. They are both awesome in their own way.

[@judgeguywilliams8064]

@@guitarocd9984 So far no snot sucking on Gibson TV LOL I cant get enough - Scorpions LOL

[@russclewley6945]

Great looking, sounding guitar, however lost me at Beatles and Beach boys... yuck.

[@Zacharysharkhazard]

your lack of taste is showing

[@russclewley6945]

Says you Zack. I grew up with that music never enjoyed it. I love 99% of the stuff Lemmo plays, just not the Beatles or The Beach Boys.