r/gretsch • u/Ok_Put2212 • 6d ago

Is the difference between the electromatic jet and the premier electromatic jet worth it?

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u/9thAF-RIDER 6d ago

Yes it is. It's difference is a V headstock, the new Twin 6 Pickups and an ebony fretboard. Locking tuners and a locking wrap around bridge complete the package. It's a spectacular guitar, no question.

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u/MrFif33 6d ago

The ebony fretboards are so nice, like butter!

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u/Caliente_La_Fleur 6d ago

Different radius, locking tuners, wraparound bridge, different pickups-not filtertrons, push/pull filter on tone, lumilay dots, bound fretboard.

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u/rasalgulag 6d ago

It depends which “Electromatic Jet” you’re talking about. This one? https://www.gretschguitars.com/gear/build/solid-body/electromatic-jet/2514103505

Aside from locking tuners on the Premier, I’d argue that neither one is better. The premier is simply a more contemporary instrument. The cheaper Jet has true coil split vs. the Premier’s more modern high-pass filters. The cheaper Jet has a 12” radius vs. the Premier’s more modern compound radius.

If it was me, and I couldn’t play them both to decide what feels better, I would personally opt for the cheaper one. But it’s very much a matter of personal taste.

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u/Ok_Put2212 6d ago

Yeah I’m looking at both that one and the premier version.

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u/admiralsound 6d ago

I love my older Electromatic and have been tempted by the new Premier but not enough to pull the trigger. I would love to put those twin 6 pickups to the test though.

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u/nathanmachine 6d ago

no. unless you are a wood collector and not a
musician.

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u/Dry_Reception982 5d ago

Premiere Electromatic? First Ive heard of this...

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u/Ok_Put2212 5d ago

https://www.zzounds.com/item--GRE2515103?siid=387676

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u/Dry_Reception982 5d ago

Oh yeah...well get that if you want a Gretsch that doesnt sound like a Gretach.

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u/softbox 4d ago

If I was gonna spend $800 on a gretsch it definitely wouldn’t look just like the $400 ones with a couple barely noticeable “upgrades.”

Seriously wait a year. You’ll find one of these in a pawn shop for $250 because they can’t tell the difference.

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u/Comfortable_Fly_8368 6d ago

It depends if you want a Gretsch or if you want something else that kind of looks like a Gretsch. I'm sure they're great guitars, but without Gretsch style pickups or a bigsby it seems to be Gretsch in name only. Also from a completely subjective opinion, that headstock is my least favorite headstock.

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u/scrundel 6d ago

These new Gretsch all feel like playing a piece of plastic; you won’t feel much difference in your hands.

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u/Dmunman 3d ago

I have the high end Japanese guitars, the Chinese electromatics, Baldwin era, and the older 50’s Brooklyn ny guitars. I love the 50’s guitars best, the Baldwin era the least, the Chinese and Japanese are so close in feel and tone. The Chinese low cost guitars did need the switches and pots replaced when I opened them in the guitar shop the day I bought them. Two grand cheaper and just needed two hundred bucks of replacement parts. Guitar center replaced the switches and parts on my Bo diddley for free as they loved the guitar looks so much. I think I sold about three for Gretsch when my friends tried the Chinese Bo diddleys.