Gretsch gets it in gear! (Fender isn't the only company going color crazy!)

[jd56hawk]

Edited February 10, 2022 by jd56hawk

[neepheid]

Am I the only one looking at this thinking the colours not particularly bold (apart from the shell pink) or particularly bright (apart from the shell pink)? Especially when placed next to the bold, bright text...

[Velarian]

Yep, there’s nothing bold or bright there. Even the shell pink looks a bit insipid.

 

Is the text some sort of sarcastic addition by someone rather than official company marketing material?

[EssentialTension]

Disappointing.

[Eldon Tyrell]

Agree, "bold and bright" immediately made me think of this recently released bass

 

 

 

[Joe Nation]

They could've taken the film of the scratchplate for the fancy studio shoot.

[binky_bass]

It's clearly a pìss take... the words in that picture above look very much like someone has crudely added them to the picture to make a sarcastic point. 

[BigRedX]

49 minutes ago, binky_bass said:

It's clearly a pìss take... the words in that picture above look very much like someone has crudely added them to the picture to make a sarcastic point. 

 

The grey background behind the text doesn't match the grey background behind the guitars.

 

Clearly fake.

[fleabag]

Yup, there's a border  that can be seen around the text, because the grey is a different shade.  So yes..

[Badscrew]

G&L custom shop - they know what bold bright and sparkly is. 

This is dark and shy.

[Old Horse Murphy]

3 hours ago, Eldon Tyrell said:

Agree, "bold and bright" immediately made me think of this recently released bass

 

 

 

Sigh.....I used to lust after a Washburn in a similar  colour scheme to that back when it used to appear in adverts in one of the free music papers and in Guitarist in the late 80's/early 90's. I'd still snap a guitar/bass up if one came up looking like that. 
 

 

Edited February 10, 2022 by Old Horse Murphy

[OllyW]

1 hour ago, binky_bass said:

It's clearly a pìss take... the words in that picture above look very much like someone has crudely added them to the picture to make a sarcastic point. 

A Google Lens search only shows two matching results for the picture on the web, this thread and another identical thread on TalkBass. The other similarity is the thread author's name on both threads. 

Edited February 10, 2022 by OllyW

[Jonesy]

The pink looks good on the Gretsch site, but a bit washed out on guitarguitar, so it's hard to say where it falls. I like the Bristol fog (or whatever it's called, it's the one next to the pink), but still reckon Torino green is the winner in that line up

[jd56hawk]

6 hours ago, neepheid said:

Am I the only one looking at this thinking the colours not particularly bold (apart from the shell pink) or particularly bright (apart from the shell pink)? Especially when placed next to the bold, bright text...

Yes, I was being sarcastic, however that is their new color line.

However, the new colors are the very definition of ho-hum. 

Even the pink is drab.

This is what I call pink.

Edited February 10, 2022 by jd56hawk

[SonnyBassPlayer]

I actually love those dark shy colors. The walnut-y one (not the reddish) is great IMHO.

[jd56hawk]

6 hours ago, Eldon Tyrell said:

Agree, "bold and bright" immediately made me think of this recently released bass

 

 

 

One of the few non-standard finishes I like.

If this bass came out with this finish, I'd jump on it.

[Sibob]

I think they look great, nice dark green, really nice walnut, the pink is a nice vintage shell pink.

Good on Gretsch!

 

Si

[Badscrew]

A bright orange metallic with big flakes and I order one immediately

[Lozz196]

I like them, have thought about buying one of these a few times (the black one of course).

[jd56hawk]

I'd prefer these, but...

[Sibob]

4 minutes ago, jd56hawk said:

I'd prefer these, but...

 

That's a hard pass from me haha

 

Si

[yorks5stringer]

Don't know if it makes any difference but Fender market and distribute Gretsch guitars, so maybe they keep all the cool shades for Fenders?

[jd56hawk]

51 minutes ago, yorks5stringer said:

Don't know if it makes any difference but Fender market and distribute Gretsch guitars, so maybe they keep all the cool shades for Fenders?

Well, Fender does have four or five exciting new finishes,but if you only have $850 to spend, I'm afraid it's dull, drab and dreary.

[mr4stringz]

Off topic (and I may well be alone in this), but a run of Electromatic Billy Bo basses would make me happy.

[neepheid]

I wonder if they were backreferencing the 1968 Gretsch catalogue with that colourful text. Not as close as I thought looking at it again but that's what it initially reminded me of