“They were originally priced at around $300, which was more than a $182 Stratocaster but less than a Goldtop Les Paul. Gretsch was trying to produce something to compete with Gibson’s Les Paul ...
Although Gretsch describes the Tennessean’s neck ... the old clichés ‘woody and flutey’, somewhere between Les Paul light and Strat heavy. With both pickups on things become thinner ...