Gretsch Guitars
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Sep 22, 2026
NishGUEST
The acoustic was on that.
NishGUEST
And then I think the electric, I brought my Gretsch and we recorded some like nice electric tones to go along with it, which was cool.
NishGUEST
Yeah.
ShipperHOST
And on the EP, who are the other musicians who are working with you here?
Shandon SahmGUEST
So I put my stuff in storage at a friend's house and my drums.
Shandon SahmGUEST
I have a Gretsch Catalina kit.
Shandon SahmGUEST
I put it all in storage, basically.
Shandon SahmGUEST
So if I need to, I can always, when I get back to Texas, I can break it out.
speaker_0HOST
The Living End started as a covers band in Melbourne.
speaker_0HOST
Formed by Chris Cheney on guitar and Scott Owen distinctively on double bass, they loved the rockabilly edge of British punk and dressed like it with quiffs and big Gretsch guitars.
speaker_0HOST
By 1996 they added Travis Dempsey on drums.
speaker_0HOST
They played around the Melbourne punk scene and started writing originals, enough to fill two EPs.
Matthew Eric AlfordGUEST
sweet.
Matthew Eric AlfordGUEST
I love a good Gretsch.
Oliver ClarkeHOST
Yeah, you've got a playing style that leans into the Gretsch.
Matthew Eric AlfordGUEST
Yeah.
Oliver ClarkeHOST
But now I haven't
Doyle DykesGUEST
I can't remember.
Doyle DykesGUEST
But anyway, I played it on a, I've done it on a Telecaster and I played it on an old Gretsch.
Doyle DykesGUEST
So it was an electric guitar thing.
Doyle DykesGUEST
Wabash Cannonball's pretty fast.
NatHOST
Spiegel catalog.
NatHOST
And Rex Parlor Guitars, sold by Gretsch.
Eric DawHOST
Yeah.
NatHOST
I don't know if I've seen one of those.
Eric DawHOST
Yeah, so if you see a Rex-
NatHOST
R-E-X
Eric DawHOST
... it's made by Kay, sold by Gretsch.
Eric DawHOST
[laughs] Such a weird deal.
speaker_0SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Sold at 500,000.
speaker_0SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
This is John Lennon's Gretsch 6120 Chet Akins guitar, used during the recording sessions for the Beatles' 1966 single, Paperback Writer and Rain.
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Lennon gave this guitar to his cousin, David Burch, And this guitar, as Kerry Keane has so carefully noted, demonstrates John Lennon's rockability roots.
speaker_0SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
So let's start on lot number nine at $350,000 for this please, at $350,000, at $350,000, $380,000, $400,000, against you online, at $400,000, $420,000, thank you, at $450,000, $480,000 is there online, 500,000 is against you.
Danny MillerGUEST
Yeah.
Danny MillerGUEST
My pal Dan Hall was, he was using on it before, but it might have been like a five string Gretsch or something like that.
Danny MillerGUEST
My overwater and Ollie the sound guy was like, wow, it's just cutting through the mix like nothing else.
Danny MillerGUEST
And the finals, somebody did like a phone recording of the final show in Cardiff and it's Domino by Jesse Jay.
Gaz WilliamsGUEST
It is a baritone.
Gaz WilliamsGUEST
I think it's a Gretsch baritone.
Gaz WilliamsGUEST
But he's tuned it
Nick BattHOST
even
Rich ReardonHOST
No, no, that's great.
Rich ReardonHOST
You know, I bought a Gretsch.
Rich ReardonHOST
It was always it kind of can play anywhere with anything.
Rich ReardonHOST
And I love that full, you know, sort of, it's kind of an acoustic and an electric together, but it's definitely more electric to me.
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