Anyone ever play or hear a 1950's Gretsch "twin jet" double neck console??

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Anyone ever play or hear a 1950's Gretsch "twin jet" double neck console??

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One wacky looking space age device. I see that it's mostly Valco guts. Has anyone ever played or heard one? If so, what would you compare it to?
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Re: Anyone ever play or hear a 1950's Gretsch "twin jet" double neck console??

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It's all Valco guts, because Valco built them.

That model has under-string single-coil pickups. It has a darker, fuller sound than other models with the string-through pickups.