Our third entry into the Guitar Bucket List series shows off the guitar that started it all… Okay, well it certainly didn’t start my love affair with guitars! And it wasn’t the first, second or even 10th guitar I purchased! But what this guitar did was open the floodgates that turned my grouping of guitars into a “collection”. Or, put differently, it went from “wow, you’ve got a lot of guitars” to “wow, you’ve got a problem”. 🙂

The Gretsch Sparkle Jet was a guitar that I saw in an article online and instantly showed it to my family. I couldn’t tell which one I liked more- the ocean blue turquoise or the champagne. All I knew is that this was the perfect looking guitar and I really wish I had it. Of course, that’s when I saw the price tag of $2,999!

So that wasn’t going to happen. I put it aside in my brain for a long while- probably close to a year. And then it happened. I don’t exactly remember how, but the guitar came back into my mind and I did a little research. Turns out, this thing was limited-edition and it wasn’t available on most websites anymore. In fact, I could only really find it at Musician’s Friend. So, I gave them a call. They had (conveniently) one left in the warehouse. After that, it was gone. They even took it off the website after I bought it.

Oh I remember the reason now- it’s because Musician’s Friend had a promotion where you got 16% back in gift cards when you purchased a Fender/Gretsch instrument. That was double the normal 8%. So, I ended up getting a gift card for a huge amount that was enough to buy another guitar! And that’s what kick-started this whole thing. One comedic error after another lead me to pile up the guitar purchases, one after another. And it all started because of that 16%. I can’t tell if it was a good thing or a really bad one…

But, I love the guitar and it certainly checks a lot off of the bucket list- check out the video to learn more!