This rate is not considering price, where was it made or anything else. This is simply a great instrument! It looks beautiful, the neck fits me well, paint and metal parts look well made.
Setup was low but with fret buzz , that was my only complaint. It was easily fixed because truss rod was a little too tight. Puckups nedded adjusting to even out levels. Little sanding of rough edges of the nut and the guitar was perfectly set up.
The most important: the sound is amazing! We plugged it in 70's Deluxe Reverb so there was no hiding there. Clean, overdriven or fuzzed, it sounds amazing. Especially impresive is neck pickup that retains clarity better that any neck humbucker I've ever played.
That arch inside the body does the job as guitar is more resistant to feedback than other hollow body guitars and the feedback is controlable.
Amazing instrument, I'm very impressed!
If you buy it, Thomann's case for it is better than original Gretsch (poorly finished, tolex not glued...)