That Gretsch is going to sound good as long as it is set up well. I play Bass and had many over the years but keep coming back to my old Fender, That is "Christine". I even go as far as to sell the other ones off so I got two bass one accoustic and one electric. The accoustic is a dean cheapy but I use it at the beach and camping. you know stuff that you would not want to do with a nice one.

I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active - not more happy - nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago. Edgar Allan Poe