Mario, I respectfully disagree about the tone thing, but only in my case. It happened because I didn't know what I was doing.

My first serious electric was a 1964 Gretsch Country Gentleman, purchased in 1974. I liked it because of the wide, almost flat fingerboard—basically an acoustic with a volume control. I used it for jazz, blues, and rock—but could not (except for a Stratocaster) tell one electric's sound from another. I sold it five years later, still with no idea what I had my hands on. I almost immediately realized I had made a mistake, but it was too late. The Savannah plant closed its doors six months after I let it go, and the value quintupled.

Let's just say I learned a lot in the 35 years between then and now. I was made a gift of a pristine 2012 reissue G6122-1962 which is a very close replica of the '64. (Pat Marr was visiting when it arrived.) It's everything I remember and more. That's not just a saying; now I fully appreciate the sound which before was just "electric." I was always there with the action. I began as an acoustic fingerpicker.

Bottom line: Happy (and better educated) camper.

"My primary musical instrument is the personal computer."