It's what he used when he started with Morrissey

Johnny traded his black les paul for a gretsch super axe and a teac a 107 recorder. Johnny did use a Gretsch when the Smiths first formed, but it wasn’t a Tennessean, it was Super Axe

Peter Buck has only two main guitars, a Rickenbacker 330 and 301 both dated 1981, that he puts through a Fender Twin Reverb amplifier with two JBL speakers. He also uses a 12-string ‘81 Rickenbacker in the studio and has a 1981 Gretsch Chef Atkins Tennessean at his disposal. Besides the Twin Reverb, Buck has a Marshall amp that he sometimes borrows from his producer Mitch Easter to make a more heavy metal racket. As for effects, he has only one – an lbanez VE400 pedal that he uses live though he isn’t too sure what it actually does.

"I played the donated Hohner for quite a while, then got a Satellite, which was a nice 335 copy. I used that for the early Ride stuff, and when we got signed I bought two Rickenbacker 12-strings—a 330 and a 360—and a Gretsch Tennessean, all in one shopping trip on Denmark Street in London. Mark [Gardener, Ride’s other singer and guitarist] bought a Fender Jaguar and a Rickenbacker as well. He got the smaller John Lennon-sized one and I got the larger ones like George Harrison and Roger McGuinn used."

For his 2021 solo tour, Dallas is using a newly acquired vintage guitar: a Gretsch Tennessean. It's from 1966, given the gold finish that was produced in only that year.

"William had a vintage Gretsch Tennessean guitar that was a horrible coffee-table color," Jim explained to Select magazine. "A classic guitar, you know? Dave Gilmour walks past and sees William with a pot of black paint, painting this wonderful vintage Gretsch guitar black. Ruining it. When he sees this, he [looks horrified] and hurries away. Probably to tell Pete [Townshend]. I wish I'd had a video camera."

"When I went to the studio I also took a Strat, a Gretsch Tennessean, a Telecaster, an ES-335… hopefully to get a different sound than Skynyrd."

According to Fortus' gear website, he also uses the 1966 Gretsch Tennessean guitar.

Sterling Morrison can be seen playing a Gretsch Tennessean during the VU rehearsals. Taken from ‘21 The Velvet Underground documentary.

Crosby states that he played a Gretsch Tennessean with The Byrds.

Steven Van Zandt used a Gretsch Tennessean Electric Guitar during The Rising tour, primarily for performances of "The Promised Land," as noted on the Gear'n'things from Asbury Park Tumblr page.

Claudio Narea uses a Gretsch Tennessean Electric Guitar for his rockabilly performances, as noted in the SCD article "SCD Bellavista abre el 2014 con Claudio Narea."

This photo from Hilton Valentine's personal website shows him using a Gretsch Tennessean electric guitar.

His website explains: "I purchased this guitar at a guitar shop in Newcastle in early 1962 when I was still with The Wildcats. Yet another choice that George Harrison and I shared. I continued using this guitar with The Animals - including House of The Rising Sun - until I started getting all the freebies from Rickenbacker and VOX."