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

"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."

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.

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.

In this studio footage from the recording of "Have You Seen Her Face?", McGuinn can be seen using a Gretsch Tennessean. It can be seen throughout the video, beginning at 0:24.

In an interview for Premier Guitar, Roger recalls using his Gretsch Country Gentleman for the song (https://www.premierguitar.com/gear/roger-mcguinn-rickenbackers-martins-byrds):

I had a Gretsch Country Gentleman strung with flatwound strings that I used on 'Have You Seen Her Face'—that was The Beatles’ influence again.

However, the guitar seen in the footage of the song's recording is clearly a Tennessean, as can be seen by the white outlines around its f-holes.

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."