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Gretsch G5420T Electromatic OS

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Gretsch G5420T Electromatic OS

Electric Guitar

  • Style: 16" Hollowbody single cut
  • 5-Ply body: Maple
  • Neck: Maple
  • Neck profile: U
  • Fretboard: Rosewood
  • Fretboard radius: 305 mm (12")
  • 22 Medium jumbo frets
  • Scale: 625 mm
  • Nut width: 43 mm
  • Pearloid Neo-Classic thumbnail inlays
  • Pickups: 2 Blacktop FilterTrons
  • 2 Volume, 1 master volume and 1 master tone controls
  • 3-Way toggle switch
  • GraphTech NuBone nut
  • Adjusto-Matic bridge
  • Bigsby Licensed B60 tremolo
  • Colour: Orange Stain High Gloss
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Colour Orange
Body Maple
Top Maple
Neck Maple
Fretboard Rosewood
Frets 22
Scale 625 mm
Pickups HH
Tremolo Yes
Incl. Case No
Incl. Bag No
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It’s a big orange (definitely orange) Gretsch.
T Rex, 04.07.2020
Mine (a late 2019 model) came with a perfect finish, great workmanship on the body, nice aged bindings with purfling. The blacktops have that Gretsch sound I was looking for. The B60 Bigsby is perfectly balanced. Looks to have full-size pots underneath the control knobs; not premium but work fine.

Maybe I had a Friday model, but setup was not great out of the box. Relief was off, intonation was off, and 13 of the frets had high spots; I like my action highish on this kind of guitar, but still… a full fret levelling and setup needed which I feel shouldn’t be the case in this price range. I have a HB guitar for less than a third of the price with better frets and setup, so it is possible.

The tuners are ok-ish, but look small on such a big guitar and the chrome finish looks cheap. They are proprietary so switching them out probably means drilling. I reamed out the headstock and put in nice set of Kluson grover-style locking tuners which give it a satisfying feel.

The nut is supposedly a graphtec, can’t tell, but anyway it does the job and doesn’t stick.

The tunomatic style bridge, like all of them, rattles resonates and seems to be made of cheese. For now some threadlock to keep it quiet, but it will be upgraded soon.

The input jack is mounted directly to the hollow-body, just asking to get knocked in, so a jack plate off ebay went in. For less than 1 EUR on the BOM, Gretch should really come with this. And the pick guard in silver has to go. A simple black or creme one would be more fitting.

Overall in my opinion this a great basis for a superb rockabilly guitar, but it needs some TLC to be really useable.
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A great guitar for a decent price
rey del espacio, 20.02.2021
I always wanted a hollowbody so I might be a bit biased here.

The sound and playability compares with guitars costing double the price.
The tuners are pretty decent.
The FilterTrons respond great and they sound super, even with a lot of gain. And the color is really great too!
Everyone that has seen it and played with this now wants to buy one.

Only one con: The jack plug always seems to loosen up. You don't want it to fall inside! Same with the switch. It can easily be fixed though, with a bit of tinkering.
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La meilleure guitare du monde
Janfi , 05.06.2020
C'est une Gretsch ! et franchement je suis bleuffé! Ce n'est pas une 6120 bien sur mais elle a tout ce qui'l faut. Attention toutefois , j'avais une 2420 montée en 9/42 et là les cordes sont plus dures.. surement du 11/49 . plus difficile pour les doigts quand on a pris l'habitude de la streamliner. Donc je vais changer mes cordes, ce qui me donnera l'occasion de régler l'action , un peu haute à mon gout. Sinon elle a vraiment de la puissance. les filtetron répondent bien . le manche est toujours aussi agréable. C'est une excellente guitare. ( ad 19/06/20 :j'ai changé les cordes pour des 9/ D'adario. C'est génial ! )
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Ein absoluter Traum
Marco D., 12.07.2019
Als langjähriger Gitarrist unterschiedlicher Bauformen wollte ich unbedingt mal eine wertige Gitarre abseits von den typischen Solidbody-Verdächtigen Single-Cut, Double-Cut, etc. mein Eigen nennen.

Hollowbody-Gitarren haben es mir ohnehin bereits seit längerer Zeit angetan. Darüber hinaus mag ich auch Tonabnehmer jenseits von Single-Coil und Humbucker. Über die Jahre bin ich ein Freund von P90s geworden und ich finde, dass die Filtertron-Tonabnehmer in eine ähnliche Richtung klingen (natürlich ist das immer auch ein wenig subjektives Empfinden).

Diese Gretsch hier erfüllt mir sozusagen alle diese Attribute in einem Instrument. Sehr wertig. Schöne und warm klingende Tonabnehmer. Optisch für mich sowieso eine absolute Schönheit. Das Griffbrett und die Saiten/Seitenlage sind ein Traum. Vielleicht noch ein paar Worte zum Bigsby. Ich selber nutze es nicht so häufig. Bin eigentlich auch kein Tremolo-Junkie. Optisch wertet es die Gitarre sicherlich nochmal auf. Bei zu häufigen Verwendung spürt man natürlich schon eine Beeinträchtigung der Stimmstabilität der Saiten, aber das ist nun auch keine komplett neue Erkenntnis.

Ich bin sehr froh sie zu haben, sie bereichert meine kleine Sammlung ungemein und ich gebe sie auch nicht mehr her :-)
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