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(More customer reviews)Twone is the combination of 'twang' and 'tone.' A Gretsch hallmark. When they coined the phrase, "That Great Gretsch Sound," they weren't kidding.
This is a Made In Korea 'Electromatic' Gretsch.
I paid $630 out the door and then bought a case for another $100. This is troublesome, no other case will fit unless you are comfortable with adding piece of foam.
The controls are typical Gretsch, one tone and three volumes knobs, one being a master volume. It has knurled strap buttons, open backed tuners, very nice thick binding, thumbnail fret markers and an Adjust-O-Matic bridge.
Check the foot of the rosewood base - the fit of this foot is a huge component in overall tone. Mine had a twist and was hard to make it flush to the body top.
I ended up replacing it with a 'Rocking Bar Bridge,' ($55 bridge and ebony base) which made a dramatic difference in sound. The foot of the new base is ebony and much smaller. It makes superb contact. The lack of moving saddles also adds to the tone. Intonation was a snap.
I would suggest applying rosin to the base of the bridge to prevent any slippage. Some will pin the bridge, but I'd rather not hole the guitar top.
The Bigsby is difficult to restring if you've never owned one before. Once used to making a pre-bend to the strings, it becomes routine. Some use a capo to keep a constant pressure applied. As a vibrato, it works very well.
It suffers from moderate feedback as it is a true hollowbody. This is where the master volume comes into play, so to speak.
The nut seems to stick, I applied graphite and that seems to have alleviated the problem of sticking strings when tuning.
I use light gauge strings (009s), which doesn't make it any easier. I suspect it will be replaced when I go for a set up.
The spectrum of available sounds are amazing. It has twang and then some. With OD it will get creamy like any other humbucker. The middle position of the pickup switch has an overall neck heavy sound but I found by moving my picking hand (duh) closer to the bridge added a considerable amount of light to the mix.
I have a Strat, an SG and this G5122 in my electric stable. I have not picked up the Gibson nor the Fender since I bought this at the beginning of June.
An incredible value with a sound to match.
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