Reply With QuoteWhoo-eee! Beautiful! I do love the Gretsch look and sound, both. I'm sure she'll give you lots of playing pleasure.
I recently got a Wildkat myself, and I must say that I like the P-90's, too.
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NGD - first Gretsch!
Well, I've done it. I stared looking around a while back, and now it's come to fruition. Last night I picked up my new baby, a 5422 in Walnut.
I've played classical for many years, and only got into the electric thing in the last couple of years. My (small) collection includes a Wildkat and a 335-type jazz guitar. I was keen to get a hollowbody, and one with decent upper-fret access. I'm also not made of money. Options included a Casino (love the p90s in my 'kat), Swingster, and of course the electomatics.
I tracked down both a 5420 and a 5422 and fell in love almost instantly. The 5422 is a beautiful guitar, and is just what I was looking for. I like a guitar with a little bit of volume to it (in size), probably cos I'm so used to classical guitars. The blacktops surprised me. For what I would call a medium-priced guitar (here in Aus they retail for $1600), they're fantastic. I have an SD59 and a Van Zandt in my jazz guitar, and dare I say it, I prefer the blacktops.
The build quality of this 5422 is spot-on, and the grain gives it a very classy look. It feels great to play, chimes nicely on clean settings, and with a bit of gain it puts out some nice rock tones too. I have a Valve Senior, and they work together just perfectly.
This is a happy day!
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Whoo-eee! Beautiful! I do love the Gretsch look and sound, both. I'm sure she'll give you lots of playing pleasure.
I recently got a Wildkat myself, and I must say that I like the P-90's, too.
Regular Fretter
Sweet guitar. Congrats!
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Gorgeous!!!
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Excellent choice! I love the color.
The blacktops are excellent pickups that are very close to the '67-'81 Baldwin era Gretsch pickups. You'd have to drop some pretty serious money to top them.
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Looks great, I'm sure you gonna get a lots of fun with such a wonderful axe
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Regular Fretter
Bosstastic! Congrats, mate. I have yet to get a Gretsch hollowbody, but have a Gretsch solidbody and some other semi/hollows (WildKat, Casino), so it'll probably be quite awhile before I get around to it.
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