Gretsch Guitars G5122 Double Cutaway Electromatic Hollowbody Electric Guitar, Walnut Stain Review

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(More customer reviews)What a versatile guitar!
It does possess that Gretsch sound. Has the clarity to be a ringing 'And Your Birds Can Sing,' or 'Crossroads' with equal aplomb.
Comes with the standard rebellious Gretsch knob layout - three volume, including a master and one tone.
The cost cutting efforts are not hidden. Open tuners. The base of the floating bridge is rosewood but I would question the quality of the wood used.
The Bigsby tailpiece, while wonderful to use is fiendishly trying when you restring. Until you get used to it, that is. A pre-bend in the ball end of the string goes a long way to easing the task. Bigsby must have been a saddist.
The capacitor in the tone circuit is too restricted, the rolloff is intense.

The pluses?
They are many.
Tone as I mentioned.
The guitar is very light, a full hollowbody, not a semi hollow body.
Thick binding.
A flat neck - or at least it feels flat. A look at the spec sheet shows there is a tapering radius applied.
Well done!
Relatively inexpensive - I paid $630 out the door.

Do yourself a favor an affix the bride to the body. If comfortable, pin it or in my case, I used violin bow rosin to create more friction and keep the bridge in place.
I bought it about a month ago and have not put it down. My other guitars are getting suspicious.

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Product Description:
Twice the twang, two times the style. Gretsch presents the double cutaway version of the classic Electromatic G5120 hollow body. No matter how you see it, the NEW G5122 will steal your heart when you feel its body resonate against yours as you strum...

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