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• Thread starter Teleiac
• Start date Dec 28, 2013
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Teleiac

Tele-Meister

Joined Jan 13, 2006 Posts 203 Location Tucson AZ I'm not to sure when these Gretsch g5120's started showing up on the import market, with that said are they all made in Korea or are some of them China built?? If that is so, are their the usual "good"&"bad" comparison's of MIK vs.Mic? Are the one's marked 125th anniversary the best ones of the g5120 series. I'd like to swap for one found on CL. Just don't want to give up too much guitar for guitar..fender cij. Tele-custom (05)....a little help! Thx's

ValveFan

Tele-Meister

Joined Feb 19, 2012 Posts 452 Location North Idaho I'm a happy G5120 owner. To the best of my knowledge all G5120s were made in Korea. They are out of production now but many new ones are still out there. They are worth maybe $500 to $600 used. The stock pups are so-so at best. Lots of players swap them for Gretsch or TV Jones Filtertrons. Beware 1990s vintage Filtertrons. They are not too good either. The current replacement for the G5120 is the G5420 which is made in China. I don't know much about the Anniversary thing. I'd guess the main difference would be the labeling. image removed image removed image removed The pups are GFS surf 90s. Twangerific. P.S. http://www.gretsch-talk.com/ has lots of people who are in the know regarding all things Gretsch. J

JayBeezy42

Tele-Meister

Joined Nov 5, 2012 Posts 371 Location Kansas What are the little gizmos between the strings down by the Bigsby?

ValveFan

Tele-Meister

Joined Feb 19, 2012 Posts 452 Location North Idaho

JayBeezy42 said: What are the little gizmos between the strings down by the Bigsby? Click to expand...

Rubber grommets. When I play the guitar acoustically I can hear the strings vibrating behind the bridge. The grommets dampen those odd ringy sounds. I can't really hear it through the amp, but I do play without plugging in sometimes. I've seen some mandolin players do the same thing. F

funkymann1

Tele-Holic

Joined Jun 7, 2012 Posts 527 Age 55 Location Cooper City Florida I had a G5120 in orange...Loved it...thought the pups were great although never had tv jones so cant compair...gigged it a few times with a cover band that played rock this town & crazy little thing called love & the guitar was amazing...just sold it since I left that band & it was sitting around to much...got 500 for it on CL

charlie chitlin

Doctor of Teleocity

Silver Supporter Joined Mar 17, 2003 Posts 19,098 Age 64 Location Egremont, MA Love my 5120. They run $400-500 used. The "Gretschbuckers" are not well regarded, but a change of tone cap (.047 to .022) wakes things right up. I find the pickups clear and twangy with the volume rolled off and nice and crunchy...leaning toward ES335 land...with the volume cranked. Great all-around pickups, IMO.

grandstick

Tele-Holic

Joined Oct 10, 2010 Posts 919 Location Virginia, US I have an orange G5120 that I bought from a co-worker. He bought it new from Sweetwater Sound, but literally never played it. He asked me to come over and try it out after he got it. I took it out of the case - it still had all of the tags on it - and it played like a dream. I put it back in the case and forgot about it. He asked me a couple of months later if I wanted to buy it from him. "Of course!" He had never taken it from the hardshell case. Except for my son, I'm the only person who has played this guitar. I have been keeping a strip of rubber shelf lining laced through the strings between the Bigsby and the bridge.

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charlie chitlin

Doctor of Teleocity

Silver Supporter Joined Mar 17, 2003 Posts 19,098 Age 64 Location Egremont, MA I've never played mine quietly enough to notice the strings vibrating behind the bridge I always think that, on an electric guitar, problems that don't come out the amp aren't problems at all. You must log in or register to reply here. Share: Reddit Pinterest Tumblr WhatsApp Email Share Link

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