In Praise of the Gretsch G5420T !

Las_Barracudas Joined: Apr 24, 2011 Posts: 1087 Surf City, NC	Posted on Apr 05 2014 01:22 PM I bought a Gretsch G5420T about a year ago intending to use it for a different project / genre, but it's really starting to become my go-to guitar. There's a few minor things I could nit-pick, but overall it's a super value for the $$$ imho. They're about $850 retail and I paid a little less than that (15% off coupon). I had some doubts about a hollow-body before purchase, but it's proved to be a very versatile guitar. Great for Surf I might add! — METEOR IV on reverbnation Last edited: Apr 05, 2014 13:33:45 Top
Tuck Joined: Sep 02, 2006 Posts: 3166 Denver, CO	Posted on Apr 07 2014 03:11 PM Didn't Bob Vaught use a Gretsch? Top
Las_Barracudas Joined: Apr 24, 2011 Posts: 1087 Surf City, NC	Posted on Apr 07 2014 03:28 PM I'm not sure but it sounds like a hollow-body of some sorts on the recordings. — METEOR IV on reverbnation Top
Surf_Skater Joined: Sep 06, 2012 Posts: 1300 Lawrenceville , GA	Posted on Apr 07 2014 05:34 PM They're also bad ass overdriven for playing Link Wray stuff Last edited: Apr 07, 2014 18:33:03 Top
Tuck Joined: Sep 02, 2006 Posts: 3166 Denver, CO	Posted on Apr 07 2014 05:50 PM Relocated my post on this with search! Quoting Bob Daley's article on the Renegaids, and correcting my spelling of Gretsch ... "I decided it was time to get a good electric guitar, so I sold the Martin and bought a nice Gretsch hollowbody electric guitar, which is what I used until the group broke up in 1964." (Dalley 1996:227) There's a picture in the Dalley chapter. Delano Soul Beat The Revellion Exotic Latin'ia Intoxica Last edited: Apr 07, 2014 17:59:35 Top
Las_Barracudas Joined: Apr 24, 2011 Posts: 1087 Surf City, NC	Posted on Apr 08 2014 09:54 AM The guiatrist for Shadowy Men from a Shadowy Planet used to play a Gretsch hollow-body; not sure what model though. — METEOR IV on reverbnation Top
CrazyAces Joined: Jul 31, 2012 Posts: 4054 Buffalo, N.Y.	Posted on Apr 08 2014 10:16 AM Kiwamu, our other guitar player uses a 5120 and sounds great with it. I play a Falcon and an Epi Sorrento. Hollows can kill for this music for sure! — http://www.facebook.com/CrazyAcesMusic http://www.youtube.com/user/crazyacesrock http://www.reverbnation.com/crazyacesmusic Top

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In Praise of the Gretsch G5420T !