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expired Posted by iconian | Staff • Jun 22, 2023
Jun 22, 2023 12:08 AM
Gretsch G5410T Electromatic "Rat Rod" Hollow Body Bigsby Electric Guitar
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I bought the metallic one a couple of weeks ago and haven't fallen in love with a guitar like this in years. Mine was almost perfectly set up out of the box, the build quality is exquisite, it looks like a piece of art in person, and it plays with an acoustic/electric mix that's incredibly unique. A rosewood fretboard on a sub $1000 guitar these days is unheard of. Very impressed.
It ships with .11 gauge strings which make it sound perfect out of the box, but I bend like crazy and couldn't deal with that. I changed them out to .09 gauge...and that was a bit too light. Don't go below .10 on these guitars.The bridge is so smoothly engineered you can actually change the action while all the strings are in tune. I can't even do that on my Les Paul
The Bigsby is nicely constructed and solidly installed (my ES335 you could actually see the body move with the Bigsby installed). I didn't have any detuning issues once the strings were stretched out. The Filter'Tron take overdrive and modulation effects very well (you're not going to want to put this through a rectifier or anything).
The 5410 has a thinner body than the 5420, IMO making it a lot easier to play standing up.
This is one of the few "perfect" guitars I've come across in the last several years. At this price they're giving it away. Rating it a solid BUY.
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When you just search regularly you only see the MSRP pricing
When you just search regularly you only see the MSRP pricing
When you just search regularly you only see the MSRP pricing
Edit: also tough to find a rosewood board from Gretsch/Fender at this price point - pickups on these sound great against filtertrons, own a country gent and 59 country club RI and these are a joy to play/record well. At this price you could get it plek'd and/or hotrodded with your choice of filter/supertrons or dearmonds and come out flush, but it wouldn't need the upgrades IMO.
These are part of the last wave of the MIK Electromatics (if that matters to anyone). Even at the regular price, these are great guitars; at the sale price, they are no-brainers.
I bought the metallic one a couple of weeks ago and haven't fallen in love with a guitar like this in years. Mine was almost perfectly set up out of the box, the build quality is exquisite, it looks like a piece of art in person, and it plays with an acoustic/electric mix that's incredibly unique. A rosewood fretboard on a sub $1000 guitar these days is unheard of. Very impressed.
It ships with .11 gauge strings which make it sound perfect out of the box, but I bend like crazy and couldn't deal with that. I changed them out to .09 gauge...and that was a bit too light. Don't go below .10 on these guitars.The bridge is so smoothly engineered you can actually change the action while all the strings are in tune. I can't even do that on my Les Paul
The Bigsby is nicely constructed and solidly installed (my ES335 you could actually see the body move with the Bigsby installed). I didn't have any detuning issues once the strings were stretched out. The Filter'Tron take overdrive and modulation effects very well (you're not going to want to put this through a rectifier or anything).
The 5410 has a thinner body than the 5420, IMO making it a lot easier to play standing up.
This is one of the few "perfect" guitars I've come across in the last several years. At this price they're giving it away. Rating it a solid BUY.
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I bought the metallic one a couple of weeks ago and haven't fallen in love with a guitar like this in years. Mine was almost perfectly set up out of the box, the build quality is exquisite, it looks like a piece of art in person, and it plays with an acoustic/electric mix that's incredibly unique. A rosewood fretboard on a sub $1000 guitar these days is unheard of. Very impressed.
It ships with .11 gauge strings which make it sound perfect out of the box, but I bend like crazy and couldn't deal with that. I changed them out to .09 gauge...and that was a bit too light. Don't go below .10 on these guitars.The bridge is so smoothly engineered you can actually change the action while all the strings are in tune. I can't even do that on my Les Paul
The Bigsby is nicely constructed and solidly installed (my ES335 you could actually see the body move with the Bigsby installed). I didn't have any detuning issues once the strings were stretched out. The Filter'Tron take overdrive and modulation effects very well (you're not going to want to put this through a rectifier or anything).
The 5410 has a thinner body than the 5420, IMO making it a lot easier to play standing up.
This is one of the few "perfect" guitars I've come across in the last several years. At this price they're giving it away. Rating it a solid BUY.
The *one* thing I'm having an issue with is finding a gig bag / case it'll fit in. I contacted Gretsch customer support for what they recommended, but the hard case they pointed me to I've seen reports of it not quite fitting in due to the bigsby. And it's not listed on sweetwater's site as a 'certified fit' case. But then I've seen reports some of the ones they've listed won't work either, as this the ones they list are for semi-hollowbody guitars, and this seems quite a bit thicker than a standard ES-335 style.
There's a youtube video of someone showing the gig bag Gretsch recommends and it's too tight for my liking. And I'd rather have a hard case for gutiars that can be crushed...
Can't find any local stores with a hard case to try before buying either.
Until I can find someone that's like 'I have this exact case and this exact model and they fit fine without squeezing the guitar to death' ... my search continues.
For now it can fit in an acoustic dreadnaught gig bag for some scratch protection when taking it out of the house to places, but it flops around a bit in there.
The *one* thing I'm having an issue with is finding a gig bag / case it'll fit in.
The *one* thing I'm having an issue with is finding a gig bag / case it'll fit in. I contacted Gretsch customer support for what they recommended, but the hard case they pointed me to I've seen reports of it not quite fitting in due to the bigsby. And it's not listed on sweetwater's site as a 'certified fit' case. But then I've seen reports some of the ones they've listed won't work either, as this the ones they list are for semi-hollowbody guitars, and this seems quite a bit thicker than a standard ES-335 style.
There's a youtube video of someone showing the gig bag Gretsch recommends and it's too tight for my liking. And I'd rather have a hard case for gutiars that can be crushed...
Can't find any local stores with a hard case to try before buying either.
Until I can find someone that's like 'I have this exact case and this exact model and they fit fine without squeezing the guitar to death' ... my search continues.
For now it can fit in an acoustic dreadnaught gig bag for some scratch protection when taking it out of the house to places, but it flops around a bit in there.
The 5410 is a bit thinner than the 5420, but not enough that it will make a difference (the Bigsby holds in in place basically).
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The 5410 is a bit thinner than the 5420, but not enough that it will make a difference (the Bigsby holds in in place basically).
Here is the case we recommend for that model: 0996408000 G6298 CASE ELTMTC 12 ST B2113
https://www.sweetwater.
Why a 12 string cases have no idea.
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