Big Improvement!!!!

They have this sparkle and sizzle that the Gretschbuckers just didn't have. Now I know what the "Great Gretsch Sound" is. I really noticed that the height of the pups makes a big difference. I used the traditional screw into wood method and at first i didn't have enough height in my wood blocking and the pickups were too low and sounded like a$$. But now I have them to the recommended height and the sound great.

''THAT'S GREAT DRS13''..congrats...l had a G5120 that l modified with filters a few yrs ago...they do made a huge difference...enjoy!!!!

I hear ya, I just dropped a pair into my 5122. Wow, great difference!

I'm about to do the same to my 5120 in the coming weeks. Congrats and hope you enjoy.

Well, it's no secret that I'm loving mine too!

i'm planning on putting hs filtertrons in mine
as soon as i work out a mounting system

Congrats DRS13. I really think they should come standard.

Congrats DRS13. I really think they should come standard.

that would raise the price and why would anyone go proline anymore than?

Best $100.00 upgrade you can do nothing sounds Gretsch like a real filtertron

I upgraded my buddy's g5120 with filtertrons. It sounds killer now. It blends much better with my 6120 and the rest of the band now.


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Very nice.

i put them in mine right after i bought it . like night and day the difference is so much. best thing i ever did . i also added the mud switch with an 005 and 010 cap on either side of it. just for quick subtle changes.

Gretsch Filters are a very good inexpensive upgrade for a 5120. I upgraded my 5120 with them and it sounds great. I live in the UK and even with shipping they cost less than $100. Here's a picture of my guitar with Filtertrons and a Compton bridge.

Definitely a needed mod for the 5120. The Stock pickups really left alot to be desired. The sound was flat and they didn't adjust high enough to the plane of the strings to get a good signal. The Filter'trons are a great replacement.

Yep hopeing to do mine friday I have everything except the mounting kit I bought from Riley, I hope it comes today that way I can start early, if it don't show by friday I'll have to do my own thing, basicly all I need is the screws to mount the pickup to the adapter plate there harder to find than I thought 3M the longest i've found are only about 3/4" long, not quite long enough. Got my SS Compton installed sounds real nice more chime and sustain, thanks Pop's
Oh forgot to mention you did a realy nice job.

Looks good. Impressed. Cheers

I just got my 5120 last week and I just got a pair of HS Filtertrons this week. Looking forward to the mod. It's not that Gretschbuckers are bad, they just don't have the twang and jangle.

So shiny compared to mine!

Filter'trons are simply the best.

Yep hopeing to do mine friday I have everything except the mounting kit I bought from Riley, I hope it comes today that way I can start early, if it don't show by friday I'll have to do my own thing, basicly all I need is the screws to mount the pickup to the adapter plate there harder to find than I thought 3M the longest i've found are only about 3/4" long, not quite long enough. Got my SS Compton installed sounds real nice more chime and sustain, thanks Pop's
Oh forgot to mention you did a realy nice job.

In the past I've used the long screws that are supplied to fit P90 soap bar pickups when adapting Filtertrons to fit English mount style. Although they are supposed to be wood screws they thread quite well into thin metal etc. just like a self tapping screw.

Thank you Henrytwang, I found some at a local nut and bolt store here so all thats left to do is drill and tap the holes in the adapter plate I went ahead and got pickup rings a shims from TV Jones cause I want it to look nice when its done. I'll post pics when I'm done.

'trons are a new discovery for me, found when I bought my 5120 with TV Jones Classics several months ago. They became my favorite humbucking pickups immediately. I even added a GFS Liverpool in the neck position of my Telemaster. It's awesome there. A bit of advice for all, though -- play with pickup height on the various incarnations of 'trons. My Classics like to be very close to the strings. The Liverpool is harsh there. Back it off and it can sound an awful lot like the TV Jones. Don't know where the Gretsch Filtertrons or the new Blacktops like to be, but it is some experimenting well worth doing.

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