My new G6120RHH and G6163

fjr_wertheimber · June 23rd, 2009, 11:17 PM

Well, I'm waiting (im)patiently for my new 6120RHH and Executive amp to arrive (should be tomorrow, per FedEx) but at least I got some new Gretsch candy in today...

Got my new Gretsch strap for the 6120 and my new Gretsch 120th Anniversary barstools, too:

Now that I have something to sit on while I play, and something to hold my guitar while I play, now I just need something to play and something to play it through.

I can't wait 'til tomorrow!!!

Synchro · June 23rd, 2009, 11:42 PM

All dressed up and nowhere to go . . . 'til tomorrow.

araT · June 23rd, 2009, 11:43 PM

Congrats FJR! love the strap & the stools rock

Sarah93003 · June 23rd, 2009, 11:46 PM

Awesome fjr! Can't wait to see tomorrow's posts!

Scott · June 24th, 2009, 08:51 AM

Baby steps, brother...baby steps....

fjr_wertheimber · June 24th, 2009, 09:01 AM

Just checked FedEx and the packages have been loaded on the vehicle for delivery... *starting to hyperventilate*

Jukebox · June 24th, 2009, 09:03 AM

I know the feeling!

fjr_wertheimber · June 24th, 2009, 07:13 PM

OH. MY. GAWD. OMIGAWD. OMIGAWD. OMIGAWDOMIGAWDOMIGAWD.

Ummm... Wow.

Pics to follow. Later.

Squeaker · June 24th, 2009, 07:26 PM

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Originally Posted by fjr_wertheimber

OH. MY. GAWD. OMIGAWD. OMIGAWD. OMIGAWDOMIGAWDOMIGAWD.

Ummm... Wow.

Pics to follow. Later.

Did the UPS stork deliver your babies then?

Congratulations fella!

Jukebox · June 24th, 2009, 07:30 PM

Well! Were Waiting!!!!

araT · June 24th, 2009, 08:00 PM

Come on FJR, you've had your fun, now where are a pics?

workknot · June 24th, 2009, 08:21 PM

Maybe he is waiting for Kim Falcon to model this one also.

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donwood · June 24th, 2009, 10:59 PM

Maybe it's broke !!! Most likely can't pull himself away.

fjr_wertheimber · June 24th, 2009, 11:58 PM

Okay, so a few quick thoughts before I crash out (got PT early tomorrow):

Opening the box of the Executive I got a wonderful whiff of leather, like opening the door to a brand new Jaguar. Awesome. Absolutely stunning amp.

Next opened the 6120RHH. Whoa, lacquer smell. Hadn't thought about that. Turns out this RHH (new, direct from the factory) is actually NOS, being made in 2006. First impression: not as perfect as the 5120, seems more like it was made by a master craftsman, rather than a machine. This guitar just feels like a work of art. The neck is AMAZING. Holy cow. Fantastic action.

Plugged the RHH into the Executive. #@$@%#$@$%^&$#$@#!!!! Pure, utter, tone craziness. Tone overdose. Tone heaven.

Pics (and more detailed write up) to follow shortly.

araT · June 25th, 2009, 12:10 AM

He's Alive!!

the RHH didn't kill him!

..hey, wait a sec.. where are our photos you lazy @#$%^!?!?!
you're not allowed to sleep till we're fed!

Did I mention.. CONGRATS

fjr_wertheimber · June 25th, 2009, 08:29 AM

Okay, first off, I did NOT sleep with the amp and guitar in my bed. That'd be silly.

I slept next to the amp on the floor.

This is what I found waiting for me when I got home:

fjr_wertheimber · June 25th, 2009, 08:32 AM

A few teasers:

Squeaker · June 25th, 2009, 08:44 AM

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Originally Posted by fjr_wertheimber

Okay, first off, I did NOT sleep with the amp and guitar in my bed. That'd be silly.

I slept next to the amp on the floor.

You got it bad, brother!

My other half makes me keep my guitars in the cellar, in case I get "distracted"

Fantastic looking piece of kit - I notice you managed to keep the drool off the guitar too!

Are you keeping us in suspense about the amp tho?

araT · June 25th, 2009, 08:52 AM

...Wow, just wow!!

congrats on the RHH FJR!

Scott · June 25th, 2009, 09:10 AM

Great looking setup...but those RHHs just scream for a cowboy case!

bobframe · June 25th, 2009, 09:36 AM

Thought....I.....had....my....GAS....under.....con trol.......

Must stay.....strong.

Gawd, that's nice.

dafreeze · June 25th, 2009, 10:16 AM

Wow!!

fjr_wertheimber · June 25th, 2009, 10:23 AM

Thanks, guys... Yeah, Scott, I agree... Definitely thinking I need a cowboy case for it.

I'll tell you what, too: as pretty as this guitar looks in photos, it's 1,000 times better looking in person. Even guys I know who don't play guitar start to drool when I open up that case. That is one SERIOUSLY gorgeous guitar. I'm definitely in lust.

Oh, and the sound. Oh my f'ing Gawd... Unplugged, that three-ply top really sings, and even if I'm just holding it and talking to someone I can feel my voice reverberate through the body. Wow. Plugged in, it's well... unreal. Absolutely utterly amazing beyond any decent description I could attempt to give. It sings, it wails, it just does everything, EVERYTHING well. I've never had a guitar that would let you call out distortion and feedback at sheer will, almost like it read your mind, and play with it as you do it, like this one does.

It twangs like the best Tele I've ever played, crunches better than my old Les Paul, and screams better than my buddy's classic Strat.

I'm floored. Utterly floored.

Oh, and then there's the amp.

I brought the amp with my to GC yesterday to show a buddy of mine. We plugged it in... and promptly shut down the entire store for half an hour as EVERYONE within hearing dropped whatever they were doing to come hear it. After all the people talking about how great these amps are, I never thought it'd be able to fully live up to the hype. It didn't. It trounced and beat the hype like a red-headed stepchild or a rented mule. Wow. Cleans like the trumpet of Gideon singing the praises of God from on high, creamy compression at full run like no other amp I've ever heard, tones so rich they make Warren Buffet look like a pauper. Un-f***ing-believable.

If you haven't heard or played through one, I'm going to make a strange suggestion:
Don't do it.

If you do it, you WILL develop and absolutely terminal case of GAS for one, which will (most likely) be terminal to your wallet, your marriage, or both.

I'm in awe.

Any complaints? Ummm... a loud pop when you turn on or off the tremolo on the pedal that came with the amp. Gonna call Joe C. and ask him about that. Other than that, sheer perfection.

Thank God I love photography, 'cause otherwise I'd have never gotten a chance to have such incredible gear. Truly feeling blessed.

roadjunkie · June 25th, 2009, 11:26 AM

You're preachin' to the choir there buddy! I've been singing the praises of that amp since i first heard one in June a year ago. Let me let you in on a ll secret! I was perfectly happy with my TopHat Club Deluxe 2x12. Ask Pappy that amp was nothing to sneeze at. I heard that Executive at Nashville and was floored! I was trying to work out the particulars of how to get one and it wasn't going to happen so I came up with the plan to make up my own version! Hence the TH Head and the 15inch JBL loaded cab. I went bigger louder with all the complexities then I attribute to the Gretsch sans trem. Surprise! It's still different enough that it didn't cure my GAS for that amp! Had I the money I could justify owning both! Now with that 3x10 unit I pieced together it might bring the same feelings towards the Variety. At the next Jersey\PA Roundup I'll get to hear Redrocker's new Variety. That just may bring on a new onslaught of gas!

OTOH from day one of Gretsch anouncing the RHH I wanted it the same way I wanted the Spectrasonic! It will happen but life dicates that there's no way in hell that's gonna happen now but it will happen. Then again i fall for almost every new Gretsch I see!

I bleed the brand!

fjr_wertheimber · June 25th, 2009, 01:06 PM

The RHH is amazing, definitely GAS-worthy... It's beyond wanting it 'cause it's a Gretsch, and all the way into wanting it 'cause it's amazing, period. Did I mention how amazing it is???
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Squeaker · June 25th, 2009, 01:44 PM

The amp's quite good then?

Bother.

I can see it now...
"hun, you know how we are saving for that caribbean holiday? Well, erm, it's like this..."

Must.
Not.
Weaken.

I don't want to see pics now. I want mp3s!!

Amaryllis · June 25th, 2009, 01:48 PM

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Originally Posted by workknot

Maybe he is waiting for Kim Falcon to model this one also.

Maybe Kim arrived in the box ...

JC higgy · June 25th, 2009, 02:13 PM

Congrats again fjr!
I think all G brand Gretsches should come with a cowboy case don't you?

fjr_wertheimber · June 25th, 2009, 03:00 PM

I agree JC!
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bobkat · June 25th, 2009, 03:09 PM

Dude, You deserve the best and you gots it!!! Am I right or what? That amp is made for the Gretsch geetars! I never knew how good my 6120 sounded until I plugged it into my Playboy, now I am gassin for that Variety! I just skipped over the Exec!

DevilYouKnow · June 25th, 2009, 03:14 PM

I apologize if I missed something along the way but ... where are the pics of the executive?

roadjunkie · June 25th, 2009, 03:15 PM

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Originally Posted by bobkat

Dude, You deserve the best and you gots it!!! Am I right or what? That amp is made for the Gretsch geetars! I never knew how good my 6120 sounded until I plugged it into my Playboy, now I am gassin for that Variety! I just skipped over the Exec!

Nah! You don't want to skip over that Executive! You need all three!

Scott · June 25th, 2009, 06:14 PM

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Originally Posted by JC higgy

I think all G brand Gretsches should come with a cowboy case don't you?

I agree 100% and then some!

bobkat · June 25th, 2009, 06:19 PM

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Originally Posted by roadjunkie

Nah! You don't want to skip over that Executive! You need all three!

Ok you convinced me! Gonna see Fred and Joe in two days, do think I could beg two more amps outa them??? HEEEHEEE!

I think I will be savin for a long time!!!

bobkat · June 25th, 2009, 06:20 PM

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Originally Posted by DevilYouKnow

I apologize if I missed something along the way but ... where are the pics of the executive?

YEAH PICS PICS PICS!!!!!

roadjunkie · June 25th, 2009, 06:44 PM

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Originally Posted by bobkat

Ok you convinced me! Gonna see Fred and Joe in two days, do think I could beg two more amps outa them??? HEEEHEEE!

I think I will be savin for a long time!!!

Just keep saying Hey Joe!!! Joe!!! that's my pick under your foot! Joe!!!

coolbus18 · June 25th, 2009, 07:06 PM

It's my dream guit. Use it in good health. Now you have to learn Psychobilly Freakout and Martini Time.

Jukebox · June 25th, 2009, 07:52 PM

That is one sweet set up man, my eyes poped out see the two together. congrt! If I had your addressand seen that sitting outside, I don't know what I would of done! WOW!

ronniegitar · June 25th, 2009, 08:53 PM

Darn you guys!!!! With all the new cool gear you guys all picked up since Jukeboxes jam, it got my GAS really going. Today I was able to cut a great deal on a White Penguin. Didn't need it, but I had to have it... I'm going to have to sneak it in when it comes, because my wife is going to murder me!!!!! I'm leaving town on Saturday on vacation for a week, so the guy I bought it from is going to hold it for me until I return on 4th of July.

I cannot wait to get my hands on it.

Belonging to G-T is getting expensive for me.

If I keep reading all these posts, I am going to end up getting new gear every other week!

I need help

workknot · June 25th, 2009, 09:49 PM

ronniegitar: Hopefully there won't be a lot of fireworks at your house when she discovers the white one.
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