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May 28th, 2012, 05:50 AM
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Hello, I´m new here
Hi,
being a long time Fender fan and proud owner of a real 79 Preci, I always wanted a real Strat, but when I had the opportunity to get one as a birthday present, I decided to get a Gretsch instead, because I´m very much into rockabilly music and related styles at the moment.
So now I´m a very happy owner of a 5120 in orange.
Not long after taking it home, I began to search the internet for possible modifications in order to make the guitar sound more like a 6120. That´s when I found out about this forum.
Now I did the so-called clarity adjustment. I tried a few things out and I swear I will lay down the screwdriver now and leave the guitar as its is even though I still think there could be a little more high end with clean amp settings.
But in case I really want more of that sparkling sound, my old danelectro equalizer pedal will do the job. I definitely will leave the pickups stock.
Hey, they got "Gretsch" written all over them, so how on earth would I take them off?
Really nice guitar, feels and play just great and is versatile enough for any style.
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May 28th, 2012, 05:53 AM
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Hi blackberryblossom, welcome to the forum. You need different pickups if you want your 5120 to sound more like a 6120.
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May 28th, 2012, 07:17 AM
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Welcome blackberryblossom. Filtertrons are a good addition to a 5120 - they'll give you that "Great Gretsch sound".
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May 28th, 2012, 07:48 AM
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Greetings BB...welcome to the forum!!!
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May 28th, 2012, 08:18 AM
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Congrats on the conversion to Gretschness. Welcome!
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May 28th, 2012, 08:59 AM
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i took the stock pickups out and now my ibanez has pickups with gretsch written on them  |
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May 28th, 2012, 09:48 AM
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Hi BB. Welcome. You beat me to it! You are in the land of mod-aholics. However, if you have an addicition, this is the one to have. I was going to ask the crowd here if there was anybody who has left anything other than a museum quality Gretsch unmodified?
The question now is, two years from now, will you remain unaffected?
Have a seat. Nice guitar. Those tuners holdin' up ok?
mj
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May 28th, 2012, 01:16 PM
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Well, I don´t do gigs, I only play at home, so the guitar going out of tune isn´t much of a problem for me. The Gretsch stays in tune as good as my other guitar, a squire standard Strat with Fender Tex-Mex single coils, does.
But it sounds soooo much better!
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May 28th, 2012, 01:19 PM
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Hi, thank you.
But I think if I had the money, I´d rather spend it on some guitar lessons.
I really think I leave the guitar as its is - for now...
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