If you're looking for a great psychobilly guitar and you're on a budget, Gretsch G5120 is for you.
It has that classic Gretsch look and more important - tone, without the price tag.
Everything that needs to be there is there:
Full hollow body, two gretsch styled humbuckers, bigsby, thumbnail inlays on rosewood fingerboard and G-arrow volume/tone knobs.
Build quality of this guitar is amazing. Especially to consider the price.
The neck is set in perfectly, and the fret work is some of the best I've felt.
Tuners might look flimsy but they are doing their job great and the guitar stays in tune very well.
To play this guitar is absolute joy. Neck feels really nice and slick, also its not too thick or too thin. Just right.
Its a reliable instrument. I've been gigging with it numerous times and it never let me down.
Another thing which was a really nice surprise, as i got it brand new, was that it was set up perfectly when it arrived.
Intonation and action was absolutely flawless.
It was wound with D'addario 11's and all i had to do is tune it up and start playing.
Soundwise its very versatile. You can get a nice smooth, jazzy clean sound with a neck pickup. Or a sparkly twang from bridge pickup.
Add a bit of overdrive or distortion and it turns to a true rocker.
Tones you can get from this guitar can range from Jazz, country and rockabilly to full on hard-rock and psychobilly.
Obviously You can't go too far with distortion as it's a hollow body, but im sure that no one wants to play Slipknot on this guitar.
However, if you do want to crank up the drive button all the way to 11 , but some tape over the f-holes and you should be sorted.
I can't recommend this guitar enough.
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