Can you afford a Gretsch g5120?
The G5120 is massive hollowbody electric guitar— but it is still lightweight in your hands — and you can easily play it plugged in for that electric sound or you can go acoustic and unplugged. Not everyone can afford a $3,600.00USD David Glimour Custom Black Strat, but quite a few musicians can afford a $600.00USD Gretsch G5120.
What do you think of the Gretsch Aspen Green 5420?
My first Gretsch Aspen Green 5420 a fantastic looking guitar and sounds great. I changed the pots, harness and added a bleed plus Compton bridge. Great sound and value. Hope this helps.
Is the Gibson g5120 a good buy?
Just found your blog – An excellent (and truthful) write-up on the G5120. I bought mine (Burgundy stain) back in April 2010 and I simply love it. I agree that the pickups are decent and totally usable, but now that I’ve played it for a year, I am intending to replace the stock pups with TV Jones classics. This guitar is a great value.
How good are the tuners on a g5120?
The tuners look strange and flimsy but, so far, they hold the strings in tune in fine shape. The G5120 arrives with D’Addario. 11-. 49s and my guitar was built in March of this year. The strings were clean and ringing. I changed the factory installed strings to D’Addario. 10s and the guitar plays just fine. I have some Gretsch-branded. 11-.