Post by grayn on Jun 4, 2024 11:33:57 GMT
This is the first guitar I have bought from ebay. But what made it easy for me, was that I'd owned this model before, in Casino Gold and the seller was quite close, so I could pick it up. I was attracted to the Tahiti Red colour and the fact that the bridge had already been replaced with a roller. Which in my book, is a very good thing. The guitar is in pretty much mint condition. The seller had mentioned and photographed, two small black marks on the rear of the guitar. So when I got it home I just breathed on them to get a mist and rubbed with a cotton cloth. Both marks are no more. Simples!
In photos, the Tahiti Red pretty much just looks red but in the flesh, it kind of reminds me of Salmon Pink. It's a colour that really stands out, almost like it is fluorescent. It mixes well with the chrome and silver hardware but I have to admit, I quite fancy it with a tort scratchplate. The Bigsby is as you'd expect from a B50. The tension bar kind of cramps it's style. But for rockabilly, it'll do just fine. I'll be getting a Vibramate String Spoiler for it, though. And it has one of my favourite pickups for vintage rock n roll; bog standard Filtertrons. I much prefer them to the much lauded TV Jones versions.
Having owned 3 Japanese made Gretsch's, a White Falcon and Brian Setzer Hod Rod and a Tennessee Rose (my favourite), I am always very pleasantly surprised how well made and finished these Electromatics are. Both Chinese and Korean, have punched well above their weight. The G5232T is not exactly pricey, new. Preowned it is a nicely built and attractive guitar, for next to nowt. With plenty of slap-back echo, a tad of compression and into my Blues Junior, with some real spring reverb, this Gretsch sounds spot on.
In photos, the Tahiti Red pretty much just looks red but in the flesh, it kind of reminds me of Salmon Pink. It's a colour that really stands out, almost like it is fluorescent. It mixes well with the chrome and silver hardware but I have to admit, I quite fancy it with a tort scratchplate. The Bigsby is as you'd expect from a B50. The tension bar kind of cramps it's style. But for rockabilly, it'll do just fine. I'll be getting a Vibramate String Spoiler for it, though. And it has one of my favourite pickups for vintage rock n roll; bog standard Filtertrons. I much prefer them to the much lauded TV Jones versions.
Having owned 3 Japanese made Gretsch's, a White Falcon and Brian Setzer Hod Rod and a Tennessee Rose (my favourite), I am always very pleasantly surprised how well made and finished these Electromatics are. Both Chinese and Korean, have punched well above their weight. The G5232T is not exactly pricey, new. Preowned it is a nicely built and attractive guitar, for next to nowt. With plenty of slap-back echo, a tad of compression and into my Blues Junior, with some real spring reverb, this Gretsch sounds spot on.
Jo whoever he is.
