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SOLD: Gretsch Electromatic Project

JookyChapJookyChap Frets: 4234
edited May 2014 in Guitars £
Well, two Les Pauls arriving at the weekend means err, I need to make some political space, so unfortunately this is on the block.

I bought this from @DrBob Here a while back, and frankly have done nothing with it apart from get and fit a Bigsby arm and the other bits that it was lacking.

The plan was to pop a couple of pickups in as-is and do the Neil Young thing, but there we are.

Obvious weak points (battered finish apart) are the tuners, but I have a set of Schallers I will include, and other than that it really is just a case of pickups.

I think I paid £120, but with extra Bigsby bits and tuners say £140 delivered or £130 collected in Portishead or a nearby service station.

There isn't a case, but I'll sort out decent boxes and an ocean of bubbly wrap etc.

Collection would be ideal though. PPG or bank transfer assumed, or cash if we're meeting..

Loads of fotos Here

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  • meltedbuzzboxmeltedbuzzbox Frets: 10343
    I'm guessing that is routed for buckers?

    if its P90 route consider it sold to me 
    The Bigsby was the first successful design of what is now called a whammy bar or tremolo arm, although vibrato is the technically correct term for the musical effect it produces. In standard usage, tremolo is a rapid fluctuation of the volume of a note, while vibrato is a fluctuation in pitch. The origin of this nonstandard usage of the term by electric guitarists is attributed to Leo Fender, who also used the term “vibrato” to refer to what is really a tremolo effect.
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  • JookyChapJookyChap Frets: 4234
    I don't know is the honest answer. Rob reckoned it had been routed for normal buckers (which fit now) and I presume Filtertrons fit with a ring. I'll dig out a ruler and check..

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  • JookyChapJookyChap Frets: 4234
    Soapbars will definitely fit in there, though a mm or two gap either end. I haven't got a Dogear cover here, but the measurements for them on StewMac seem to indicate that the screws will just go either side of the routing... So looks like a runner one way or another :)

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  • meltedbuzzboxmeltedbuzzbox Frets: 10343
    From what I am reading I will need to fill the routes and refinish the top.

    Let me read up some more on this
    The Bigsby was the first successful design of what is now called a whammy bar or tremolo arm, although vibrato is the technically correct term for the musical effect it produces. In standard usage, tremolo is a rapid fluctuation of the volume of a note, while vibrato is a fluctuation in pitch. The origin of this nonstandard usage of the term by electric guitarists is attributed to Leo Fender, who also used the term “vibrato” to refer to what is really a tremolo effect.
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  • rauldukeraulduke Frets: 81
    This is a bargain!

    I have one of these and it is a great guitar for the money.

    The original pickups are crap, but you've already sorted that out.

    These fit very nicely and are cheap:
    http://www.axesrus.co.uk/Axesrus-Fibre-Top-Surface-Mount-Pickups-p/g129-anc5.htm

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  • dogloaddogload Frets: 1495
    I'll have it it if nobody else has nabbed it.
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  • JookyChapJookyChap Frets: 4234
    I'm not sure whether @meltedbuzzbox decided against in the end, but otherwise tis yours @dogload :)

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  • meltedbuzzboxmeltedbuzzbox Frets: 10343
    edited May 2014
    I am still errrrrming and ahhhing 

    I will let Mr @dogload have it
    The Bigsby was the first successful design of what is now called a whammy bar or tremolo arm, although vibrato is the technically correct term for the musical effect it produces. In standard usage, tremolo is a rapid fluctuation of the volume of a note, while vibrato is a fluctuation in pitch. The origin of this nonstandard usage of the term by electric guitarists is attributed to Leo Fender, who also used the term “vibrato” to refer to what is really a tremolo effect.
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  • JookyChapJookyChap Frets: 4234
    OK man :) @dogload - PM on the way :)

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  • IanSavageIanSavage Frets: 1319
    Bollocks, I;'d have had that ;) let me know if it falls through...
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  • JookyChapJookyChap Frets: 4234
    Sorry man, gone to the dogload chap :(

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