SOLD:::For sale, Gretsch G5129.
From 2008, the desired late model with smaller F-holes and all the bugs ironed out.
I’ve had this guitar regularly setup, and it got a good fret levelling and polishing when I first bought if. It’s a lovely guitar. It’s currently sporting a set of 11’s, strings are ‘groundwounds’. Round wound ground flat to feel like Flatwounds- a great halfway house between roundwound or Flatwounds, without being too flubby on the bass. will supply a fresh set of groundwounds or round wounds as buyer wishes.
Original tuners were a bit pants, so I bought a set of Klusion locking tuners that fit the exact footprint of the originals, and has them professionally installed. Hold tune superbly. Original tuners included in sale.
These (all models) came from the factory with the pickups set way too low, leaving the guitar sounding a bit thin and weedy. I purchased a few sets of shims from TV Jones, now the pickups ride at the correct height. This thing sounds pretty damn astonishing. These DeArmond 2000 pickups are just spectacular, and really capture that twangy 50’s Gretsch sound, while still being able to deliver modern contemporary tones. Think of it as a fat 3D sounding Telecaster. Pickups are super articulate, and great if you love your pick dynamics.
Pickups sound 95% the same as Dynasonics. Dynasonics maybe have a tad more thickness in the mids, but you would struggle to tell them apart in a blind test. To be honest, this guitar sounds better than my 6120.
Neck is lovely, wide with 12” radius and super comfortable. A fuller Fender C profile.
I have no hard case for this, I’ll dig around the garage, i may have a gig bag for it, but haven’t seen it for a while, so will have a look. Might have gone elsewhere.
This model (5129 or 512x) was made in three version. The first one has the neck set at the wrong angle, and came with a B70 bigsby. Best avoid that one.
The second version has the neck at the correct angle, but has oversized F-holes. Lots of people reported weird neck vibrations at volume. This is the final version (2008 onwards), and has zero issues and is by far the best version to get.
It’s fully hollow, with a little bracing under the bridge, so is very lively, with great controllable feedback.
I honestly adore this guitar, but need to make some room, so is the first of several guitars I’m putting up for sale.
£550 collected from High Wycombe for the best sorted G5129 around. Happy to meet at a services within an hour drive. I also work near Cambridge a few days a week, so often driving along M25 and up the M1. Happy to make detours if that helps. Also driving up to Liverpool in early July if that helps, so delivery (to some extent) could be possible.
Thanks for looking
Marlin
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Cheers
Marlin
EDIT: White Corvette now sold.
£250. No case unfortunately.
A lovely pair, ooh missus. There's just something about that green colour on the corvette. Think it reminds me of a green Morris Ital my dad had when I was a kid The white one is lovely, doesn't stir the loins as much as greenie though.
Cheers,
Jim
This model with the Bigsby is no longer being made, the new ones have the Les Trem, which is a shame. Bigsby is far superior.
Body is chambered mahogany, neck is slim, but feels very comfy with wide feeling fretboard. Loads of room for manoeuvre. Pickups are Firebird style mini humbuckers, have a great fat single coil like sound with great pick dynamics.
Asking £675. (Sorry, Rivolta no longer for sales)
I probably don’t need to say it but this is a top seller and person.
The project that didn’t happen, is now happening.
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