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Gretsch Guitars - Tech Tips - Optimizing Your G5120 Electromatic Hollow Body

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Uploaded by on Jul 1, 2009

Master Gretsch guitar technician Brian Thrasher takes you through optimizing your Gretsch G5120 Electromatic for tone and playability.

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  • @thehyperchondriac change one string at a time. the other strings will keep it in place.

  • what a pain in the ass

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  • How to tune your gretsch.

  • @colinmortimore THEY dont want to damage or any scratches on guitar, so once you take that off, it might get scratched with the wood or whatever that is

  • i'd just leave the foam in there

  • would this procedure work the same with the ibanez afs75t?

  • @colinmortimore probably to prevent scratching during transit if the guitar was to get a knock while floating about in vans and such

  • Arent u scratching the guitar by sliding the bridge?

  • @jg0r Try a Compton Bridge, and fit the bridge base to the arched top. Helped mine a lot. Costs about $50 and she sounds and plays way better. I think the pickups kinda rattle around a bit too. You'll never hear it when you're rockin' out through the big amp, so who cares about a little rattle? It's a rockabilly axe. Keep it dirty.

  • @majorkeybaree I have a G5120 and I have no problem using it with my metal amps. As long as your aren't playing in front of a blaring full stack, or literally facing directly at your amp, you won't have any problems.

  • can you play metal on it though?

  • Am I the only one wondering why the foam is put there in the first place?? I mean surely Gretch had a reason to fit it. Any ideas??

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