Gretsch 5120 with Seymore Duncan Phat Cat P90's

I had a problem with the stock P/U's in my Gretsch 5120having a muddy sound when I played the guitar next to my Les Paul Standard. I swapped them out for Seymore Duncan Phat Cat P90's and WOW this guitar sounds awsome! Sounds much better than I can play it! lol

Hardware: B52 AT 212 (Tube Amp), Digitech RP 255

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Gretsch
• 5120
• Seymore Duncan
• Phat Cat
• P90
• P90's
• Gibson Les Paul

[DoctorTim]

Guitar and p/u mod sounds good. Did you have to drill new holes for the p90s? I'm curious about any install experiences you had. Did you use the existing (or need an additional) p/u spacers? I'm considering a used 5120 and would probably need to use p90s as I'm not a Rockabilly guy.

[mxjoe35]

@DoctorTim

To be honest I had them installed. But I do not see any new spacers. It looked like they just dropped right in to the existing holes. If you play a lot of Rockabilly, TV Jones may be better for you.

[rusher38]

Ohhhhh man, I am very tempted to swap out the bridge PU on my 5120 for a P90

[mxjoe35]

They sound awsome! I just posted another video of me playing the same guitar with a little more drive to it. Look at the video with the Guitar Center backing track. I find myself playing this guitar more than my Les Paul.

[dharmapunkchick]

finally..i've been looking for a 5120 p90 vid :)

[mxjoe35]

@dharmapunkchick

They sound great! Not as much twang as you get from a normal Gretsch...but a much more versatile sounding P/U. You can distort it and get a great rock sound or play clean for a nice soft sound. It does both very well. I am playing with light distortion, gives me a soft bluesy sound. I find myself picking up my Gretsch over my LP all the time now!

[636117]

please tune the fuckers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ghost6392]

@DoctorTim phat cats are basically pu's with a humbucker cover. so they can drop in to any humbuckr sized guitar really.

[The170460]

why did you havn't mounted P 90 on this one ? it's the best to replace the crap chineses pick ups or you can mounted US dynasonic pick up. with yours pick up you loose all of the great gretsch sound.

[drew945101]

@dharmapunkchick ME TOO!!!!