Gretsch G5120 Review – Duane Eddy Would Be Proud!
In a world dominated by Fender Stratocasters and Gibson Les Pauls, it\’s easy to forget the power of a large, hollowbody guitar that offers some serious Duane Eddy-like twang. The Gretsch G5120 offers such a large sound at a price that won\’t break the bank.
The G5120 features a laminated maple hollowbody with a gloss urethane finish, a laminated maple neck with rosewood fingerboard and 21 medium-jumbo frets, and 2 Gretsch chrome-covered Dual-Coil pickups.
A Bigsby B60 vibrato tailpiece is standard, as is an Adjusto-Matic bridge on a beautiful rosewood base. The hardware is chrome-plated.
Immediately, we started playing everything from Brian Setzer to Chet Atkins. After all, this is a Gretsch hollowbody we\’re talking about. To do otherwise would have been a waste of twang.
This isn\’t a shredder\’s guitar, so don\’t try to coax any Dimebag Darrell tones from this beauty, but what you do get is a clean, powerful, large sound that sounded simply amazing through our test amplifiers, a reissue Vox AC15 and a Fender Reissue Twin Reverb.
Even without a super-distorted sound, the G5120 has a huge, clean sound that begs to be played. Honestly, it was fun just strumming simple chords on the Gretsch. We were very impressed with the quality of the finish and fretwork and couldn\’t find any problems with either. The Bigsby vibrato held its tune during most normal use, but it\’s not a Floyd Rose, so save the dive bombs for later.
Regarding the instrument\’s playability, we were incredibly impressed, both with single-note lines and chording. Kudos to the Korean construction!
The Gretsch G5120 has a street price of only $700 new and even less used, which makes it quite a bargain for a full-sized hollowbody guitar. We were very impressed with the instrument overall and give it our highest recommendation for anyone seeking a great hollowbody guitar at an affordable price.
If you are looking for the absolute lowest price on a new or used Gretsch G5120, then you need to visit Ray\’s Guitar Shop, which offers the lowest prices on all new and used guitars. It doesn\’t matter if you\’re looking for a Gibson Flying V, an Ibanez RG350DX, or a PRS Custom 22, Ray\’s Guitar Shop has what you\’re looking for!
