FSA: Gretsch G5420TG-59 Vintage Orange on sale at Sweetwater

[santellavision]

Just wanted to pass this good deal along.

Sweetwater has their limited edition 'Vintage Orange' G5420TG-59 on sale. I have one of these and I love the crap out of it. Great guitar, plays great, looks cool and sounds very nice, like a nice old gretsch. Recommended!

https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/G5420TG59VOR--gretsch-g5420tg-59-sweetwater-exclusive-vintage-orange?utm_source=criteo&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=midfunnelnewcore&utm_content=display&utm_term=970x250&utm_id=171270&cto_pld=Fr6cyzoJAACGWGShfr05sA&dclid=CO6r5ejY0IUDFfvuGAIdwrQE8w

[topekatj]

Seems like a remarkable deal — so the knob at the cutaway is a master tone knob, on top of a shared tone knob by the volume knobs?

[BadgerDave]

If it has the traditional Gretsch wiring, the knob at the cutaway is a master volume.

The controls at the rear are individual volume for each pickup and a master tone, similar to the usual Hamer model.

On my Gretsch Jet I disconnected the Master volume from the circuit.  I found it completely useless.

[The Shark]

Bought this one just a week or so ago.  Really good guitar.  Rings like a bell and has that great cocked-wah sound with the tone control dialed back.  Shaw design pickups.  

[crunchee]

From looking at the Sweetwater ad, I gather that the Electromatic series is currently made in China, and no longer in Korea?

[santellavision]

Mine was made in Korea. I googled around and it seems they switched from Korea to China manufacture in 2021. I didn't seem to find any reviews on quality differences if any.