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On Gretsch-talk someone tried to get us to believe FMIC was sold to the Chinese!! Pretty easy to see thru tho.....

Kinda late to the party, but........ I dig the 5120 and Samick in Korea is doing fine work. So far this thing gets every tone I need so I will hold off for a bit on mods....

Thanks guys! The only mod I may do is a compensated bridge. As it is now, it gets every tone I need! It is a pleasure to pick up and play. Samick Korea has got it DOWN!! I put Chrome 12s on it, may go to 11 next set. Oh, and I always had trouble getting good harmonics on the Dot Studio, with this on...

I'm lovin me some Gretsch! I had never played one until the day I bought it!! Here are a few pix... Oh, I traded Big Red(maxed out Dot Studio), a VHT SPecial 6 head, and a Les Paul Custom that I got in a trade for a 2x12 DeVille. WOOT!

Got the Gretsch and love it!!! Traded Big Red and the new Les Paul custom for it.....

took a bit of time away from the project.. Our house got approved for a mod so we'll be able to keep it!!! YAY!! I also traded an amp for a 2006 Epiphone Les Paul Custom (the tuxedo model) that truly smokes!! BUT, the fellow that I traded with plugged in a Gretsch G5120 (think Brian Setzer) to the c...

Well done! It (the pickguard) is now quiet as a church mouse. Seems kinda weird, but I hear more mids now? That's ok cuz I like mids on bass, but for some reason, not on guitar..

The bottom line is, it cost $45 bucks to get rid of the microphonic pickguard.

Update - Got my bass back. I did not have time to try it out at lunch so will have at it later tonight and post comments on how well it sounds now.......or not! It looks great, can hardly tell if at all.

Ok pickups are bought. Pearly Gates in the bridge, and SH-2 in the neck. I always have the JB bridge pup if "needed".

I should have it ready in a couple weeks as most.

Good stuff! I totally agree on recording clean, dry, straight, however you say it. You then add AND subtract effects as JB said.

Here is a tidbit from TapeOP. Check em out. Small-to-medium tweed amps (Champ, Princeton, Deluxe, some Harvards and some Tremoluxes) use cathode-biased, or "self-biasing" output stages, while the larger tweeds are fixed-biased." "Cathode-biased output stages offer a spongier enve...

The Chromes are now .132 and have no other choice. They are a tad heavy for me, so I have had to find strings with a 128-130 B string. ALl of the heavy B strings I have tried feel too floppy.

Oops! BIG OOPS! I thought I was still talking to John A not John H!!!!

I am calling now!!!!


Just called, asked them if they have done it, and they said a bunch of times, and they are aware of the issues..


We shall see!

Well.......it is Truetone Music and they are a Rick dealer in Santa Monica. I believe a bunch of you have been to the store.If they don't know,who would?

It's a 2004 4003FG that was converted to a 5 string by a forum member (former I thnk), Jeff Rath.