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John, Gretsch has always done the separate volume knobs for each pickup with the master volume. After a bit you'll find it fantastic once you find that sweet spot when you find that balance of volume between the two pickups, can leave it and use the master. As far as the Locking Strap locks go. Once in a while this happens. Get a toothpick and bit of wood glue and tighten the main screw in. Let it set and unscrew the strap lock screw and lube it so it doesn't bind in future and fight with the set screw when trying to unlock it. If you're not familiar with the bigsby, there's some simple ways to string it up, you'll find a bunch of videos on RU-vid. What I'd suggest is taking out the spring, putting it between a couple of pieces of wood and compress fully and release slowly around 100 or so times. Try placing on the floor and using your foot. This will get any"play" out of the spring and it will always come back to its memory. Really helps keep it in tune. Also getting the nut filed properly helps greatly. Roller nuts are a fairly new concept in the scheme of things, and really not a must. If well cut and everything is set up right, the bridge isn't really an issue. These guitars are tougher than ya think, obviously treat it well like any guitar, but it's not frail. Easier to break a Les Paul by whacking the head stock. Cheers. Have fun with it.
Always dug this style of hollowbody. It has tone for days and has the retro look. As for the strap buttons, wood filler with a wooden match stick will do the trick. It sounds like they may have stripped the hole when they mounted the buttons.
I have the same model. I love it, the real Rockabilly sound, look, and feel with Korean factory quality.. I always wondered how come they don't put roller saddles with the Bigsby??.. It's only common sense, otherwise the guitar gets out of running at the first dive..
i have the big body acoustic Gretsch and i didn't like the strap locks either. you could put a small amount of blue threadlocker on the threads to help give it resistance but i ended up buying some regular oblong shaped strap buttons. they haven't failed me yet except that i have to be careful putting the guitar on because the rear of my strap tends to spin and unhook partly or get turned a full 180 and then it pops loose. I'm thinking of buying a rat rod and i will probably try the threadlocker before changing them out. Thanks for the review... i'm not totally sold just yet. I'm breaking into electric for my church but I have only played acoustics all of my life. I want to learn some lead and I want to be able to do some swells and such but i'm a bit torn between a hollowbody or just going solid. this review helps! Thanks!
Cool review, just what needs to be addressed... some talk and playing to share your thoughts and help others to decide if this guitar is for them, thank you pal.
Thanks very much. That's exactly what I was going for. I also don't have all the tech stuff like some other channels so I keep most of what I do just simple. Glad you enjoyed it. Share with others you know as well if you can! -Rich
@@sixstringfun totally get that! I'm not regularly playing live but I am nervous to leave it put on a stand with my two giant dogs running around during recording sessions haha. Also this is my first full hollow body as well , I do have a nice Es 339 and a rare Fusion Blues 335 both semi hollows.
@@ReachingWisdom Unless I'm at a gig where I have almost complete control of the stage area and the traffic or lack of traffic walking if it's on the stand I won't gig with it. I toyed with the idea of using at a variety show my band Background Noise is a finalist for but even then I still didn't quite feel at solid comfort level. One day it will be gigged though for sure.
I had the gretsch 5420, the regular version this is made from, before I sold it and got a gretsch Annie. Anywho, I gigged that guitar everywhere!!! They're built like tanks. You may not think so, but they are. That thing took falls, rain, tons of sun, heat and humidity... I live in Southern Illinois... and other than a quick retune, she kept on rolling. The model i had was the year before gretsch upgraded the pickups and bracing system. Pin the bridge and get some rollers on it and it's incredibly stable as far as tuning goes as well. Don't be afraid to gig those gretsches fellas!!! They'll handle anything you throw at them and come back out punching!!!
@@sixstringfun Ok, that's annoying, of course. The effort of a replacement seems to me to be an acceptable effort so that the guitar strap is securely fastened and the guitar does not fall off. "Loc Tite" is certainly also a solution, but means that the screw cannot then be removed every time. That would then be more of a permanent solution.
well... I guess some people like you have enough time to waste watching a review just to talk sh*# after watching it twice... maybe you can do your own reviews... i mean if you know how to play guitar... otherwise you can learn a little from Gary i guess lol
