Gretsch G5655TG Electromatic Center Block Jr. - Cadillac Green Review

Love it

I'm a beginner / getting to intermediate guitar player. Got this for the tone. Love how well it was setup and the fret ends are filed properly. Great buy

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Great Tone at a Great Price.

I have been enjoying this guitar since day one.It has a classy Gretsch look and also plays/sounds great.If Tone is important to you,this Gretcsh has tons of it!.A good match for a wide variety of styles,especially Blues,Rockabilly,Surf,Country and Jazz.

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It is flawless..the low profile neck, spruce center block, black top Broadtron pickups and Bigsby tremolo all give this guitar some serious mojo. I don't know that I've ever played such a beautiful and resonant guitar. Surpassed all my expectations for quality and tonality. The only modifications needed imo are locking tuners 19:1 ratio and a stringminder for the Bigsby. Through… read more my new Vox Superbeetle it sounds like a 5k setup I know Ive spent that kind of bread in search of magic tones like I'm getting from the Gretsch /Vox Superbeetle combo.

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Simply Perfect

My Cadillac Green Gretchen G5255TG arrived May 1st, just a few days after I ordered it, perfect condition, nicely set up with new strings and I thank ALEX CAMPOS for this, along with the folks at Sweetwater. Now, in the interest of full disclosure, this IS my first electric guitar - wow! But I'm also 66 years old and bought my first acoustic guitar, oh about 54 years ago... I've… read more had and sold a number of Martin Guitars, 6 & 12 string, Alvarez Guitars, even some Yamaha guitars so I do have some experience with guitars... But I digress, this Gretchen is a beautiful guitar - nicely balanced weight, beautiful, glossy finish, very nice Bigsby tailpiece and all furniture gold toned. In other words, a visual feast! Action is VERY nice and, as soon as my Marshall 50 arrives, I'll be playing with all the many, many tonal variations between guitar and amp. Then, I'll get to work...

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A Great Giotar

First of all, the picture does not do this guitar justice.I have the Cadillac Green model and it is spectacular! I have been playing for 61 years and this is probably the best guitar I have ever owned. Out of the box all that was needed was to tune up the g string a little. No adjustments were needed. I plugged it into my Mustang 3 amp and just went through my personal presets and… read more could not believe the response the pickups gave out. I mainly use 'clean' presets with just a handful of 'Clapton'. presets I made. I have fender strat standard.gretsch duo jet electromatic, another great guitar,Danelectro 12 string, Ibanez 7 string jazz guitar and epiphone LP custom pro and I noticed that I need to tweak some of my presets to really bring out the unique sound of this guitar. I went on my computer and went to my Amplitube Max and really had some big time fun. I went trough most of the amp models and could not believe what I heard. I then went to GTR 3 and look out. I also have PRS super models plugins and you can guess my thoughts on that. Buy this guitar now. Buy it and all your gear from Sweetwater. Enough said, let me plugin and go to heaven.

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