Horrible Guitar Land!
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hufschmid
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So I get a phone call today, a friend invites me to come and check a couple Gretch guitars he received....
5 of them in different finishes and colours....
They sell them for 6'300 USD here in switzerland
Well check this out, 4 of them had this bridge problem
5 of them in different finishes and colours....
They sell them for 6'300 USD here in switzerland
Well check this out, 4 of them had this bridge problem
Mattmc74
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Thats not cool at all. These are all new?!?! What the hell is going on today with large guitar companies? Don't they believe in quality any more. hufschmid
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Brand new, and they sell for the price I mentioned
Its not wood warping because you can clearly see that the bridge was not even fit to the arch on the top
Its not wood warping because you can clearly see that the bridge was not even fit to the arch on the top
Way to go FMIC.
signalgrey
Ambiente Savante
prices go and quality comes down.
wtf.
wtf.
Sroth Saraiel
BC Rich 7 Strings :)
I don't know if these were posted, but just in case:
this 7 string:
this reversed explorer:
mmm:
The 7 string "iceman"
and this:
this 7 string:
this reversed explorer:
mmm:
The 7 string "iceman"
and this:
Bloody_Inferno
Silence is Violence
signalgrey
Ambiente Savante
ive seen some similar mockups on this forum^ eesh.
think people...think.
think people...think.
I don't know if these were posted, but just in case:
The 7 string "iceman"
I think that looks pretty awesome.
SD83
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Me too. The reversed Explorer looks OK to me, too...
The bridge problem on the Gretsch: I guess I would have been disappointed to see that on a guitar for 630$, but on a 6300$ guitar... whoever is responsible for that deserves to get all those guitars smashed on his head.
The bridge problem on the Gretsch: I guess I would have been disappointed to see that on a guitar for 630$, but on a 6300$ guitar... whoever is responsible for that deserves to get all those guitars smashed on his head.
hufschmid
Banned
But they wont fire him because probably he is not even a guitar tech and they pay him a cheap salary for doing that
They are probably smoking pot in the worshops all day....
Wonderfull world in which we live
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ellengtrgrl
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So I get a phone call today, a friend invites me to come and check a couple Gretch guitars he received....
5 of them in different finishes and colours....
They sell them for 6'300 USD here in switzerland
Well check this out, 4 of them had this bridge problem
Yeah, that rosewood bridge brace is screwed up, and I've heard of that happening to some Gretsches - in the Electromatic Series. It should have been returned for warranty repair work.
Patrick, that is not a $6300 guitar. Is that a typo, and as a result, did you really mean $630? That is a Gretsch Electromatic, G5120. I can tell by the pickups on it - they are the Gretschbuckers, which are only installed in the lower end Gretsches. The higher end Gretsches use Filtertron humbuckers (or some variation of them, like the Powertrons), HiLoTrons (a vintage, low output single coil pickup), or Dynasonics (single coils that have more output and beef to them soundwise, than a Fender single coil, and have at least as much output as a P-90). The Electromatics are not the same as the higher end Proline Series guitars (my Gretsch G6196 Country club is from the Proline series). The Prolines are made in Japan, mainly by Terada, with some being made by Fuji Gen Gakki. The Electromatics are made either in Korea, or China. The Electromatic G5120 is about a $700 guitar (it used to be about a $500-$550 before a price increas a few months ago) in the solid color finishes they typically come in.
The one in your photo, is a semi-custom Electromatic G5120, that has hand painted hot-rod type pinstriping, that Gretsch is offering this year. The price IIRC is about $900-$1000 (I think they were about $650 or $700 before Gretsch's price increase a few months ago). Frankly, many of us who play Gretsches think the pinstriped 5120 is overpriced and then some. There is nothing special about it, other than handpainted pinstripes on the body. Unfortunately, this one also has a screwed up bridge.
The only Gretsches that would cost $6,300, would be ones made in Fender's custom shop for Gretsch (Fender handles all production and marketing details for Gretsch family, who own the company), or vintage ones.
Just my
Ellen
P.S. - here's what mine looks like (the photo was taken in my office at work, shortly after the guitar arrived via UPS). The guitar is a G6196 Country Club, and is a part of Gretsch's Proline Series of guitars.
hufschmid
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No its not a mistake, they are all listed at that price in that guitar shop but this would not suprise me because he is also ripping off people
And if you watch on internet some prices, most of them are around 4000$ which would make sens for the swiss prices which are much much more expensive then the US prices...
A Les Paul custom over here is listed at 5'700$
And if you watch on internet some prices, most of them are around 4000$ which would make sens for the swiss prices which are much much more expensive then the US prices...
A Les Paul custom over here is listed at 5'700$
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This was one of the models with a bridge problem...
See its not a mistake.....
This was one of the models with a bridge problem...
See its not a mistake.....
oops, misread the description
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