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I will know for sure sometime next week.
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I'm using this one for my 3-PU 5622 - near-double for the Gretsch Western case at one-fourth the price:
https://www.sweetwater.com/store/det...dy-guitar-case
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Sorry, my MIC reference was about one of the available Gretsch cases that fits this model. The 5622's that were on sale, I believe, are MIK. I bought a georgia green a while ago and a walnut stain this time around.
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MIK E-Matic 5622 Update
FYI the MIK 5622's at Adorama are sold out...
Congrats to all my fellow AGF'ers who took this opportunity to jump on the Gretsch bandwagon - use them well, often, and LOUD...
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Picked up this sweet Vintage Orange G5622T back in November during Black Friday.
My first Gretsch! It's a fantastic player and I'm loving the bluesy tones. The guitar plays very easily and the setup was near perfect out of the box. |
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I own a 2622tg with P90s. Absolutely great guitar! I have owned several of the 5k series and I think this one easily holds its own. I love P90s and this guitar just plays and sounds great!!
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All kidding aside, if you haven't mounted a set by now I'd strongly recommend flatwound 11's with a wound G - with the short 24.6" scale they play like 10's on a Strat and, as many of your fellow AGF'ers will attest, they're a natural match for the Super Hi-lo'Tron pickups (based on a modified Filter'Tron humbucker platform, rather than the true single-coil Brooklyn-style Hi-lo'Tron in the '60 Double Annie reissue) and a key ingredient of "That Great Gretsch Sound"; FYI I've been using them on my own 5622 (the 2015-16 first-run model with three Super Hi-lo's and cats' eye soundholes) since day one with excellent results, and if you've got a nice tube amp (if you don't own one, you should ) a little bit of dial-twisting will evoke all the classic Gretsch tones most of us grew up on...
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Well, a package from adorama.com has arrived with three dings in the package and is inside beginning its warmup acclimation to the PNW. It went from the east coast to the west coast on the ground just hours ahead whatever new storm was due from the arctic and/or Canada. Going to wait 24 hours before I see if there is any damage to what I hope is a Gretsch guitar from shipping and exactly what I bought.
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Got mine. I feel like I committed a crime getting this guitar for $449.00. Set up was great out of the box and the pickups are good to go, no need to be upgraded
My LGS had that Gator Journeyman case for the same price as online, so I snagged it. Last edited by loco gringo; 02-15-2020 at 04:41 PM. |
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Got mine last Thursday. I feel like the victim of a crime. Completely unplayable out of the box. A broken string and not even close to being in tune. Plus the action was way high. Higher than the bowed neck could account for. Usually, a new guitar immediately goes to my luthier for a setup and any neck work he thinks should be done but I am too embarrassed to show up with this Gretsch.
Even with new strings it sounded crummy. My snark indicated the strings were tuned correctly but it did not sound right. It took about 20 minutes of noodling before the strings began to sound closer to the notes and chords that I expect to hear. After a couple of days playing around with it, the guitar sounds a lot better. I am going to keep it for emergencies. If I ever need to burn wood to keep warm, this Gretsch will be the first to be used. I must admit I am disappointed. |
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My thoughts: IME any tech with some experience under his/her belt has seen trainwrecks far beyond what you describe; swallow your pride, take it in to your tech for a look-see (I suspect that, short of a twisted/improperly-set neck - in which case the guitar should be promptly returned - there's likely nothing that can't be resolved with a quality professional setup), and don't be too quick to write it off - they really are pro-level instruments that just happen to sell at a step-up/intermediate-level price... Let us know how it goes...
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