Gretsch Electromatic Pristine

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In this video I'm reviewing this great new Gretsch Center Block guitar with p90 pickups into a Supro Amulet 12 with a Fulltone OCD. What do you think? This video was sponsored by Sweetwater, and if you shop through that link, you get cool gear and support me as part of their affiliate program at no additional cost to you!

0:30 Intro Clean
1:15 Intro Jam
2:58 Review
10:10 Neck Pickup
11:13 Middle
12:19 Bridge

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[wiemiromarsoichdir]

Always nice to see a lucky man inspired by a beautiful bird ... fine playing, Jack!

[ashleyspeake]

Awesome guitar. Awesome playing as always.

[viperBSG]

I'd take this over an Epi 335 for sure! That's why I bought one the month they came out. I Love it. What can't a Gretsch do!?

[larryboeding]

It does look and sound great. I’ve always loved Gretsch

[homeboyjon]

I am a little worried you can make any guitar sound good. You made this one sound killer. Great demo of the Gretchness and a little sumptin extra.

[graemero]

Great playing Jack 👍🏻 The Gretsch sounds very nice. Always fancied a one as they have their own thing going 😁

[mrshiney]

I bought a 2420 from a friend and just swapped the pick ups to TV Jones and it is a killer. Great neck and finish

[mortonwilson]

Got my first Gretsch a couple of years ago - 2018 Terada Factory Player's Edition Single Cutaway Solid Body in 'Firebird Red' (sorry just need to catch my breath after that . . . ) It's a beautiful instrument, impeccable in every way. I have been eyeing the recent P90 Electromatic Solid Bodies but this one really has my attention! Will see if it's turned up in HK yet! Thanks for the overview, as always.

[jjdillon]

Jack, great review. You talked about the Bigsby, and the inherent problems they usually have. I'd love to see a review of a roller bridge (Schaller, Tone Pros, etc.) on an Electromatic, with either a B70 or B60.

[allisonholmesmusic]

Well I WAS going to buy a new iPad Air, but now you have me considering buying this instead. I already own four Gretsch guitars (two G5420s, a G5655, and a G5422-12string). I had been thinking about getting something with P 90s and was looking at the Jet models, but this is so much more my style. The White Gold color in this model looks so sweet. Thanks Jack, you have me convinced

[CurroMarín-kc]

I LOVE this guitar, P90 on Gretsch. It Will be my new one by far. Awesome guitar, precious jewel.

[taylornutt]

I recently purchased a G5210T-P90 ELECTROMATIC® JET™ TWO 90 in Petrol and I absolutely love this guitar. It's my first p90 pickup guitar and love the stock pickups. I tried one of the Pristine models but like the Jet model better. It's definitely has the Gretsch tone and is a great compliment to my Gretsch 5655tg with TV Jones pickups. I changed the tuners out and added a Vibramate. It's staying in tune with Bigsby now that the strings are stretched out.

[raygehring]

Hah, coincidentally just got the Electromatic Jet in the same color yesterday. I only got it because the price was so reasonable. I had no idea how wonderful these guitars sound and feel. If a Chinese made Gretsch can feel and sound this good, I can only think their upper line must be extraordinary. So, yes the lower line is solid. Solid enough that I brought that instead of my Gibson L5 on a restaurant gig last night and loved everything about it. For me, I was happy there was no case but, that could be a problem for someone else. Bigsby is, well...ok, nothing great but just fine- it's the last thing I would worry about at this price point.

[aminahmed]

Absolutely fantastic have a wonderful day Jack ❤😊

[nathanbottrell]

I'd LOVE to see Epiphone put a centre block into a Casino and make like a 'modern' version if you will. My Casino just begs for fuzz, and the centreblock would just make it all so much better. Great video as always Jack, and great guitar!!

[TheSoundofForgetting]

Gretsch are amazing guitars and own 3 of them & love my Duo Jet.. the one I don’t do is the Gold on them. Can’t do it. Enjoyed the video though and more people should have a Gretsch🤘🎸🤘

[HannahGuitars]

Big Gretsch fan here. I have 67 Country Gentleman and 5700 Lap Steel. My biggest complaint about the 6XXX series is the price, and I always found the Electromatic pickups to be crappy. I'll have to go check one of these out. BTW an affordable Gretsch alternative is the Godin 5th Avenue series. I have 5th Ave Ltd that is almost the exact specs of a Gretsch 6120, right down to the TVJ Classic Filtertron pickups at less that 1/2 the price. Amazing guitar.

[Lomoholga]

I had a Gretsch once but two deal breakers— the painted gloss neck was horrible compared to a satin finish neck, and the Bigsby was very close to unusable even with detailed setup with the nut filing, string stretching etc.

Beautiful guitars though

[cgdguvf]

I bought an Electromatic Jet about 5 years ago and quickly figured out it was amazing sounding with p90s, as I am not much of a fan of Filtertrons. What is shocking is that someone within the Gretsch/Fender organization had the intelligence and courage to put p90s in several of their new Electromatic models, all of which are really terrific sounding, and Gretsch went forward with it. Usually, the bigger the company, the fewer the good ideas that are brought forward.

[ClemsonJohnson]

I had to return a P90 Gretsch because the frets were far from level, to the point of making sitar sounds. Went with a D’Angelico instead.