Description
What’s special about this guitar: This is a great playing Gretsch G5129 in an awesome Firebird Red finish! Features include a wide 16” lower bout, Bigsby Tailpiece and a phenomenal sounding pair of DeArmond 2000 single-coil pickups. This guitar has great looks, a beautiful sound and is exceptionally comfortable. On top of all of that it is very affordable!
Condition: Very good shape overall! There are various light surface scratches throughout the guitar with some scuffs and buckle rash on the back. Overall the guitar is very clean with minimal play wear! The fingerboard and frets are in excellent shape with hardly any play wear and tons of life left in them. The neck is super comfortable with great action up and down the fingerboard and the truss rod functions perfectly. The nut has been upgraded to bone. All electronics and parts are in perfect working condition.
Body: Double-bound body with maple top in Firebird red finish and maple back and sides in black finish. Bigsby Tailpiece and a rosewood-based compensated bridge. Gretsch Arrow control knobs, dual f-holes and a single-ply pickguard. 16” lower bout.
Neck: Super comfortable maple neck with a bound rosewood fingerboard. Neo-Classic Thumbnail inlays and a 1 11/16” nut. Vintage-style nickel tuners and a 24 56” scale length.
Pickups/Electronics: Original DeArmond 2000 Single-Coil pickups in the neck and bridge. Dual volume controls, master volume control, master tone control and a 3-way selector switch.
Neck: 8.03K Ohms.
Bridge: 8.23K Ohms.
Weight: 6lbs, 15.0oz.
Case: Includes an unoriginal hardshell case.