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Subject: RE: Gretsch order 27392
Date: Thu, 15 May 2025 15:23:51 +0100
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Hi Phil,

Thanks for the advert details, much appreciated.

Well, this isn't quite how I'd imagined my day going, but it wasn't =
completely wasted, I ended up with a very nice, fully working guitar!

The faulty pickup was caused by a dry solder joint.  Sorting that and =
the erroneous wiring was a right pain.  My wife tells me that I would =
have made a good surgeon, but I'm certainly not into the keyhole stuff!

Anyway, some hours later, I am now the proud possessor of a very nice =
ole geetar.

All the best,

Robin



-----Original Message-----
From: sales@expressmusic.co.uk <sales@expressmusic.co.uk>=20
Sent: 15 May 2025 12:32
To: twangman47@gmail.com
Subject: Re: Gretsch order 27392

Hi

Thanks for letting us know the gretsch arrived safely

Sorry to hear there is an issue there....

We had it on the bench here before shipping and all was working fine

Let us know how you get on, we are happy to get the guitar back here to =
look at or compensate you for the time it takes ?

Phil :)

Details of listing below & image attached

This Pre Owned Gretsch 2018 G5422TG in Snowcrest White with Gold =
Hardware is in excellent condition with barely any wear and tear. This =
Korean model has great build quality and the original owner has put a =
lot of time and effort into the modifictions. Clearly this guitar would =
suit a Chet Atkins lover but in all honesty it's just a great sounding =
guitar. The only noticeable mark on it to note is on the side of the =
body where the original pickguard mounting screwholes wouldn've been.=20
Other than this it's in excellent overall shape with barely any fret =
wear and a lovely clean neck.

We've given it a full set up and healthcheck in our workshop with fresh =
set of DR Vertias 10-46 and it's now ready to find a new home.

This guitar has had the following modifications:
- TV Jones T-Armond pickups
- CTS harness
- Bigsby B6GW plus Chet Atkins wire handle
- Chet Atkins pickguard

Build Date: 25-1-2018
Weight: 7.1lbs
Serial Number: KS17103698
Made in Korea


I On 2025-05-15 10:39, twangman47@gmail.com wrote:
> Hi Phil,
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> The ole banjo arrived safely thank you.
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> It's quite an impressive machine.  It looks and feels great.  The neck =

> pickup sounds excellent, but the bridge pickup is as vocal as a=20
> Trappist monk!  Shouldn't both pickups make sound?!
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> When switched to the bridge position, there is a faintly unstable=20
> sound similar to that made by a dodgy potentiometer track, (which it=20
> isn't), so I suspect it's a dry solder joint that revealed itself=20
> during transport.  I'm sure neither of us wants the hassle of my=20
> returning it for you guys to fix, so I'll partially extricate the TV=20
> Jones wiring loom and locate the fault.  As it happens, this needs to=20
> be done to fix an installation error - the tone and bridge pickup=20
> volume control have been swapped round.  Incidentally, since it=20
> supposedly has a screened wiring loom, there seems to be far more RF=20
> interference than I'd have expected.
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> Anyway, I'll see what I can sort out.  It's a great pity that I've got =

> to spend quite some time before I can enjoy playing the guitar, but I=20
> suppose that's life.
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> Regardless of the above, my overall impression of the instrument is=20
> very favourable.
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> When I ordered the guitar, your advert disappeared before I could make =

> a copy of it.  Would it be possible to email it to me; or at least a=20
> copy of the details.  Thank you.
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> It's interesting that the previous owner installed a Chet Atkins=20
> scratch-plate, as Chet never played a white Gretsch, declaring them to =

> be too garish!
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> I'll keep you posted of progress.
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> All the best,
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> Robin
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: sales@expressmusic.co.uk <sales@expressmusic.co.uk>
> Sent: 12 May 2025 20:13
> To: twangman47@gmail.com
> Subject: Gretsch order 27392
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> Hi Robin
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> Thanks for the order
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> We had the gretsch on the workbench Saturday and it=E2=80=99s all =
boxed up and=20
> ready to leave us tomorrow (closed Sundays and Mondays) should be with =

> you Wednesday if that works for you ?
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> The gretsch came to us with all the mods done but no spares/ original=20
> parts to revert back to original spec
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> Regards
> Phil :)