New Gretsch Electromatic 5420tg vs New 5427tg -- FT-5E Filter'Tron Humbuckers

Comparing a new Gretsch Electromatic 5420tg and a new 5427tg. These guitars look very similar but there are some meaningful differences. Both are full hollowbody guitars, but the 5420 uses sound post branching while the 5427 uses trestle bracing. Additionally while both models have blacktop filtertron pickups, the 5427 includes the newly redesigned FT-5E Filter'Tron pickups.

Amp settings were the same for both guitars -- Fender 64 Custom Princeton (treble 5, Bass 3, reverb 3). Effects used: Boss DM3 analog delay, Wampler Tumnus, and amp tremolo. Two really nice guitars! Thanks for watching!

Guide:
00:00 - Intro Demo One - Check Links in the Description
01:49 - Playing Demo Two
02:49 - Specs
04:30 - Playing Demo Three
05:20 - More Specs
07:35 - Playing Demo Four
08:23 - Tone Control
09:24 - Playing Demo Five
10:08 - Bigsby Stuff
10:53 - Final Thoughts

#Gretsch
#5420
#5427
#Electromatic
#ChetAtkins
#Filtertron


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