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"Hollow body design
Maple body
Canadian maple neck
Amaranth fretboard
"Blocks" fretboard inlays
Body, neck and headstock binding
20 Frets
Scale: 648 mm
Nut width: 43 mm
2 Alnico deluxe double coil humbucker pickups
3-Way switch
3 Volume- and 1 tone control
Gold-coloured deluxe hardware
Tune-O-Matic roller bridge with a "floating" ovangkol base
50s B-Style deluxe tremolo system
Transparent acrylic pickguard
Deluxe diecast Imperial-style machine heads
D'Addario EXL-116 strings, .011 - .052
Dimensions: 107.5 x 41.5 x 8.5 cm
Colour: Vintage white high-gloss
Soundboard: Maple
Top: Maple
Neck: Maple
Fretboard: Amaranth
Frets: 20
Scale: 648 mm
Pickup System: HH
Tremolo: Bigsby Style
Nice guitar for a price
andrejgr 08.06.2016
I was tempted for some time, to get archtop guitar. I'm playing for 40 years now, I own several acoustic and electric guitars and also one hollow body LP shape. But I never really had archtop and the jazzy sound of it. I wasn't prepare to spend a lot, since I'm no pro and music is my hobby, not living. So I decided, after reading several reviews, to go and get this guitar. For me at that price, THE most important thing is quality of body and neck, all the rest can be easily replaced if needed. 200? is a gamble, I was willing to take blind.
When I received this guitar, i was pleasantly surprised. Just what I wanted (well, stil can not compare to Ibanez George Benson that I had oportunity to play) and expected. I have read in advance of all the bigsby problems, bridge problems, so I immediately unscrew top part of bigsby, put some wood under it and flattened the angle to bridge - the design is kind of silly, but managable. The only thing really annoying is the pickups, that buzz in their seats, so I guess I'll have to take the out, see the spring coil and adapt.
Neck is great, straight, in tune - if not, brige is adjustable, bigsby does it's job, not the greatest, but I have never used it before and have no technique so it's all right for me.
Without amp this guitar sounds nice and jazzy, just like I expected. It's very solid built and quite heavy.
With amp, (I use Fender Mustang) and with proper amp sound set, i prefer to use clean Fender Twin that sound great with this guitar, from jazz to rockabilly.
Pickups are nice sounding low output. tuners are ok., doing their job and keeping intonation.
All in all, I'm a happy camper.
After owning it half a year, I still like this guitar a lot. Adjusted some height of pickups to my liking, the rest is good.
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BigTone, Big Value
Grandpa Dan 24.07.2020
I am 73 (playing since I was 10) & work on guitars for others. I also have quite a few guitars. Point being I know a great value, when I see one. The Big-tone is just that.
Cons: It is a bit heavy & I had to long gate the bridge holes, because my bridge would not go down to adjust the action. This is not the first time I have run into this & consider it all as part of a good set-up.
The Greats: This thing sounds great both plugged in and by it's self. The finish on mine is near perfect. The playability is very good. I am surprised at how well it stays in tune. This & a B-stock guitar came as advertised, in just 4 days! I live in the USA (Wisconsin) and am blown away by this very fast time. It is my first in stock order from Thomann. So, the two guitars I received are better then expected and one more still coming, with Thamann following up on that order as coming too. I will be ordering more from them and do recommend them. Thanks Thoman & my contact person: Melanie...
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Super guitar
Askhatman 16.03.2022
This review will be very short because all I can say is that this guitar is very very cool!
It looks like very expensive Gretch! All white with gold! Really impressive!
You may think it sounds not bad but... it actually sounds super cool! I don't know how they made this low price guitar sound SO good but it does! I played it in the bar the day I received it. It was all fixed well with D'addario strings onboard. With my Hughes&Kettner pedal it sounded just fantastic! Overdrive and distortion made it sound even better!
Now my dream about buying Gretch is fulfilled with this guitar!
I'm happy with it and I recommend everyone who loves this Gretch sound to buy this very guitar!
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X-men 25.07.2021
Appearance is flawless! A very beautiful and well made guitar. But! SOUND is very bad! My fender squier guitar sounds better. Disappointed.
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" - https://www.thomann.de/intl/harley_benton_bigtone_white_vintage_series.htm
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