Gretsch G5420T Electromatic OS

Faultless and got that twang

Gorgeous to look at, well constructed and sounds great

Worst fret work I’ve never seen

Arrived today. Sounds good, setup fair.

But it cannot be played. Fret ends on high E-string side are completely undone. No rounding, no polishing. First two barre chords and your hand is bleeding.

That is lowest you can go as far as quality control can go.

I do own around 30 guitars. Some premium, some affordable.

None of those have this bad fret sprouts. Every single fret end razor sharp at high E-string side.

On low E-string side nice, rounded and polished fret ends. So they can do it. Someone just forgot to do other end of the fret and someone did not check.

Shame.

Great electromatic guitar

Top quality instrument. Just a quick tune up out of the box, no build issues. Sounds great acoustically as well as plugged in. It's a big ole guitar, after playing a solid body but you soon settle into it. The Bigsby is quality and the tone control set up is great with the master tone and volume. The neck is smooth and easy to play. The paint finish on the orange is stunning you would never lose it even in a fog.