Okay sooo, best playing, most fun, coolest looking easily the double anniversary.
For Sentimental value it's the 5120, that guitar has been with me since i Was 7/8 years old and got heavily modified along the way.
Both have tv classics and i wouldn't say that one Sounds better than the other...
I prefer the classics, the setzers are wayyy more compressed and lack the treble the classics have.
And for hitting the amp's front end i use a nocturne brain pedal, same push as hotter pickups but with the clarity and treble of a lower output pickup ....
Actually in a psychobilly setting...
Welcome, the classic handles dirt perfectly.
I'm a high gain Player and still prefer the classic over hotter pickups ...
Btw i have a 5445 too and had a classic plus in there for a while, went back to the blacktop in the bridge since that was somehow brighter
Welcome, for a nice psychobilly tone you don't need extra hot pickups ....
I'm home in the psychobilly/punk World and my Personal favourite pickups are the TV Jones classics.
Also hollowbodys can do high gain too, sooo that extra hollowbody you wanna get is not just a rockabilly guitar.
And...
Yeah i love the mud switch too, never found any use for tone pots (super unnecessary imo) ...
Having those 3 different settings at Hand is super useful, just gotta have the right values in the mudswitch
Filtertrons are my favourite pickups so i think i would like them everywhere .... all i've got is hollowbodys except for 1 jet and 1 acoustic.
So yeah i'm a Filtertron and a hollowbody guy so i voted hollowbody
Had my 5120 since i was 7/8 years old .... as i grew older i modded it into something that still gets a lot of love eventho having a double anniversary (which i consider the punkier 6120).
By age 13/14 it had gotten tv jones classics, and nowadays it also got better tuners, bridge and...
Hello, i'm curious to know how to identify a vintage Filtertron.
There's someone claiming to sell a vintage filtertron here in germany for a good price, but visually it reminds me of an aged hs filtertron.
Can anyone Chime in on if thats a real vintage filtertron or a scam...
There are plenty of Black gretsch guitars out there, but not much in a Black Metallic ....
Black and grey metallic two tone could be cool too!
Or heck even Black and white two tone