Gretsch Pristine LTD P90E 2024 Electromatic Review

Gretsch Pristine LTD P90E 2024 Electromatic Review
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When you go inside a music store and look around, Gretsch stands out amongst the best for its price, beauty, workmanship and parts quality.
But when it comes to buying a guitar, for some reason or another, I always end up buying something else.
I found Pristine Limited edition by accident. I was not looking for a guitar, I was looking for a different tone in my mix but for some reason I end up at the Gretsch website. It was love at first site.
To convince myself to buying it, I said, with P90E, It has a different tone, I never had this kind of guitar before and its tone sits between a single coil and a humbucker. Workmanship is immaculate and parts quality are great for the price and if you build this same guitar, a Bixby 70 gold alone, will cost you more or less $200.
This comes with an allen wrench for truss rod adjustment, medium Jumbo Frets.
The headstock is scarf joint and the back body is a two piece mahogany laminate.
There's a slight buzz in the master volume knob when you touch it, this happens when not touching any string or metal but the other knobs are Okay.
I think I've seen this issue before when I built my hollow guitar and I fixed it by grounding the bridge to the pot casing.
Overall to me it's a great guitar, beautiful and well made.
How it sound? Take a listen to this song that I quickly recorded. Its connected directly through AXE IO interface to Reaper DAW, with mainly Amplitube 5, EQ, Compressor, and slight Reverb and delay plugins.
Clean, elegant and powerful, our Limited Edition Electromatic Pristine Center Block guitars deliver uncompromising Gretsch power and fidelity in stunning style.
Two-tone finishes with metallic tops and rich stained bodies and necks, gold hardware and P-90E pickups with cream inserts present a sleek, simple opulence that is sure to turn heads.
FEATURES:
Double-cutaway mahogany body with a chambered spruce center block
Thin “U” shaped mahogany neck with 12"-radius laurel fingerboard, 22 medium jumbo frets, and pearloid Neo-Classic™ thumbnail inlays
P-90E single-coil pickups with cream inserts
Master volume with treble bleed circuit, master tone, individual pickup volume controls and three-position pickup selector switch
Bigsby® B70 vibrato tailpiece
Anchored Adjusto-Matic™ bridge
Graph Tech NuBone nut
Gold hardware
Available in White Gold, Petrol, and Dark Cherry Metallic
HIGHLIGHTS:
Mahogany Body with Spruce Center Block
The Limited Edition Pristine Center Block guitars feature a laminated mahogany body with a chambered spruce center block. Offering lightweight comfort and excellent feedback rejection, the spruce center block provides an open and airy sound while still retaining clarity, snap, and attack.
Thin “U” Mahogany Neck
The Thin ”U” shaped mahogany neck provides exceptional feel and playability, and is topped with a 12” radius laurel fingerboard that provides warm, rich tone and a smooth, comfortable feel.
P-90E Pickups
The P-90E single-coil pickups produce a wide, balanced, and transparent tone, allowing you to go from thick, aggressive overdrive to a pristine clean tone all while maintaining exceptional definition and note balance.

[@pedoublenizzle]

Your video is literally the only demo of this guitar that i can find. Can you make a video of what it sounds like with a bit of crunch?

[@efrenplaza]

I'll definitely do that. Its just that I got too many projects lined up but we'll see. Thanks for your support!

[@jeffbitzinger1961]

I have this guitar! My only thought: the pickups, along with all the mahogany, gives the guitar a pretty dark sound. On my Fender Blues Junior, I had to dial out all of the mids to get a brighter tone. As cool as these pickups look, I will probably try some brighter ones. Otherwise it’s a fantastic guitar!