Gretsch G5700 Electromatic Lap Steel - Tobacco Sunburst Reviews
You'll get the distinctively rich Hawaiian tones only a lap steel can provide with the Gretsch G5700 Electromatic lap steel guitar. The G5700 is a value-packed proposition with a solid mahogany body for vibrant, wide ranging tone and chrome hardware to match the striking Tobacco Sunburst finish. Plug the G5700 into your favorite amplifier, and the Gretsch single-coil pickup puts out lucidly smooth sounds with just the right amount of bite and jangle. Whether you're been playing lap steel for a while or are just getting started, you'll love the bang for your buck that you get with the Gretsch G5700 Electromatic lap steel guitar.
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Highest Rated Reviews
Just learning
This thing is versatile. I've already used a variety of setups and recorded. It is a real treat.
Just starting out
I've played guitar for almost 60 years but just starting to learn lap steel. So... I can't really talk about how great (or bad) the guitar is but I'm very happy with Sweetwater customer service!
Lap Steel Steal
Question: So, what do you do when you want to demo a song you've written that aches for that "Hawaiian Steel" sound but you don't have a steel or have never played one before?
Answer: Get on the horn with your trusty Sweetwater Sales Rep and order up a Gretsch G5700 Lap Steel!!!
Ordered on Monday and delivered on Thursday. With an additional slide purchase and a few internet lessons and experimenting with some alternate tunings (also found on the internet) you will be far from a pro, but you can quickly become proficient enough to at least get one take that can work for your demo. Add a volume pedal for more expressive swells!
The pickups are versatile enough to get that crying steel break but can "Cat Out" with a bit of overdrive! And you can't beat the price! Sweetwater hooked me up, yet again!!!
Lap Steel
Ya can't beat the the sailes team and the shipping crew at Stillwater.
Adam was very professional , polite curtious,and he knows
His business my order was an exceptionally large order
and he kept everything straight and to a T.
The shipping crew packed everything nice and tight
No room for even a church mousein all packages .
The follow up to make shure I am a happy customer is over welming.
This is a really great steel for the price I love the color I chose
and it's easy and comfortable to play .I've always wanted to learn steel i even got the extra set of strings for tunning to a C6 to get a great country swing and Hawaiian sound . With a little practice I should be picking out some cool sounding tunes
Gretsch G5700 lap steel
Got my G5700 from Sweetwater in about 3 days. I read that the G5700 was made of solid Mahogany...
But it seems hollow at least in spots. The pick-up is quiet but I haven't used it near dimmers or beer lights yet. Tone and volume pots feel solid. Tuners also seem solid. Gets a good clean pedal steel sound and a great "Robert Randolph" overdrive on my amp. It came tuned to the G "slack-Key" tuning but I changed it to open E without changing the strings. I may put heavier strings on in the future. My slide bar is a Shubb SP2. Anyway I'm having a blast with it. I've got some recording dates lined up with it already. So far I have no regrets.
gretsch
Great sound, lots of volume, The service was very good and delivery on time. Salesman was very profrestional
