Ever since the Streamliners came out in 2017 I have had my eye on them. They seem like a great value, and while the appointments are not traditional Gretsch, with a few small tweaks, the Streamliners can be taken into G5420T territory. If one wanted to pour into it, the G420T can be born into G6120T territory.
The Gretsch Streamliner series WOW
As I compare the specs, the Pro line 6120, and other hollow body offerings, seem to share the same specs besides pickups and hardware. Scale length, nut width, and body materials all a match. The fretboard, neck materials, and nut material are the only major structural differences I can see. The finish also differs, with the Pro line being Nitro and the Streamliner being “gloss.” Either way, I was set out go through this Streamliner and make it my go-to Hollow Body guitar. I went through and did a facelift, knobs and pickups. But the stock Broad’tron pickups were so good I figured I better make this video to compare them to the filtertrons I was putting in. I considered leaving them in, but I’m not really looking for the PAF sound from this guitar, and I enjoy modding guitars so here we are.
Broad’Trons Compared to Filtertrons
In this video I am starting with the Broadtrons, the interesting thing is its the same exact guitar, same amp settings etc, so its a pretty good comparison. I go from the bridge, to the neck, to the middle position, the same guitar lick roughly, then some noodling with delay and reverb on the filtertrons.
