Last week I was able to talk my wife into letting me get a new toy - a Gretsch 5120. I’ve wanted a Gretsch ever since I first saw Brian Setzer rockin’ out on one, I’ve just never been able to afford one. But Gretsch introduced the 5120 last year, and even though it costs about $1000-2000 less than a lot of their other guitars, this thing still rocks. Solidly built, sounds great acoustic (for when the baby is asleep), and even better plugged in.

I’ve been looking for one with the orange stain finish for a while now, but all I could find were sunburst or black ones. But if you want to get that Cochran / Setzer / JustPlainAwesomeLooking vibe, you need the orange. Luckily, the day I finally got the permission to buy, I called Guitar Center who had just got one orange 5120 in about an hour before I called. I was on my way home with it an hour later.

Eventually, I’ll be swapping the pickups out for a set of TV Jones Classics, and I’ve found a guy that’ll make me a custom pickguard for pretty cheap, so pretty soon I’ll be rockin’ a “Josh Buhler Signature”.

As a result of this new toy, I now have an Ibanez Artcore AFS75T to sell. If you’re interested, let me know - just drop me a line using the contact form on my site. (I’ve decided I only need 3-4 guitars at most - we’ll see how long that lasts though.) I’ve sold the guitar.

(And if you came here really hoping for the guitar pr0n, here you go - they’re currently looking for contributions. )