My 6119 and ’74 Fender Princeton Reverb.

Hello friends – I just kind of wanted to get caught up with some guitar stuff today and finally got around to doing a really good setup on ol’ #1, my 1991 Gretsch 6119 Tennessee Rose.

After installing a brand new set of TV Jones TV Classic pickups as replacements for the Filtertrons and a complete wiring harness, I just kind of real quick did an eyeball setup, put it back in the case, and took it to the gig. It was fine, but the pickups were a little thinner sounding than I would like and the guitar had some other playability issues, so I put it back in the case until I could get to it. I finally got to it today after a few months and here’s my results for my ideal setup:

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