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I know it's a bit late, but there are at least two guitars playing that riff. I'd hazard a guess that there is Kevin Parker's Rickenbacker 330 plus a Squier J Mascis Jazzmaster. They sound like they're on neck pickups and tone rolled off, going through some fuzz or other - maybe germanium?

I own a Gretsch G5124 and a Casino, and for versatility and playability would choose the Casino every time. I like the Gretsch which has DeArmond pickups in it as opposed to the regular Gretsch types and sounds brighter and punchier than the G5120s I'd tried, but the Casino just does everything so much better (for me at least). I've put a Bigsby and roller bridge on the Casino, so again, it wins over the Gretsch! It's also more comfortable!

I've got one of the GG signature 12-strings and it is actually very nice! The neck, compared to my Washburn Cumberland 12-string is quite slim (or maybe the Washburn is quite fat!) and is very playable, the fretboard has a decent radius that makes it quite easy to fret barre chords all the way up the neck, and it's possible to get the action quite low without losing too much tone and incurring rattles and buzzes. I'm not too impressed with the plugged sound, but I have that issue with most electro-acoustics. However as I only use it at home or for recording, this isn't a major problem, and the pickup and eq system [i]is [/i]quite flexible, so maybe I'm just not spending enough time to really find a sweet spot.

sh*t! That doesn't make me want one of these things any less. Very good.

Haha! I would have said go for the P90 at the bridge and humbucker at the neck! I have this arrangement on my Hofher Verythin and it sounds fantastic- mind I [i]do [/i][size=4]use a lot of fuzz when it comes to the neck pickup, so it gets a nice flutey sound. Might be a bit muddy for funk? [/size]

If I may... the Squier J Mascis is the better of the two. No two ways about it. I tried a couple of the VM JMs when they first came out and ended up buying one of the Jaguars! They just felt a bit, well - cheap. The Mascis on the other hand doesn't feel like it's a cheap guitar, although neither does it feel like a 'proper' Jazzmaster. The pickups are beefier (sort of P90 in design apparently) and suit 'rock' sounds, so no trad Jazzmaster tones either. Also the bridge is Gibson-style Tune-o-Matic, not the proper rocking Fender offset type. This should be replaced with a roller bridge at the first opportunity as the strings tend to snag on the saddles if you use the trem a lot. Oh and speaking of the trem, it has been relocated, a la CP, so there is also a difference in feel from a proper Jazzmaster and fewer of those 'famous' overtones.i The neck- it is chunky, but not unpleasantly fat Gibsonesque- I can swap between it and a Rickenbacker 610 (toothpick thick) without any problem - and the fat frets make it a very nice thing. That said, I want another Squier Mascis in which I would like to install a set of vintage-sounding Jazzmaster pickups. A compromise perhaps, but I have had rather negative views on the Japanese Fender Jazzmasters after having owned two less than impressive 90's ones, the only other option for me would be an AVRI or a vintage, and both are expensive options. You can always Tippex over the Squier logo!