Product Description
As part of an all-new lineup of Electromatic Classic Hollow Body models, the G5420T is crafted with the essential semi-acoustic sound, style, playability and charm that guitarists adore about '50s and '60s-inspired Gretsch instruments. At a great price-point to boot, this can serve as the ideal next-step Gretsch or as a way into the world of hollow electric guitars. And while traditional aesthetically, the Gretsch G5420T boasts a few modern appointments that bring it up to the standards of today's generation!
Key Features
Laminated Maple Body — Underpins the guitar with a bright, vibrant voice. Also boasts the vintage-inspired perimeters and refined arches that make a Gretsch, a Gretsch!
Trestle Block Bracing — All new design helps to reduce unwanted feedback, which is essential when playing onstage through a loud amplifier. By increasing rigidity and contact between the top and back of the body, this also results in the sound having a faster attack with more focus, snap, and increased sustain.
Classic “C”-Shaped Maple Neck — Offers a comfortable feel for improved playability and performance; topped with a 12”-radius Laurel fingerboard.
FT-5E Filter'Tron Pickups — Explode with huge full-bodied punch, classic chime and enhanced presence, clarity and note definition.
Treble Bleed Circuit — Retains the high-end in your signal when lowering the master volume knob.
Adjusto-Matic Bridge with Bigsby Tailpiece — Beautifully-machined bridge allows you to easily make intonation adjustments, with gorgeous Bigsby B60 tailpiece letting you make subtle on-the-fly warbles.
Graph Tech NuBone Nut — Innovative material doesn't damp string vibrations like plastic, but transfers the optimum frequencies to the guitar allowing for more volume, tone, and harmonics.
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Specifications
Body
Top Wood: Arched Laminated Maple
Back & Sides Wood: Laminated Maple
Body Shape: Electromatic Hollow Body
Body Binding: White with B/W/B Purfling
Bracing: Trestle Block
Cutaway: Single Cutaway
Sound Hole: F-Holes, Bound
Neck
Neck Construction: Set-Neck
Neck Finish: Gloss
Neck Material: Maple
Neck Shape: Classic \"C\"
Scale Length: 24.6\" (625 mm)
Fingerboard Material: Laurel
Fingerboard Radius: 12\" (305 mm)
Number of Frets: 22, Medium Jumbo
Position Inlays: Pearloid Neo-Classic Thumbnail
Side Dots: Black
Nut Material: Graph Tech NuBone
Nut Width: 1.6875\" (42.86 mm)
Headstock Binding: White
Electronics
Bridge Pickup: FT-5E Filter’Tron with Nickel Cover
Neck Pickup: FT-5E Filter’Tron with Nickel Cover
Controls: Volume 1. (Neck Pickup), Volume 2. (Bridge Pickup), Master Volume with Treble Bleed, Master Tone
Switching: 3-Position Toggle: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge And Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup
Hardware
Bridge: Adjusto-Matic with Secured Laurel Base
Tailpiece: Bigsby B60
Tuning Machines: Vintage-Style Open-Back
Control Knobs: G-Arrow
Pickguard: Silver Plexi with Black Gretsch and Electromatic Logos
Hardware Finish: Nickel