Get classic 50s & 60s -inspired Gretsch sound and style with the all-new Electromatic® Classic Hollow Body guitars. Crafted with essential Gretsch hollow-body sound, style and playability, these no-nonsense guitars are your next-step Gretsch.
Like a 60s invasion, the G5422G-12 Electromatic® Classic Hollow Body Double-Cut 12-String with Gold Hardware serves up full hollow-body build and the true FilterTron voice for that classically lush 12-string chime and jangle. Like all Electromatic guitars, it delivers the fearless and electrifying authenticity that has set Gretsch apart as the quintessential rock n roll guitars from the very beginning.
The G5422G-12 features a laminated maple body with vintage-inspired perimeters and refined arches, as well as all-new trestle block bracing to help reduce unwanted feedback. By increasing rigidity and contact between the top and back of the body, the new trestle block design also results in the sound having a faster attack with more focus, snap, and increased sustain. Coupled with all-new FT-5E FilterTron pickups, this hollow builds voice explodes with huge full-bodied punch, classic chime and enhanced presence, clarity and note definition.
An all-new Classic C-shaped maple neck offers a more comfortable playing feel for improved playability and performance, and is topped with a 12-radius laurel fingerboard.
Other premium features include versatile upgraded controls including master volume with treble bleed circuit, master tone, individual pickup volume controls and three-position tone switch, oversized bound F-holes, multi-ply body binding, smaller late-'50s G6120 bound headstock, sealed die-cast tuning machines, Graph Tech® NuBone® nut, historic pearloid Hump Block inlays, secured Adjusto-Matic bridge and a Gretsch G-cutout tailpiece.
Alive and loud, the G5422G-12 is available in Single Barrel Burst or Walnut Stain finishes with gold hardware and gold pickguard.
FEATURES
- All-new FT-5E Filter’Tron™ pickups
- Laminated maple body with vintage-inspired perimeters and refined arches, and all-new trestle block bracing
- All-new Classic “C”-shaped maple neck featuring a 12”-radius laurel fingerboard with pearloid Hump Block inlays
- Versatile upgraded controls including master volume with treble bleed circuit, master tone, individual pickup volume controls for bridge and neck and three-position pickup toggle switch
- Oversized bound F holes and multi-ply body binding
- Smaller late-’50s G6120 bound headstock
- Graph Tech® NuBone® nut
- Gretsch G-cutout tailpiece
- Adjusto-Matic™ bridge with secured laurel base
- Gold pickguard and gold hardware
SPECS
- GENERAL
MODEL NUMBER 2516013517 SERIES Electromatic® COLOUR Walnut Stain ORIENTATION Right-Hand
- BODY
BUILD Hollow Body CUTAWAY Double Cutaway BODY FINISH Gloss BODY SHAPE Electromatic® Hollow Body BODY MATERIAL 5-Ply Maple BRACING Sound Post BODY BINDING Aged White with B/W/B Purfling
- MISCELLANEOUS
STRINGS Nickel Plated Steel (.010-.046 Gauges)
- NECK
NECK MATERIAL Maple NECK FINISH Gloss Urethane NECK BINDING Aged White SCALE LENGTH 24.72" (628 mm) FINGERBOARD RADIUS 12" (305 mm) FINGERBOARD MATERIAL Rosewood NUMBER OF FRETS 22 FRET SIZE Medium Jumbo NUT MATERIAL Graph Tech® TUSQ® XL NUT WIDTH 1.77" (45 mm) POSITION INLAYS Pearloid Hump Block HEADSTOCK Late '50s Gretsch NECK PLATE NA
- HARDWARE
BRIDGE Adjusto-Matic with Secured Rosewood Base HARDWARE FINISH Gold TAILPIECE Gretsch® G-Cutout Tailpiece TUNING MACHINES Die-Cast PICKGUARD Gold Plexi with Black Gretsch® and Electromatic® Logos CONTROL KNOBS G-Arrow
- ELECTRONICS
BRIDGE PICKUP Black Top Filter'Tron NECK PICKUP Black Top Filter'Tron CONTROLS Volume 1. (Neck Pickup), Volume 2. (Bridge Pickup), Tone PICKUP SWITCHING 3-Position Toggle: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup PICKUP CONFIGURATION Filter'Tron / Filter'Tron
