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.
The G5422TG Electromatic Classic Hollow Body Double-Cut with Bigsby and Gold Hardware 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.
Alive and resonant, this G5422TG also features a versatile upgraded control layout including master volume with treble bleed circuit, master tone, individual pickup volume controls and three-position pickup toggle switch, oversized bound F-holes, multi-ply body binding, smaller late-'50s G6120 bound headstock, vintage-style open-back standard tuning machines, Graph Tech NuBone nut, pearloid Hump Block inlays, secured Adjusto-Matic bridge and a Bigsby B60 vibrato tailpiece.
This resplendent instrument comes in standout Orange Stain, Snowcrest White and Walnut Stain finishes, complete with gold pickguard and gold hardware.
SPECS
- GENERAL
MODEL NUMBER 2506014517 SERIES Electromatic® COLOR 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 (.011-.049 Gauges)
- NECK
NECK MATERIAL Maple NECK FINISH Gloss Urethane NECK BINDING Aged White SCALE LENGTH 24.6" (625 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 1.6875" (42.86 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 Bigsby® Licenced B60 Vibrato 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
