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 G5420T Electromatic Classic Hollow Body Single-Cut with Bigsby 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 Filter'Tron pickups, this hollow build's 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, the G5420T 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 tuning machines, Graph Tech NuBone nut, pearloid Neo-Classic thumbnail inlays, secured Adjusto-Matic bridge and a Bigsby B60 vibrato tailpiece.
It's the sound of honor itself - play proud.
General
SERIES Electromatic
ORIENTATION Right-Hand
COLOR Two-Tone Vintage White/London Grey
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN CN
Neck
HEADSTOCK BINDING White
NECK MATERIAL Maple
NECK FINISH Gloss
NECK SHAPE Classic "C"
NECK CONSTRUCTION Set-Neck
FINGERBOARD RADIUS 12" (305 mm)
FINGERBOARD MATERIAL Laurel
POSITION INLAYS Pearloid Neo-Classic Thumbnail
SIDE DOTS Black
NUMBER OF FRETS 22
STRING NUT Graph Tech NuBone
NUT WIDTH 1.6875" (42.86 mm)
NUT MATERIAL Graph Tech NuBone
Body
BODY Laminated Maple
BODY FINISH Gloss
BODY SHAPE Electromatic Hollow Body
BODY TOP Arched Laminated Maple
BODY BINDING White with B/W/B Purfling
BODY BACK Arched Laminated Maple
BODY STYLE Gretsch Hollow Body Guitars
BODY MATERIAL Laminated Maple
CUTAWAY Single Cutaway
BRACING Trestle Block
WAIST 9.625" (244.48 mm)
SOUND HOLE F-Holes, Bound
Hardware
BRIDGE Adjusto-Matic with Secured Laurel Base
BRIDGE COVER/TAILPIECE Bigsby B60
BRIDGE MOUNTING Secured
PICKGUARD London Grey with White Gretsch & Electromatic Logo
PICKUP COVERS Nickel
CONTROL KNOBS G-Arrow
SWITCH TIP Nickel
HARDWARE FINISH Nickel
TUNING MACHINES Vintage-Style Open-Back
STRINGS Nickel Plated Steel (.011-.049 Gauges)
STRAP BUTTONS Gretsch Knurled Strap Retainer Knobs
Electronics
BRIDGE PICKUP FT-5E Filter’Tron
NECK PICKUP FT-5E Filter’Tron
PICKUP CONFIGURATION Filter'Tron / Filter'Tron
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
Measurements
DIMENSIONS 7.80x18.00x47.80 IN
UPPER BOUT 11.625" (295 mm)
LOWER BOUT 16" (406 mm)
BODY DEPTH 2.75" (70 mm)
FRET SIZE Medium Jumbo
SCALE LENGTH 24.6" (625 mm)
