This guitar is brand new and has been brought in as Gretsch B - Stock. It still carries the usual Gretsch two year warranty. The guitar has a light one inch scratch on the back as indicated in the photograph.
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 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, 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.
This resplendent instrument comes in standout Airline Silver with black pickguard or in Azure Metallic, Orange Stain and Walnut Stain with silver pickguard. All models feature nickel hardware.
Its the sound of honour itselfplay proud.
FEATURES
- All-new FT-5E FilterTron 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 Neo-Classic thumbnail 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 and vintage-style open-back tuning machines
- Graph Tech® NuBone® nut
- Bigsby® B60 vibrato tailpiece
- Adjusto-Matic bridge with secured laurel base
- Nickel hardware
General
Electromatic®
Right-Hand
Azure Metallic
China
Neck
White
Maple
Gloss
Classic "C"
Set-Neck
12" (305 mm)
Laurel
Pearloid Neo-Classic Thumbnail
Black
22
Graph Tech® NuBone
1.6875" (42.86 mm)
Graph Tech® NuBone
Body
Laminated Maple
Gloss
Electromatic® Hollow Body
Arched Laminated Maple
White with B/W/B Purfling
Arched Laminated Maple
Gretsch® Hollow Body Guitars
Laminated Maple
Single Cutaway
Trestle Block
9.625" (244.48 mm)
F-Holes, Bound
Hardware
Adjusto-Matic with Secured Laurel Base
Bigsby® B60
Secured
Silver Plexi w/ Black Gretsch® & Electromatic® Logos
Nickel
G-Arrow
Nickel
Vintage-Style Open-Back
Nickel Plated Steel (.011-.049 Gauges)
Gretsch® Knurled Strap Retainer Knobs
Electronics
FT-5E FilterTron
FT-5E FilterTron
Filter'Tron / Filter'Tron
Volume 1. (Neck Pickup), Volume 2. (Bridge Pickup), Master Volume with Treble Bleed, Master Tone
3-Position Toggle: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge And Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup
