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Condition: Used, Excellent
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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.
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.
It’s the sound of honor itself—play proud.
GENERAL
MODEL NUMBER 2506115551
SERIES Electromatic®
COLOR Azure Metallic
NUMBER OF STRINGS 6
ORIENTATION Right-Hand
BODY
BUILD Hollow Body
CUTAWAY Single Cutaway
BODY FINISH Gloss
BODY SHAPE Electromatic® Hollow Body
BODY MATERIAL Laminated Maple
BRACING Trestle Block
BODY BINDING White with B/W/B Purfling
BODY BACK Arched Laminated Maple
BODY TOP Arched Laminated Maple
BODY DEPTH 2.75" (70 mm)
MISCELLANEOUS
STRINGS Nickel Plated Steel (.011-.049 Gauges)
STRAP BUTTONS Gretsch® Knurled Strap Retainer Knobs
NECK
NECK MATERIAL Maple
NECK CONSTRUCTION Set-Neck
NECK FINISH Gloss
NECK SHAPE Classic "C"
NECK BINDING White
SCALE LENGTH 24.6" (625 mm)
FINGERBOARD RADIUS 12" (305 mm)
FINGERBOARD MATERIAL Laurel
NUMBER OF FRETS 22
FRET SIZE Medium Jumbo
NUT MATERIAL Graph Tech® NuBone™
NUT WIDTH 1.6875" (42.86 mm)
POSITION INLAYS Pearloid Neo-Classic™ Thumbnail
SIDE DOTS Black
HEADSTOCK BINDING White
HARDWARE
BRIDGE Adjusto-Matic™ with Secured Laurel Base
HARDWARE FINISH Nickel
TAILPIECE Bigsby® B60
TUNING MACHINES Vintage-Style Open-Back
PICKGUARD Silver Plexi w/ Black Gretsch® & Electromatic® Logos
CONTROL KNOBS G-Arrow
ELECTRONICS
BRIDGE PICKUP FT-5E Filter’Tron™
NECK PICKUP FT-5E Filter’Tron™
PICKUP COLOR Nickel
CONTROLS Volume 1. (Neck Pickup), Volume 2. (Bridge Pickup), Master Volume with Treble Bleed, Master 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™
Warranty
This item is sold without the Sound Pure 3-year warranty (used / B-stock / dealer-exempt). Coverage terms for items in this category live in Terms & Conditions, Section 27.
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