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.
Neck
Fingerboard Material Laurel
Fingerboard Radius 12″ (305 mm)
Headstock Binding White
Neck Construction Set-Neck
Neck Finish Gloss
Neck Material Maple
Neck Shape Classic “C”
Number of Frets 22
Nut Material Graph Tech® NuBone™
Nut Width 1.6875″ (42.86 mm)
Position Inlays Pearloid Neo-Classic™ Thumbnail
Side Dots Black
String Nut Graph Tech® NuBone™
Body
Body Laminated Maple
Body Back Arched Laminated Maple
Body Binding White with B/W/B Purfling
Body Finish Gloss
Body Material Laminated Maple
Body Shape Electromatic® Hollow Body
Body Style Gretsch® Hollow Body Guitars
Body Top Arched Laminated Maple
Bracing Trestle Block
Cutaway Single Cutaway
Sound Hole F-Holes, Bound
Waist 9.625″ (244.48 mm)
Hardware
Bridge Adjusto-Matic™ with Secured Laurel Base
Bridge Cover/Tailpiece Bigsby® B60
Bridge Mounting Secured
Control Knobs G-Arrow
Hardware Finish Nickel
Pickguard Silver Plexi with Black Gretsch® and Electromatic® Logos
Pickup Covers Nickel
Strap Buttons Gretsch® Knurled Strap Retainer Knobs
Strings Nickel Plated Steel (.011-.049 Gauges)
Tuning Machines Vintage-Style Open-Back
Electronics
Bridge Pickup FT-5E Filter’Tron™
Controls Volume 1. (Neck Pickup), Volume 2. (Bridge Pickup), Master Volume with Treble Bleed, Master Tone
Neck Pickup FT-5E Filter’Tron™
Pickup Configuration Filter’Tron™ / Filter’Tron™
Switching 3-Position Toggle: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge And Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup