The Gretsch G5420T Electromatic is a stunning Hollow Body that tips it's hat to the legendary single cut Gretschs of old. Featuring premium hollow body construction the Electromatic Hollow Body has a thick and complex resonant tone that screams classic Gretsch due in part to the 'black top' Filter'Tron pickups which Gretsch's RnD team based on a vintage Baldwin era pickup.
When you have a classic, popular model like the 5420 it's hard to improve on what you have. Gretsch have managed it though with a handful of updates. First and foremost there's the treble bleed on the master volume, a new 4 ply binding on the body and a rebound headstock. It looks and sounds stunning.
Here's what Gretsch Say about the G5420T Electromatic Hollow Body
When the Gretsch R&D team recently unearthed a Baldwin-era Filter'Tron pickup with knockout punch and phenomenal twang, they incorporated its DNA into dynamic new "Black Top" Filter'Tron pickups, which now endow Electromatic hollow-body instruments such as the G5420T with an electrifying new voice and identity. The G5420T Electromatic Hollow Body is a sharp new Gretsch guitar with a bound single-cutaway hollow body featuring sound-post bracing and elegant bound f holes. Other features include a maple neck, bound rosewood fingerboard with 22 medium frets and Pearloid Neo-classic 'Thumbnail' Markers, silver plexi pickguard with Gretsch Electromatic Logo, three-position pickup switch, classic "G" arrow control knobs, rosewood-based Adjusto-Matic bridge and Bigsby-licensed B60 vibrato tailpiece, vintage-style open-back tuners and chromeplated hardware.
Specifications
- Head Shape LATE 50'S GRETSCH G6120
- Head Overlay BLACK
- Head Binding AGED WHT
- Head Inlay GRETSCH "BLOCK" LOGO; MOP OVERLAY
- Truss Rod Cover STANDARD GRETSCH 2-PLY; BLK / WHT
- Neck Material MAPLE
- Neck Backshape STANDARD ELECTROMATIC GRETSCH
- Nut Width 1.6875" (43 MM)
- Nut Material GRAPH TECH NUBONE
- Scale Length 24.6" (625 MM)
- Heel Cap AGED WHITE
- Fretboard Material ROSEWOOD
- Fretboard Inlay THUMBNAIL; PEARLOID
- Fretboard Radius 12.6" (320 MM)
- Fretboard Binding AGED WHT
- Side Markers BLACK DOTS
- No. of Frets 22
- Fret Size MEDIUM JUMBO
- Neck Joint DOVE TAIL
- Body Shape 16" GRETSCH SINGLE CUT
- Cutaway SINGLE CUTAWAY
- Lower Bout 16"
- Body Depth 2.75"
- Top Material LAMINATED MAPLE
- Sides Material LAMINATED MAPLE
- Back Material LAMINATED MAPLE
- Bracing / Center Block PARALLEL TONE BARS W/ SOUND POST
- Top Binding AGED WHT / BLK / AGED WHT / BLK
- Back Binding AGED WHT / BLK / AGED WHT / BLK
- Volume Controls MASTER VOL. (1x) W/ TREBLE BLEED; PICKUP VOL. (2X)
- Tone Controls MASTER TONE (1x)
- Switching 3-WAY TOGGLE
- Output Jack Placement SIDE
- Soundhole(s) OVERSIZED F-HOLE, BOUND; AGED WHT
- Hardware Color CHROME
- Bridge ADJUSTOMATIC ON SECURED ROSEWOOD BASE; CHROME
- Tailpiece LICENSED BIGSBY B60; CHROME
- Knobs G-ARROW; CHROME
- Strap Buttons GRETSCH KNURLED; CHROME
- Bridge Pickup BLACKTOP FILTER'TRON; CHROME
- Neck Pickup BLACKTOP FILTER'TRON; CHROME
- Pickup Mounting Rings (Bezels) MOLDED; SILVER
- Pickguard SILVER PLEXI W/ BLACK ELECTROMATIC LOGO & GRETSCH "BLOCK" LOGO
- Tuning Machines VINTAGE STYLE OPEN-BACK; CHROME
- Strings D'ADDARIO 11 - 49
- Finish GLOSS POLYURETHANE
- Colours ORANGE STAIN, FAIRLANE BLUE, ASPEN GREEN
