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Product Description

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

Customer Reviews

4.4

9 reviews

Value

Looks

Durability

Sound

Edward Mann29th Sep 2021

Value 3Looks 5Durability 1Sound 5

Mr. Jason Dormer4th Feb 2021

Value 5Looks 5Durability 5Sound 5

John Duckworth10th Dec 2020

It's a Gretsch - the name itself makes it a desirable thing to own. It takes a bit of getting used to if you have not experienced a hollowbody guitar, but it looks and sounds great.

Value 4Looks 5Sound 4

Mr. Paul McCaffrey9th Oct 2020

Bought to replace a G5120 I owned 12 or so years ago and every bit as good as that.

Value 4Looks 5Durability 4Sound 5

Mr cliff wilby31st Oct 2019

It is a beautiful guitar however mine had something rattling in or around the bridge which was annoying when played acoustically . At nearly 60 it's the second most expensive purchase i have made. At that price i did not expect any manufacturing issues at all. As travel is difficult & i live in the sticks it was impractical to get this rectified. I am not very lucky so perhaps I got the one with an issue. I still want this guitar.

Value 4Looks 5Durability 4Sound 2

Ewan Gunn27th May 2019

Still getting used to it but that's half the fun

Trusted Customer14th Jan 2019

Mr Stefan Jonsson21st Dec 2018

I was slightly worried because my package had to go through handling by customs and the delivery from my set choice of domestic transporters. Turned out it arrived safely and with no hassles at my doorstep:)

Trusted Customer20th Dec 2017

Really great guitar sounds superb plugged in even great when played acoustically.

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