Gretsch introduces new G5420T model to its successful Electromatic series. The Gretsch G5420T Electromatic is a single cutaway hollow body guitar that features sound-post bracing and elegant bound f holes. Other features include a maple neck, bound rosewood fingerboard with 22 medium jumbo frets, three-position pickup switch, classic “G” arrow control knobs, rosewood-based Adjusto-Matic bridge and Bigsby-licensed B60 vibrato tailpiece.
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.
Gretsch G5420T Electromatic features:
- Body Material: 5-Ply Maple
- Number of Frets: 22
- Fret Size: Medium Jumbo
- Fretboard: Rosewood
- Neck Material: Maple
- Nut Width: 1.6875″ (43 mm)
- Scale Length: 24.5″ (62.2 cm)
- Bridge Pickup: “Black Top” Filter’Tron Bridge Pickup
- Neck Pickup: “Black Top” Filter’Tron Neck Pickup
- Controls: Volume 1. (Neck Pickup), Volume 2. (Bridge Pickup), Master Volume, Master Tone
- Hardware Finish: Chrome-Plated
- Bridge: Rosewood-Based Adjusto-Matic Bridge
- Bigsby-Licensed B60 Vibrato
- Tuning Machines: Vintage Style Open-Back
- Colours: Aspen Green, Sunburst, Black, Orange
Great guitar for the money – Aspen Green looks stunning!