No nonsense, Electromatic hollow-body guitars are the perfect real, pure and powerful Gretsch instruments. They’re your next-step Gretsch—bold, dynamic and articulate, and crafted with essential Gretsch sound, style and playability.
Alive and resonant, the G5420T has fully hollow build with a true Filter’Tron™ voice that explodes with huge punch and clear, strong presence. Like all Electromatic guitars, it delivers the fearless and electrifying authenticity that has set Gretsch apart as the quintessential rock ‘n’ roll guitars from the very beginning. It’s the sound of honor itself—play proud.
Premium features include dual “Black Top” Filter’tron humbucking pickups, versatile upgraded controls including master volume treble-bleed circuit, oversized bound "F" holes and aged multi-ply body binding, smaller late-’50s G6120 bound headstock, Graph Tech® NuBone™ nut, pearloid Neo-Classic “thumbnail” fingerboard inlays, and a Bigsby® B60 vibrato tailpiece.
Body
Body shape: Single cutaway
Body type: Hollow body
Body material: Laminated
Top wood:
Body wood: 5-ply Maple
Body finish: Gloss
Orientation: Right handed
Neck
Neck shape: U
Neck wood: Maple
Joint: Set-in
Scale length: 24.6 in.
Truss rod: Not specified
Neck finish: Gloss
Fingerboard
Material: Rosewood
Radius: 12 in.
Fret size: Medium jumbo
Number of frets: 22
Inlays: Thumbnail
Nut width/material 1.69 in. (43 mm) GraphTech
Pickups
Configuration: HH
Neck: Blacktop Filter'Tron
Middle:
Bridge: Blacktop Filter'Tron
Brand: Gretsch
Active or passive pickups: Passive
Series or parallel: Parallel
Piezo: No
Active EQ: No
Special electronics:
Controls
Control layout: Volume 1, volume 2, master volume, master tone
Pickup switch: 3-way
Coil tap or split:
Kill switch: No
Hardware
Bridge type: Fixed
Bridge design: Adjusto-matic with rosewood base
Tailpiece: Bigsby B60
Tuning machines: Vintage-style open-back
Color: Chrome
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