Gretsch Guitars

G5420T Electromatic Hollow Body - Orange

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G5420T Electromatic Hollow Body - Orange

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G5420T Electromatic Hollow Body - Orange
G5420T Electromatic Hollow Body - Orange
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When the Gretsch R&D team recently unearthed a Baldwin-era FilterTron pickup with knockout punch and phenomenal twang, they incorporated its DNA into dynamic new Black Top FilterTron 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 jumbo frets and hump-block pearloid inlays, silver plexi pickguard, 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 chrome-plated hardware.

Body Specs
Body Material: 5-Ply Maple
Body Shape: Single Cutaway
Body Finish: Gloss Urethane, Gloss Urethane, Gloss Urethane, Gloss Urethane
Bracing: Sound Post
Body Depth: 2.75" (69.85 mm)

Neck
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)

Electronics
Bridge Pickup: "Black Top" Filter'Tron Bridge Pickup
Neck Pickup: "Black Top" Filter'Tron Neck Pickup
Pickup Switching: 3-Position Toggle: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup
Controls: Volume 1. (Neck Pickup), Volume 2. (Bridge Pickup), Master Volume, Master Tone

Hardware
Hardware Finish: Chrome-Plated
Bridge: Rosewood-Based Adjusto-Matic Bridge
Tuning Machines: Vintage Style Open-Back

Miscellaneous
Unique Features: Hump-Block Fingerboard Inlays, Bound Body Top and Back, Bound Sound Holes and Fingerboard, Silver Plexi Pickguard, Knurled Strap Retainer Knobs, Adjustable Truss Rod, Bigsby-Licensed B60 Vibrato

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Beautiful, High Quality Guitar 1 of 1 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store   Edmonton Whyte, Alberta
I did everything I could to avoid buying a Gretsch, and looked at all the alternatives in my price range in an attempt to find a better value. I love Epiphones and the Ibanez Artcores look the part, but the Gretsch is honestly the nicest playing guitar I've ever owned. I have had no problem with the pickups buzzing or ever being muddy; and although they are humbuckers, not typical Gretsch single coils, they offer lots of range. No musician should feel afraid to try this, especially given how well it plays. Never even had feedback issues and I've tried to create the conditions. The finish is beautiful, so is the hardware, and I had to really strain to find the most minor flaws. My only complaints involve Gretsch's dated patents and designs that they insist on keeping around that can cause grief. Their straplocks will get you when you least expect it if you trust your guitar to them, and I could write a treatise about how much I dislike the volume and tone pot wiring configuration and lack of responsiveness unless the master volume is fully turned. It takes some getting used to. Try it in store if you are considering an alternative, you can compare them yourself and if you do I think that will make your decision a lot easier.
Posted by anonymous on Jun 11, 2015
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GREAT INSTRUMENT 2 of 2 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store   Calgary Royal Vista, Alberta
I love this guitar, great sound for the price, must have!!
Posted by anonymous on Feb 13, 2015
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Nothing Compares 2 of 2 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store   Fredericton, New Brunswick
I've played a lot of guitars, loved some and hated others. Rarely I play a guitar I don't want to or can't put down. The ones I have played I could never afford. With this guitar, I could and did buy it, and haven't put it down since.
Posted by Chris on Oct 30, 2014
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Nice looking, playing, sounding gretsch 2 of 2 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store   Summerside, Prince Edward Island
I just picked up one of these & the colour is way cooler in person. I plugged it in to my mesa stiletto on clean & wow, what a clean tone. For jazz & rockabilly, it totally works. It'll add a little something to a metallica intro as well. By no means a metal guitar but what it does, it does well.
Posted by Aaron on Jul 28, 2014
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