Live and loud, Electromatic® Center Block Jr. guitars are designed for that pure and powerful Gretsch® sound at high volume. Painstakingly crafted with essential Gretsch sound, style and playability, these all-new models deliver the fearless and electrifying authenticity that has set Gretsch apart for decades. It’s the sound of honor itself—play proud.
The G5655TG Electromatic® Center Block Jr. Single-Cut with Bigsby® and Gold Hardware features a smaller-sized body with a chambered spruce center block for dynamic resonance, high gain power and lightweight comfort.
Offering excellent playability, the 12”-radius laurel fingerboard hosts 22 medium jumbo frets and NeoClassic™ thumbnail inlays. Its dual Black Top Broad’Tron™ humbucking pickups deliver bold, dynamic and articulate tone with enhanced sonic punch.
This guitar boasts stage-stealing style with it's Azure Metallic, gleaming gold pickguards and hardware, including the Bigsby® B70 vibrato tailpiece, anchored Adjusto-Matic™ bridge and G-arrow knobs.
Features
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G5655TG:
- Style: Semi-Hollow Body Electric Guitar - Slightly smaller 14” single-cutaway maple body with a chambered spruce center block
- Body: Laminated Maple
- Bridge Pickup: Black Top Broad'Tron™
- Neck Pickup: Black Top Broad’Tron™
- Tailpiece: Bigsby B70
- Slightly smaller 14” single-cutaway maple body with a chambered spruce center block
- Lower set maple neck for effortless access and performance
- 12”-radius laurel fingerboard with 22 medium jumbo frets and pearloid Neo-Classic™ thumbnail inlays
- Dual Black Top Broad’Tron™ humbucking pickups
- Master volume with treble bleed circuit, master tone and individual pickup controls
- Bigsby® B70 vibrato tailpiece
- Anchored Adjusto-Matic™ bridge
- Graph Tech® NuBone® nut
- Gold hardware
SERIES
Electromatic®
ORIENTATION
Right-Hand
COLOUR
Azure Metallic
PLATFORM
Electromatic® Center Block
ECK MATERIAL
Maple
NECK FINISH
Gloss
NECK SHAPE
Thin "U"
NECK CONSTRUCTION
Set-Neck
FINGERBOARD RADIUS
12" (305 mm)
FINGERBOARD MATERIAL
Laurel
POSITION INLAYS
Pearloid Neo-Classic™ Thumbnail
NUMBER OF FRETS
22
STRING NUT
Graph Tech® NuBone®
NUT WIDTH
1.6875" (42.86 mm)
NUT MATERIAL
Graph Tech® NuBone®
BODY
Laminated Maple
BODY FINISH
Gloss
BODY SHAPE
Electromatic® Center Block
BODY TOP
Arched Laminated Maple
BODY BINDING
Aged White with B/AW/B Purfling
BODY BACK
Laminated Maple
BODY STYLE
Gretsch® Center Block Guitars
BODY MATERIAL
Laminated Maple
BRACING
Center Block
WAIST
8.625" (219.08 mm)
BRIDGE
Anchored Adjusto-Matic™
BRIDGE COVER/TAILPIECE
Bigsby® B70
BRIDGE MOUNTING
Anchored
PICKGUARD
Gold Plexi with Black Gretsch® and Electromatic® Logos
PICKUP COVERS
Gold
CONTROL KNOBS
G-Arrow
SWITCH TIP
Gold
HARDWARE FINISH
Gold
TUNING MACHINES
Die-Cast
STRINGS
Nickel Plated Steel (.010-.046 Gauges)
NECK PLATE
NA
BRIDGE PICKUP
Black Top Broad’Tron™
MIDDLE PICKUP
N/A
NECK PICKUP
Black Top Broad'Tron™
PICKUP CONFIGURATION
HH
CONTROLS
Volume 1. (Neck Pickup), Volume 2. (Bridge Pickup), Master Volume, Master Tone
SWITCHING
3-Position Toggle: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge And Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup
UPPER BOUT
10.5" (267 mm)
LOWER BOUT
13.5" (343 mm)
BODY DEPTH
1.75" (44.45 mm)
FRET SIZE
Medium Jumbo
SCALE LENGTH
24.6" (625 mm)
Due to ongoing product development efforts, specifications are subject to change without notice.
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