Gretsch G5420T Electromatic Hollow Body with Bigsby Fairlane Blue Overview
Gretsch G5420T Electromatic Hollow Body with Bigsby, overview by GAK
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 Bigsby® B60 vibrato tailpiece
- ody 5-Ply Maple
- Body Finish Gloss
- Body Shape Electromatic® Hollow Body
- Neck Material Maple
- Neck Finish Gloss Urethane
- Neck Shape Standard "U"
- Scale Length 24.6" (625 mm)
- Fingerboard Rosewood
- Fingerboard Radius 12" (305 mm)
- Number of Frets 22
- Frets Size Medium Jumbo
- String Nut Graph Tech® NuBone
- Nut Width 1.6875" (42.86 mm)
- Position Inlays Pearloid Neo-Classic™ Thumbnail
- Bridge Pickup Black Top Filter'Tron™
- Neck Pickup Black Top Filter'Tron™
- Controls Volume 1. (Neck Pickup), Volume 2. (Bridge Pickup), Master Volume, Master Tone
- Pickup Switching 3-Position Toggle: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup
- Pickup Configuration Filter'Tron™ / Filter'Tron™
- Bridge Adjusto-Matic™
- Hardware Finish Chrome
- Tuning Machines Vintage-Style Open Back
- Pickguard Silver Plexi w/ Black Gretsch® & Electromatic® Logos
- Control Knobs G-Arrow
- Strings Nickel Plated Steel (.011-.049 Gauges)