Gretsch G5420T Electromatic® Hollow Body Single-Cut with Bigsby®, Rosewood Fingerboard, Candy Apple Red
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 Electromatic Hollow Body Single-Cut with Bigsby® 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.
Features
- Dual Black Top Filter’Tron™ humbucking pickups
- Versatile upgraded controls including master volume treble bleed circuit
- Laminated maple hollow body
- Maple neck
- 12” radius rosewood fingerboard with 22 medium jumbo frets and pearloid Neo-Classic™ thumbnail fingerboard inlays
- Oversized bound F holes and aged multi-ply body binding
- Smaller late-’50s G6120 bound headstock and vintage-style open back tuners
- Bigsby® B60 vibrato tailpiece
- Secured Adjusto-Matic™ bridge
- Graph Tech® NuBone™ nut
- Candy Apple Red finish with chrome hardware
Specifications
- Collection: Electromatic®
- Body Shape: Electromatic® Hollow Body
- Body Material: Laminated Maple
- Body Finish: Gloss
- Body Binding: Aged White with B/W/B Purfling
- Lower Bout: 16” (406 mm)
- Neck: Maple, Standard “U”
- Neck Finish: Gloss
- Fingerboard: Rosewood, 12” (305 mm)
- Frets: 22, Medium Jumbo
- Position Inlays: Neo-Classic™ Thumbnail
- Nut (Material/Width): Graph Tech® NuBone™, 1.6875” (42.86 mm)
- Tuning Machines: Vintage-Style Open-Back
- Scale Length: 24.6” (625 mm)
- Bridge: Adjusto-Matic™ with Secured Rosewood Base
- Tailpiece: Bigsby® B60
- Pickguard: Silver Plexi w/ Black Gretsch® & Electromatic® Logos
- Pickups: Black Top Filter’Tron™ (Bridge), Black Top Filter’Tron™ (Neck)
- 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
- Control Knobs: G-Arrow
- Hardware Finish: Chrome
- Strings: Nickel Plated Steel .011-.049