Alive 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 five stunning finishes – Aspen Green, Azure Metallic, Black Gold, Cadillac Green and Orange Stain – and gleaming gold pickguards and hardware, including the Bigsby® B70 vibrato tailpiece, anchored Adjusto-Matic™ bridge and G-arrow knobs.
- 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
Specs
- COLLECTION: Electromatic®
- BODY MATERIAL: Laminated Maple
- BODY FINISH: Gloss
- UPPER BOUT: 10.5″ (267 mm)
- LOWER BOUT: 13.5″ (343 mm)
- WAIST: 8.625″ (219.08 mm)
- NECK: Maple
- NECK FINISH: Gloss
- FINGERBOARD MATERIAL: Laurel
- NUMBER OF FRETS: 22
- FRET SIZE: Medium Jumbo
- POSITION INLAYS: Pearloid Neo-Classic™ Thumbnail
- NUT MATERIAL: Graph Tech NuBone
- NUT WIDTH: 1.6875″ (42.86 mm)
- TUNING MACHINES: Die-Cast
- SCALE LENGTH: 24.6″ (625 mm)
- BRIDGE: Anchored Adjusto-Matic™
- PICKUPS:
- Neck: Black Top Broad’Tron™
- Bridge: Black Top Broad’Tron™
- 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: Gold
- STRINGS: Nickel Plated Steel (.010-.046 Gauges)
- PICKGUARD: Gold Plexi with Black Gretsch® and Electromatic® Logos