Gretsch 5400 Series Electromatic Double Jet Electric Guitar with Bigsby

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The deep cutaways on the Gretsch Electromatic Double Jet make the entire rosewood fretboard your rock n' roll playground.

What's special about this item?

Feature: What it does:
Rosewood fretboard Open, warm tone and smooth playing feel
Adjusto-Matic bridge Flawless intonation across all strings
Filter'Tron bridge pickup TV Jones-designed for added bite & dynamic output
Arched maple top Smooth and warm with great resonance

The Electromatic Double Jet models with Bisgby B50 tailpieces take on an identity and voice with Hump-Block fretboard inlays and Black Top Filter'Tron Pickups. The two-tone body color scheme (Black or Gold top with Walnut stained back & sides), fabricated with an arched maple top chambered basswood body resonates true to "That Great Gretsch Sound". Classic appointments such as the Adjustomatic Bridge, threaded knurled strap buttons, "G" arrow knobs and Gretsch logo on the Pickguard are proudly featured.

Features

- Double cutaway
- Two-tone body color scheme
- Black Top Filter'Tron pickups
- Bigsby licensed B50 vibrato tailpiece

- Body Shape: Jet
- Body Style: Chambered Double Cutaway
- Body Wood: Basswood
- Frets: 22, Medium Jumbo
- Position Inlays: Pearloid Hump-Block Inlays
- Fingerboard: Rosewood
- Finger Board Radius: 12 in. Radius (305 mm)
- Nut: Synthetic Bone
- Nut Width: 1.6875 in. (43 mm)
- Scale Length: 24.6 in. (62.5 cm)
- Pickups :
- Black Top Filter'Tron Bridge 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
- Bridge: Anchored Adjusto-Matic Bridge
- Hardware: Chrome
- Tuning Keys: Enclosed Vintage Style
- Knobs: "G" Arrow Knobs
- Strings: D'Addario XL110 Regular Light, NPS (.010-.046 Gauges)

For support or warranty questions, please contact the manufacturer:
Phone: 480-596-9690

Reviewers gave this product an overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars. (2 ratings)
Submitted October 23, 2011 by a customer from yahoo.com

"got my gretsch"

Overall: 5 out of 5 stars
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i hope to have this guitar the rest of my life

Sound
the filtron pickups are very sensitive and expressive to touch and paying syle=using the master volume you can roll off gain and attack=playing withits individual volumes you can tailor your soun and with the tone add or take mud=still twangy though(just what i wanted) totally its own animal=sounds like no other guitar i owa (les pauls w/hums+p-90s-wasburn strat+sg w/coil taps) also the bigsby work/sounds totall different from the floyds ihave on other humbucker equipped guitars i own. also ive always been inspired by brian setzer and this guitar can get all those tones=it loves tube amps=i ahve a15 watt tube screamer amp w/atc electronics hall of fame reverb and a hofner compresser=perfect for me also play it through my behringer v-tone amp amp and it sounds and responds well with it

Features
i chose this particular one with the humpback inlays,black with chrome hardware=im legally blind and everything is a little easier for me to see=the boody is chambered so you can kind of hear the full body gretsch tone(i think) it was between this and the epi swingster=the swingster is cool but i wanted tha t true gretsch sound not like a gretsch=again i wanted a bigsby trem on it

Ease of Use
its very easy and quick to get and change sounds and tones(no push pulls )and easy/quick blending of different sound with a turn of a knpb or a 3 way switch=also read more plays like silk and stays in tune pretty well after you break in the strings

Quality
this thing is made very nice=no finish flaws,good inlys,neck was in good shape,action was nice,and all parts were clean and tight

Value
as always i think a great guitar deserves to come with/in a case=other than that everything is awesome

Manufacturer Support
dont know yeeverythings fine so far

The Wow Factor
this part is cool=this thing reminds of an old 60s caddy sleek solid and all chrome(metal) except the pickguard=its definetly it own in my guitar line up=i always wanted a gretscand this is it

Musical Background:
i play every day

Musical Style:
metal,rock ,blues, bee bop,relly expressive guitar
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