Gretsch G5420T Electromatic Hollowbody Electric Guitar

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zZounds Gear Experts Say...

Get that jazz-box look plus electrifying Gretsch tone with the G5420T Electromatic hollowbody, complete with Filter'Trons and a Bigsby to ensure awesomeness.

What's special about this item?

Feature:	What it does:
5-ply maple body	Sweetly resonant tone with strong, smooth highs
Bigsby vibrato tailpiece	Classic top-mount vibrato adds resonant mass
Black Top Filter'Tron pickups	Tight, bright and focused vintage tone
Rosewood fretboard	Open, warm tone and smooth playing feel

Overview

A hollowbody hotrod fitted with all the tools for rocking and swinging sounds, the Gretsch G5420T comes ready to roll. Plug in and hear how its pair of "Black Top" Filter'Tron pickups deliver that bright twang you thought was only found south of the Mason-Dixon.

Hollow Construction Rings True

Built from 5-ply maple in a hollow body style, you'll hear the natural resonance of the G5420T before it ever touches a cable plug. The hollow design is lightweight and features a carved back, giving relief to guitarists who log lengthy gigs. The maple neck is cut a bit on the thicker side for players who like a chunkier feel.

Pickups Add Punch to Tone

The G5420T's "Black Top" Filter'Tron pickups are a throwback to the pickups featured on Baldwin-era Gretsch guitars in the '70s. These updated models give the guitar a bright, punchy sound to help your chicken-picked runs ring true. Twang and jangle are the guitar's specialty, but rolling down the master tone knob cuts out the treble to mellow the sound. If you're more of a rebel outlaw than country gentleman, the Filter'Tron pickups respond well to overdrive, making for a crisp attack on the bridge pickup and full-bodied blues tones in the neck position.

Classic Hardware with Modern Improvements

The G5420T comes equipped with a Bigsby-licensed B60 vibrato tailpiece positioned for easy access near your picking hand. The tailpiece is complimented by an Adjusto-Matic bridge, which can rock slightly along with the Bigsby to… read more help reduce string friction. The bridge also allows for adjustments to be made to each string's intonation, so you can set up your guitar to play just right. The vintage style open-back tuners complete the classic look of the hardware set.

Features:

- 5-ply maple hollow body in single cutaway style
- Gloss urethane finish
- Maple neck with rosewood fretboard
- "Black Top" Filter'Tron pickups in bridge and neck position
- 3-position pickup switching
- Individual neck and bridge pickup volume, master volume, and master tone controls
- Bigsby-licensed B60 vibrato tailpiece
- Rosewood-based Adjusto-Matic bridge
- Open-backed tuners
- Binding around top and back of body and f-holes

Sweet as southern tea or played with bite like bourbon, the Gretsch G5420T rings true with bright and clear tones.

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Specs

- Body Material: 5-Ply Maple, Gloss Finish
- Upper Bout: 11.625"
- Lower Bout: 16"
- Waist: 9.625"
- Neck: Maple, "U" Shape, Gloss Finish
- Fingerboard: Rosewood, 12"
- Frets: 22, Medium Jumbo
- Position Inlays: Pearloid Neo-Classic Thumbnail
- Nut (Material/Width): Graph Tech NuBone, 1.6875"
- Tuning Machines: Vintage-Style Open-Back
- Scale Length: 24.6"
- Bridge: Adjusto-Matic, Secured Rosewood Base
- Tailpiece: Bigsby Licensed B60 Vibrato Tailpiece
- Pickguard: Silver Plexi with Black Gretsch Logo
- Pickups: Blacktop 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
- Knobs/Hardware: G-Arrow, Chrome Hardware

Dimensions and Weight in Packaging

Two-Tone Vintage White/London Grey

Shipping Weight: 12.5 lbs
Shipping Dimensions: 48 x 18 x 8 in
Manufacturer Part Number (MPN): 2506115572

Two-Tone Anniversary Green

Shipping Weight: 12.25 lbs
Shipping Dimensions: 48 x 18 x 8 in
Manufacturer Part Number (MPN): 2506115571

Walnut

Shipping Weight: 12.75 lbs
Shipping Dimensions: 47 x 18 x 8 in
Manufacturer Part Number (MPN): 2506115517

Orange

Shipping Weight: 11.5 lbs
Shipping Dimensions: 47 x 17 x 6 in
Manufacturer Part Number (MPN): 2506115512

Documents and Manuals

For support or warranty questions, please contact the manufacturer:
Phone: 800-856-9801
Email: consumerrelations@gretschguitars.com
Web: https://www.gretschguitars.com/support

Gretsch's Description

Gretsch G5420T Electromatic Hollowbody

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" Filtertron 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.

Reviews

(10 ratings)

Submitted February 3, 2020 by Anthony A in San Diego, CA

"Very Good Stock, Truly Great Modded"

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Pretty much as long as I've played guitar I wanted a Gretsch hollow body. Although I'm not really a rockabilly player, I always adored Brian Setzer's guitar tone and wanted something like that in my arsenal of tones as well. The G5420T was a great way to begin that tone journey, without spending the $3k-ish of the Prolines.

Sound
The Blacktop Filtertrons in the guitar are by no measure bad pickups, but if you're looking for the classic Gretsch sounds they don't exactly get quite there. They sound good with some type of drive, but I play clean a lot and felt they were lacking something there that I was looking for. Tone is kind of like a Filtertron and PAF mixed, something I'm sure a lot of people will really like. If you're into Gibson type sounds, you'd probably be pretty satisfied. But as mentioned before I wanted the classic Gretsch sound, so I did swap out my pickups for some vintage style Filtertrons. I bought the guitar knowing that I'd most likely be switching them, so no big deal to me. Really just comes down to taste.

Features
I am not a fan of TOM bridges, switched mine to a Compton bridge right away. Lots of people are fine with the stock TOM, just not a design I like.

Ease of Use
Don't take the fact that I've modded this guitar to mean that it needs any modification! It was an excellent guitar right out of the box, played excellent and sounded good. I like to tinker with my… read more guitars though, and feel like I've taken a very good guitar and made it great.

Quality
Very solidly built, as good as my American Fenders and Gibsons.

Value
For less than $1000, you're not going to find a better hollowbody guitar in my opinion.

Manufacturer Support
I haven't needed any support yet, don't imagine I will. I have heard good things though.

The Wow Factor
I get compliments all the time about how great the guitar looks and sounds.

Musical Background:
Studied guitar at LA Music Academy, play in active original band, 17 years playing overall.

Musical Style:
Most types of pop, rock and Americana.

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