Description
Live 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. Its the sound of honor itselfplay 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 BroadTron humbucking pickups deliver bold, dynamic and articulate tone with enhanced sonic punch.
This guitar boasts stage-stealing style with five stunning finishesAspen Green, Azure Metallic, Black Gold, Cadillac Green and Orange Stainand 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 BroadTron 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
Body
- Model Name:Gretsch G5655TG Electromatic CB Jr, Orange Stain
- Model Code:2509700512
- Collection:Electromatic
- Body Material:Laminated Maple
- Body Finish:Gloss
- Centre Block:Lightweight Spruce
- Colour:Azure Metallic
- Upper Bout:10.5″
- Lower Bout:13.5″
- Waist:8.625″
Neck and Fingerboard
- Neck Material:Maple
- Neck Profile:Thin “U”
- Neck Finish:Gloss
- Fingerboard Material:Laurel
- Fingerboard Radius:12″
- No. of Frets:22
- Fret Size:Medium Jumbo
- Inlays:Pearloid Neo-Classic Thumbnail
- Scale Length:24.6″
Hardware and Electronics
- Nut Material:GraphTech NuBone
- Nut Width:1.6875″
- Tuning Machines:Die-Cast Gold
- Bridge:Anchored Adjusto-Matic
- Tailpiece:Bigsby B70
- Pickguard:Gold Plexi w/Black Gretsch Logo
- Bridge Pickup:Black Top Broad’Tron (Bridge)
- Neck Pickup:Black Top Broad’Tron (Neck)
- Pickup Switch:3-Position Toggle
- Switching: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 Colour:Gold
Miscellaneous
- Strings:Nickel Plated Steel .010 – .046 Gauges
