Live and loud, Electromatic® Center Block Jr. guitars are designed for that pure and powerful Gretsch® sound at high volume. The G5655TQM Electromatic Center Block Jr. Single-Cut with Bigsby® features a smaller-sized body with stunning quilted maple top, back, and sides and a chambered spruce center block for dynamic resonance, high gain power and lightweight comfort. A lower set maple neck offers effortless access and performance, while the 12"-radius laurel fingerboard with 22 medium jumbo frets and Neo-Classic™ thumbnail inlays offers excellent playability.
Its dual Black Top Broad'Tron™ humbucking pickups deliver bold, dynamic, and articulate tone with enhanced sonic punch. The combination of individual pickup volume controls, master tone and master volume with treble bleed circuit allows you to flexibly harness this instrument's sonic power.
• Slightly smaller 14" single-cutaway quilted maple body with chambered spruce center block
• 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 volume controls
• Bigsby® B70 vibrato tailpiece
• Graph Tech NuBone nut
• Nickel hardware
• Available in Speyside, Sweet Tea, Mariana, and Hudson Sky with gold pickguard
Specs
Series: Electromatic®
Body Material: Laminated Quilted Maple
Body Finish: Gloss
Neck: Maple, Thin "U"
Neck Finish: Gloss
Fingerboard: Laurel, 12" (305 mm)
Frets: 22, Medium Jumbo
Position Inlays: Pearloid Neo-Classic™ Thumbnail
Nut (Material/Width): Graph Tech NuBone, 1.6875" (42.86 mm)
Tuning Machines: Die-Cast
Scale Length: 24.6" (625 mm)
Bridge: Anchored Adjusto-Matic™
Pickguard: Gold Plexi with Black Gretsch® and Electromatic® Logos
Pickups: Black Top Broad'Tron™ (Bridge & 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: Nickel
Strings: Nickel Plated Steel (.010-.046 Gauges)
