Gretsch G5655T Electromatic Center Block Jr w/Bigsby Electric Guitar, Casino Gold

Live and loud, Gretsch 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 honour itself—play proud.

Main Features

• 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
• Nickel hardware
• Available in Casino Gold, Dark Cherry Metallic and Jade Grey Metallic with silver pickguard

The G5655T Electromatic Center Block Jr. Single-Cut with Bigsby® features a smaller-sized body with 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.

Boasting stage-stealing style, the G5655T is available in Casino Gold, Dark Cherry Metallic or Jade Grey Metallic with a silver pickguard and nickel hardware, including the Bigsby B70 vibrato tailpiece, anchored Adjusto-Matic™ bridge and G-arrow knobs.

Gretsch G5655T Specifications

Body

• Body: Laminated Maple
• Body Back: Arched Laminated Maple
• Body Binding: Aged White with B/AW/B Purfling
• Body Finish: Gloss
• Body Material: Laminated Maple
• Body Shape: Center Block Jr.
• Body Style: Gretsch® Center Block Guitars
• Body Top: Arched Laminated Maple
• Bracing: Center Block
• Sound Hole: F-Holes, Bound
• Waist: 8.625" (219.08 mm)

Neck

• Fingerboard Material: Laurel
• Fingerboard Radius: 12" (305 mm)
• Neck Construction: Set-Neck
• Neck Finish: Gloss
• Neck Material: Maple
• Neck Shape: Thin “U”
• Number of Frets: 22
• Nut Material: Graph Tech® NuBone®
• Nut Width: 1.685" (42.8 mm)
• Position Inlays: Pearloid Neo-Classic™ Thumbnail
• String Nut: Graph Tech® NuBone®

Hardware

• Bridge: Anchored Adjusto-Matic™
• Bridge Cover/Tailpiece: Bigsby®-Licensed B70 Vibrato
• Bridge Mounting: Anchored
• Control Knobs: G-Arrow
• Hardware Finish: Nickel
• Pickguard: Silver Plexi w/ Black Gretsch® & Electromatic® Logos
• Strap Buttons: Gretsch® Knurled Strap Retainer Knobs
• Strings: Nickel Plated Steel (.010-.046 Gauges)
• Tuning Machines: Die-Cast

Electronics

• Bridge Pickup: Black Top Broad’Tron™
• Controls: Volume 1. (Neck Pickup), Volume 2. (Bridge Pickup), Master Volume, Master Tone
• Neck Pickup: Black Top Broad'Tron™
• Pickup Configuration: Broad'Tron™ / Broad'Tron™
• Switching: 3-Position Toggle: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup