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.
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 honor itself—play proud.
Product Specs
- SERIES : Electromatic®
- ORIENTATION : Right-Hand
- COLOR : Mariana
- COUNTRY OF ORIGIN : CN
- HEADSTOCK BINDING : Aged White
- NECK MATERIAL : Maple
- NECK FINISH : Gloss
- NECK SHAPE : Thin "U"
- NECK CONSTRUCTION : Set-Neck
- FINGERBOARD RADIUS : 12" (305 mm)
- FINGERBOARD MATERIAL : Laurel
- POSITION INLAYS : Pearloid Neo-Classic™ Thumbnail
- SIDE DOTS : Black
- NUMBER OF FRETS : 22
- STRING NUT : Graph Tech® NuBone™
- NUT WIDTH : 1.6875" (42.86 mm)
- NUT MATERIAL : Graph Tech® NuBone™
- BODY : Laminated Maple
- BODY FINISH : Gloss
- BODY SHAPE : Center Block Jr.
- BODY TOP : Arched Laminated Maple
- BODY BINDING : Aged White with B/AW/B Purfling
- BODY BACK : Arched Laminated Maple
- BODY STYLE : Gretsch® Center Block Guitars
- BODY MATERIAL : Laminated Maple
- CUTAWAY : Single Cutaway
- BRACING : Center Block
- WAIST : 8.625" (219.08 mm)
- SOUND HOLE : F-Holes, Bound
- BRIDGE : Anchored Adjusto-Matic™
- BRIDGE COVER/TAILPIECE : Bigsby®-Licensed B70
- BRIDGE MOUNTING : Anchored
- PICKGUARD : Gold Plexi with Black Gretsch® and Electromatic® Logos
- PICKUP COVERS : Nickel
- CONTROL KNOBS : G-Arrow
- SWITCH TIP : Nickel
- HARDWARE FINISH : Nickel
- TUNING MACHINES : Die-Cast
- STRINGS : Nickel Plated Steel (.010-.046 Gauges)
- STRAP BUTTONS : Gretsch® Knurled Strap Retainer Knobs
- BRIDGE PICKUP : Black Top Broad’Tron™
- NECK PICKUP : Black Top Broad'Tron™
- PICKUP CONFIGURATION : Broad'Tron™ / Broad'Tron™
- CONTROLS : Volume 1. (Neck Pickup), Volume 2. (Bridge Pickup), Master Volume, Master Tone
- SWITCHING : 3-Position Toggle: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge And Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup
- UPPER BOUT : 10.5" (267 mm)
- LOWER BOUT : 13.5" (343 mm)
- BODY DEPTH : 1.75" (44.45 mm)
- FRET SIZE : Medium Jumbo
- SCALE LENGTH : 24.6" (625 mm)
