Description

Get classic ‘50s & ‘60s -inspired Gretsch sound and style with the all-new Electromatic® Classic Hollow Body guitars. Crafted with essential Gretsch hollow-body sound, style and playability, these no-nonsense guitars are your next-step Gretsch.

Like a ’60s invasion, the G5422G-12 Electromatic® Classic Hollow Body Double-Cut 12-String with Gold Hardware serves up full hollow-body build and the true Filter’Tron™ voice for that classically lush 12-string chime and jangle. 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.

The G5422G-12 features a laminated maple body with vintage-inspired perimeters and refined arches, as well as all-new trestle block bracing to help reduce unwanted feedback. By increasing rigidity and contact between the top and back of the body, the new trestle block design also results in the sound having a faster attack with more focus, snap, and increased sustain. Coupled with all-new FT-5E Filter’Tron™ pickups, this hollow build’s voice explodes with huge full-bodied punch, classic chime and enhanced presence, clarity and note definition.

An all-new Classic “C”-shaped maple neck offers a more comfortable playing feel for improved playability and performance, and is topped with a 12”-radius laurel fingerboard.

Other premium features include versatile upgraded controls including master volume with treble bleed circuit, master tone, individual pickup volume controls and three-position tone switch, oversized bound F-holes, multi-ply body binding, smaller late-’50s G6120 bound headstock, sealed die-cast tuning machines, Graph Tech® NuBone® nut, historic pearloid Hump Block inlays, secured Adjusto-Matic™ bridge and a Gretsch G-cutout tailpiece.

Alive and loud, the G5422G-12 is available in Single Barrel Burst or Walnut Stain finishes with gold hardware and gold pickguard.

Product Specs

General
Color Single Barrel Burst
Country Of Origin CN
Orientation Right-Hand
Series Electromatic®

Neck
Fingerboard Material Laurel
Fingerboard Radius 12″ (305 mm)
Headstock Binding White
Neck Construction Set-Neck
Neck Finish Gloss
Neck Material Maple
Neck Shape Classic “C”
Number of Frets 22
Nut Material Graph Tech® NuBone®
Nut Width 1.77″ (45 mm)
Position Inlays Pearloid Hump Block
Side Dots Black
String Nut Graph Tech® NuBone®

Body
Body Laminated Maple
Body Back Arched Laminated Maple
Body Binding White with B/W/B Purfling
Body Finish Gloss
Body Material Laminated Maple
Body Shape Electromatic® Hollow Body
Body Style Gretsch® Hollow Body Guitars
Body Top Arched Laminated Maple
Bracing Trestle Block
Cutaway Double Cutaway
Sound Hole F-Holes, Bound
Waist 9.75″ (248 mm)

Hardware
Bridge Adjusto-Matic™ with Secured Laurel Base
Bridge Cover/Tailpiece Gretsch® G-Cutout Tailpiece
Bridge Mounting Secured
Control Knobs G-Arrow
Hardware Finish Gold
Pickguard Gold Plexi with Black Gretsch® and Electromatic® Logos
Pickup Covers Gold
Strap Buttons Gretsch® Knurled Strap Retainer Knobs
Strings Nickel Plated Steel (.011-.049 Gauges)
Tuning Machines Die-Cast Sealed

Electronics
Bridge Pickup FT-5E Filter’Tron™
Controls Volume 1. (Neck Pickup), Volume 2. (Bridge Pickup), Master Volume with Treble Bleed, Master Tone
Neck Pickup FT-5E Filter’Tron™
Pickup Configuration Filter’Tron™ / Filter’Tron™
Switching3-Position Toggle: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge And Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup