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.
- 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
Specifications:
- Body: Laminated Maple
- Body Finish: Gloss
- Body Top: Arched Laminated Maple
- Body Binding: Aged White with B/AW/B Purfling
- Body Shape: Center Block Jr.
- Body Back: Arched Laminated Maple
- Control Knobs: G-Arrow
- Fingerboard: Laurel
- Hardware Finish: Nickel
- Pickguard: Gold Plexi with Black Gretsch® and Electromatic® Logos
- Position Inlays: Pearloid Neo-Classic™ Thumbnail
- Neck Finish: Gloss
- Neck Construction: Set-Neck
- Neck Pickup: Black Top Broad'Tron™
- Side Dots: Black
- Headstock Binding: Aged White
- Waist: 8.625" (219.08 mm)
- Bridge Cover/Tailpiece: Bigsby®-Licensed B70
- Orientation: Right-Hand
- Configuration: Broad'Tron™ / Broad'Tron™
- Bracing: Center Block
- Upper Bout: 10.5" (267 mm)
- Lower Bout: 13.5" (343 mm)
- String Nut: Graph Tech® NuBone™
- Bridge Pickup: Black Top Broad’Tron™
- Pickup Switching: 3-Position Toggle: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge And Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup
- Pickup Configuration: Broad'Tron™ / Broad'Tron™
- Bridge: Anchored Adjusto-Matic™
- Tuning Machines: Die-Cast
- Strings: Nickel Plated Steel (.010-.046 Gauges)
- Case/Gig Bag: Optional: Gig Bag 0996460000 / Hardshell Case 0996412000
- Fingerboard Radius: 12" (305 mm)
- Refinement Fingerboard Radius: Modern
- Fret Size: Medium Jumbo
- Neck Material: Maple
- Refinement Neck Material: Maple
- Neck Shape: Thin "U"
- Refinement Neck Shape: U Shape
- Number of Frets: 22
- Nut Material: Graph Tech® NuBone™
- Nut Width: 1.6875" (42.86 mm)
- Scale Length: 24.6" (625 mm)
- Controls: Volume 1. (Neck Pickup), Volume 2. (Bridge Pickup), Master Volume, Master Tone
