Description
No nonsense, Electromatic® Jet™ FT models are the perfect real, pure and powerful Gretsch® instruments. They’re your next-step Gretsch – bold, dynamic and articulate, and crafted with essential Gretsch sound, style and playability.
Since 1953 the Gretsch Jet has been the hallmark sound for iconic players. The G5230T Electromatic Sparkle Jet™ FT captures that essential Jet power and fidelity at an incredible price.
Key Features
- Chambered mahogany body with maple top for a strong sonic profile and exceptional acoustic balance
- Lower set mahogany neck for effortless access and performance
- 12″-radius laurel fingerboard with Neo-Classic™ thumbnail inlays and 22 medium jumbo frets
- FT-5E Filter’Tron™ humbucking pickups
- Master volume with treble bleed circuit, master tone and individual pickup volume controls
- Bigsby® B50 vibrato tailpiece
- Anchored Adjusto-Matic™ bridge
- Silver plexi pickguard
- Chrome hardware
- Available in Gold Sparkle or Silver Sparkle
Specifications
- Body Depth: 1.85″ (47 mm)
- Body Finish: Gloss
- Body Material: Mahogany
- Body Shape: Jet™
- Body Style: Gretsch® Solid Body Guitars
- Bracing: Chambered
- Bridge Cover/Tailpiece: Bigsby® B50
- Bridge Mounting: Anchored
- Bridge Pickup: FT-5E Filter’Tron™
- Bridge: Adjusto-Matic™
- Case/Gig Bag: Optional G6238FT Gretsch® Flat Top Solid Body Hardshell (p/n 099-6474-000); Optional G2164 Gretsch® Solid Body Gig Bag (p/n 099-6460-000)
- Color: Gold Sparkle
- Configuration: Filter’Tron™ / Filter’Tron™
- Control Knobs: G-Arrow
- Controls: Volume 1. (Neck Pickup), Volume 2. (Bridge Pickup), Master Volume, Master Tone
- Fingerboard Material: Laurel
- Fingerboard Radius: 12″ (305 mm)
- Fret Size: Medium Jumbo
- Hardware Finish: Chrome
- Neck Finish: Gloss
- Neck Material: Mahogany
- Neck Pickup: FT-5E Filter’Tron™
- Neck Shape: Thin “U”
- Number of Frets: 22
- Nut Material: Synthetic Bone
- Nut Width: 1.6875″ (42.86 mm)
- Orientation: Right-Hand
- Pickguard: Silver Plexi with Silver Gretsch® Logo
- Position Inlays: Pearloid Neo-Classic™ Thumbnail
- Strings: Nickel Plated Steel (.010-.046 Gauges)
- Switching: 3-Position Toggle: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup
- Tuning Machines: Die-Cast Sealed




















