Description
Here’s what Gretsch say:
Alive and loud, Electromatic® Center Block guitars are designed for that pure and powerful Gretsch sound at high volume. The G5622 Electromatic® Center Block Double-Cut with V-Stoptail features a double-cutaway maple body with chambered spruce center block for dynamic resonance, high gain power and lightweight comfort.
Dual Black Top Broad’Tron™ humbucking pickups deliver chiming highs with dynamic and articulate tone for enhanced sonic punch. Flexibly harness its sonic power with a versatile control layout consisting of a master volume control with treble bleed circuit, master tone, individual pickup volume controls and three-position pickup toggle switch.
The G5622’s other features include an anchored Adjusto-Matic™ bridge, Graph Tech® NuBone® nut and G-arrow knobs.
Painstakingly crafted with essential Gretsch sound, style and playability, the G5622 is offered in three stunning finishes: Aged Walnut, Black Gold or Bristol Fog with nickel hardware and aged white body binding with multi-ply purfling. The Aged Walnut and Black Gold finishes feature a gold pickguard, while Bristol Fog comes with a black pickguard.
Specifications
Neck
- 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
- Body: Laminated Maple
- Body Finish: Gloss
- Body Shape: Center Block
- Body Top: Arched Laminated Maple
- Body Binding: Aged White With B/W/B Purfling
- Body Back: Arched Laminated Maple
- Body Style: Gretsch® Center Block Guitars
- Body Material: Laminated Maple
- Bracing: Center Block
- Sound Hole: F-Holes, Bound
Hardware & Electronics
- Bridge: Adjusto-Matic™
- Bridge Cover/Tailpiece: Gretsch® V-Stoptail
- Bridge Mounting: Anchored
- Pickup Covers: Nickel
- Control Knobs: G-Arrow
- Switch Tip: Nickel
- Hardware Finish: Nickel
- Tuning Machines: Die-Cast Sealed
- 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








