No nonsense, Electromatic hollow body guitars 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.
Profoundly stylish, the G5422TG offers full hollow-body build and true Filter’Tron™ voice in the opulent Gretsch white-and-gold aesthetic. 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. It’s the sound of honor itself—play proud.
Premium features include:
- Dual “Black Top” Filter’tron™ humbucking pickups
- Gold hardware
- Versatile upgraded controls including master volume treble-bleed circuit
- Oversized bound F holes and aged multi-ply body binding
- Smaller late-’50s G6120 bound headstock
- Graph Tech® NuBone™ nut
- Pearloid “Hump-Block” fingerboard inlays
- Gold Bigsby® B60 vibrato tailpiece
General
| Model Name: | G5422TG Electromatic® Hollow Body Double-Cut with Bigsby® and Gold Hardware, Snowcrest White |
| Model Number: | 2506014567 |
| Series: | Electromatic® Collection |
| MSRP: | $1349.00 |
| Color: | Snow Crest White |
Body
| Body Shape: | Electromatic® Hollow Body |
| Bracing: | Parallel Tone Bars, Sound Post |
| Body Material: | 5-Ply Maple |
| Body Finish: | Gloss |
Neck
| Neck Material: | Maple |
| Neck Shape: | “U” Shape |
| Scale Length: | 24.6″ (625 mm) |
| Fingerboard Radius: | 12″ (305 mm) |
| Number of Frets: | 22 |
| Fret Size: | Medium Jumbo |
| String Nut: | Graph Tech® NuBone™ |
| Nut Width: | 1.6875″ (43mm) |
| Neck Plate: | NA |
| Neck Finish: | Gloss |
| Fingerboard: | Rosewood |
| Position Inlays: | Pearloid Hump-Blocks |
Electronics
| Bridge Pickup: | Blacktop™ Filter’Tron™ |
| Neck Pickup: | Black Top Filter’Tron™ |
| Controls: | Volume 1. (Neck Pickup), Volume 2. (Bridge Pickup), Master Volume, Master Tone |
| Pickup Switching: | 3-Position Toggle: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge And Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup |
| Pickup Configuration: | Filter’Tron™ / Filter’Tron™ |
Hardware
| Bridge: | Adjusto-Matic™, Secured Rosewood Base |
| Tuning Machines: | Vintage-Style Open-Back |
| Orientation: | Right-Hand |
| Pickguard: | Gold Plexi with Black Gretsch Logo |
| Control Knobs: | G-Arrow |
Miscellaneous
| Strings: | Nickel Plated Steel .010-.046 |
