Gretsch G5655T-QM Electromatic® Center Block Jr. Single-Cut Quilted Maple with Bigsby®, Speyside
MODEL #: 2509876542
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
SPECS
GENERAL
- MODEL NUMBER 2509876542
- SERIES Electromatic®
- COLOR Speyside
- NUMBER OF STRINGS 6
- ORIENTATION Right-Hand
BODY
- BUILD Center Block
- CUTAWAY Single Cutaway
- BODY FINISH Gloss
- BODY SHAPE Center Block Jr.
- BODY MATERIAL Laminated Maple
- BRACING Center Block
- BODY BINDING Aged White with B/AW/B Purfling
- BODY BACK Arched Laminated Maple
- BODY TOP Arched Laminated Maple
- BODY DEPTH 1.75" (44.45 mm)
- MISCELLANEOUS
- STRINGS Nickel Plated Steel (.010-.046 Gauges)
- STRAP BUTTONS Gretsch® Knurled Strap Retainer Knobs
NECK
- NECK MATERIAL Maple
- NECK CONSTRUCTION Set-Neck
- NECK FINISH Gloss
- NECK SHAPE Thin "U"
- NECK BINDING Aged White
- SCALE LENGTH 24.6" (625 mm)
- FINGERBOARD RADIUS 12" (305 mm)
- FINGERBOARD MATERIAL Laurel
- NUMBER OF FRETS 22
- FRET SIZE Medium Jumbo
- NUT MATERIAL Graph Tech® NuBone™
- NUT WIDTH 1.6875" (42.86 mm)
- POSITION INLAYS Pearloid Neo-Classic™ Thumbnail
- SIDE DOTS Black
- HEADSTOCK BINDING Aged White
HARDWARE
- BRIDGE Anchored Adjusto-Matic™
- HARDWARE FINISH Nickel
- TAILPIECE Bigsby®-Licensed B70
- TUNING MACHINES Die-Cast
- PICKGUARD Gold Plexi with Black Gretsch® and Electromatic® Logos
- CONTROL KNOBS G-Arrow
- SWITCH TIP Nickel
ELECTRONICS
- BRIDGE PICKUP Black Top Broad’Tron™
- NECK PICKUP Black Top Broad'Tron™
- PICKUP COLOR Nickel
- 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 Broad'Tron™ / Broad'Tron™
