Live and loud, Electromatic® Centre Block Jr. guitars are designed for that pure and powerful Gretsch® sound at high volume.

The G5655TQM Electromatic Centre Block Jr. Single-Cut with Bigsby® features a smaller-sized body with stunning quilted maple top, back, and sides and a chambered spruce centre 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 BroadTron 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 instruments 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. Its the sound of honour itself - play proud.

• Slightly smaller 14 single-cutaway quilted maple body with chambered spruce centre block
• 12-radius laurel fingerboard with 22 medium jumbo frets and pearloid Neo-Classic thumbnail inlays
• Dual Black Top BroadTron 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

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

Hardware

BRIDGE

Anchored Adjusto-Matic

BRIDGE COVER/TAILPIECE

Bigsby®-Licenced B70

BRIDGE MOUNTING

Anchored

PICKGUARD

Gold Plexi with Black Gretsch® and Electromatic® Logos

PICKUP COVERS

Nickel

CONTROL KNOBS

G-Arrow

SWITCH TIP

Nickel

HARDWARE FINISH

Nickel

TUNING MACHINES

Die-Cast

STRINGS

Nickel Plated Steel (.010-.046 Gauges)

STRAP BUTTONS

Gretsch® Knurled Strap Retainer Knobs

Body

BODY

Laminated Maple

BODY FINISH

Gloss

BODY SHAPE

Centre Block Jr.

BODY TOP

Arched Laminated Maple

BODY BINDING

Aged White with B/AW/B Purfling

BODY BACK

Arched Laminated Maple

BODY STYLE

Gretsch® Centre Block Guitars

BODY MATERIAL

Laminated Maple

CUTAWAY

Single Cutaway

BRACING

Centre Block

WAIST

8.625" (219.08 mm)

SOUND HOLE

F-Holes, Bound

Electronics

BRIDGE PICKUP

Black Top BroadTron

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

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN

CHINA