Electromatic Hollowbody is a single-cut guitar with vintage styling and vintage tone. Gretsch catalog is based on models such as this one, fully hollow guitars which replicate the styling and tone of early rock and roll music. What separates them from the competition is the unique ratio of quality and price policy. While being mostly above the average and budget-friendly zone, Gretsch models are attainable for a vast majority of 1950s music fans. This particular Electromatic offers a fully hollow single-cut body made of maple. Five different color options are featured in the color palette. This archtop six-stringer is equipped with a classic three-piece bridge unit with Bigsby vibrato. Dynasonic single coils are installed in the front. Set in maple neck is topped with a 22-fret rosewood fingerboard.

Electromatic Hollowbody Full Specs

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Body Shape L5S
Body Type Hollowbody
Body Wood Laminated Maple
Bridge Bigsby
Bridge Vibrato
Bridge Pickup Type Single Coil
Neck Pickup Type Single Coil
Controls Tone
Controls Volume
Fingerboard Material Rosewood
Fret Size Jumbo
Fingerboard Inlays Thumbnail
Hardware Chrome
Neck Joint Set neck
Scale Length 24-1/2"
Neck Wood Maple
Pickup Switch Type 3-way Pickup Selector
Nut Width 1.6875" (1-11/16")
Finish Gloss
Finish Urethane
Number of Frets 22
Number of Pickups 2
Number of Strings 6
Pickguard Yes
Tuners Vintage Style
Neck Shape C-shaped neck
Custom Features: Parallel tone-bars with sound post. Double bound body Clear/black plexi pickguard. Knurled strap retainer knobs.
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Body Shape
L5S
L5S
Body Type
Hollowbody
Solid Body
Body Wood
Laminated Maple
Mahogany
Bridge
Bigsby/Vibrato
Tune-O-Matic
Bridge Pickup Type
Single Coil
Minibucker
Neck Pickup Type
Single Coil
Minibucker
Controls
Tone/Volume
Volume
Fingerboard Material
Rosewood
Rosewood
Fret Size
Jumbo
Medium Jumbo
Fingerboard Inlays
Thumbnail
Thumbnail
Hardware
Chrome
Chrome
Neck Joint
Set neck
Set neck
Scale Length
24-1/2"
24-5/8"
Neck Wood
Maple
Mahogany
Pickup Switch Type
3-way Pickup Selector
3-way Pickup Selector
Nut Width
1.6875" (1-11/16")
1.6875" (1-11/16")
Finish
Gloss/Urethane
Urethane
Number of Frets
22
22
Number of Pickups
2
2
Number of Strings
6
6
Pickguard
Yes
No
Tuners
Vintage Style
Vintage Style
Neck Shape
C-shaped neck
Series Standard
1 User Review

DGoo69 on 2012-06-21 09:53:51

These are great guitars for the money due to the Dyna-sonic pickups. I have a discontinued 5217 (baby Blue) the build is great, with good semi acoustic sounds but the pickups are great for that great Gretsch twang! Rockabilly heaven. Later models came with mini humbuckers and are not quite the same. I bought mine second hand and when I changed the strings the nut came off, which does show where cuts in build quality are. It came with a replacement bridge to help with tuning stability to help with the Bigsby. Great if you can hunt one of these babies down!

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