Get classic ‘50s & ‘60s -inspired Gretsch sound and style with the all-new Electromatic® Classic Hollow Body guitars. Crafted with essential Gretsch hollow-body sound, style and playability, these no-nonsense guitars are your next-step Gretsch.

Like a ’60s invasion, the G5422G-12 Electromatic® Classic Hollow Body Double-Cut 12-String with Gold Hardware serves up full hollow-body build and the true Filter’Tron™ voice for that classically lush 12-string chime and jangle. 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.

The G5422G-12 features a laminated maple body with vintage-inspired perimeters and refined arches, as well as all-new trestle block bracing to help reduce unwanted feedback. By increasing rigidity and contact between the top and back of the body, the new trestle block design also results in the sound having a faster attack with more focus, snap, and increased sustain. Coupled with all-new FT-5E Filter’Tron™ pickups, this hollow build’s voice explodes with huge full-bodied punch, classic chime and enhanced presence, clarity and note definition.

An all-new Classic “C”-shaped maple neck offers a more comfortable playing feel for improved playability and performance, and is topped with a 12”-radius laurel fingerboard.

Other premium features include versatile upgraded controls including master volume with treble bleed circuit, master tone, individual pickup volume controls and three-position tone switch, oversized bound F-holes, multi-ply body binding, smaller late-'50s G6120 bound headstock, sealed die-cast tuning machines, Graph Tech® NuBone® nut, historic pearloid Hump Block inlays, secured Adjusto-Matic™ bridge and a Gretsch G-cutout tailpiece.

Alive and loud, the G5422G-12 is available in Single Barrel Burst or Walnut Stain finishes with gold hardware and gold pickguard.

It’s the sound of honor itself—play proud.

SPECIFICATIONS
  • Fingerboard Material: Laurel
  • Fingerboard Radius: 12" (305 mm)
  • Headstock Binding: White
  • Neck Construction: Set-Neck
  • Neck Finish: Gloss
  • Neck Shape: Classic "C"
  • Number of Frets: 22
  • Nut Material: Graph Tech® NuBone®
  • Nut Width: 1.77" (45 mm)
  • Position Inlays: Pearloid Hump Block
  • Side Dots: Black
  • String Nut: Graph Tech® NuBone®
  • Body: Laminated Maple
  • Body Back: Arched Laminated Maple
  • Body Binding: White with B/W/B Purfling
  • Body Finish: Gloss
  • Body Material: Laminated Maple
  • Body Shape: Electromatic® Hollow Body Guitars
  • Body Top: Arched Laminated Maple
  • Bracing: Trestle Block
  • Cutaway: Double Cutaway
  • Sound Holes: F-Holes, Bound
  • Waist: 9.75" (248 mm)
  • Bridge: Adjusto-Matic™ with Secured Laurel Base
  • Bride Cover/Tailpiece: Gretsch® Cutout Tailpiece
  • Bridge Mounting: Secured
  • Control Knobs: G-Arrow
  • Hardware Finish: Gold
  • Pickguard: Gold Plexi with Black Gretsch® and Electromatic® Logos
  • Pickup Covers: Gold
  • Strap Buttons: Gretsch® Knurled Strap Retainer Knobs
  • Strings: Nickel Plated Steel (.011-.049 Gauges)
  • Tuning Machines: Die-Cast Sealed
  • Bridge Pickup: FT-5E Filter'Tron™

ConditionBrand New (New)
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Brand
Model
  • G5422G-12 Electromatic Classic
Finish
  • Walnut Stain
Categories
Fretboard Radius
  • 12"
Color Family
  • Brown
Body Material
  • Maple
Neck Construction
  • Set-Neck
Body Type
  • Hollow Body
Body Shape
  • Double Cutaway
Number of Strings
  • 12-String
Model Family
  • Gretsch Hollow Body Double Cutaway
Right / Left Handed
  • Right Handed
Neck Material
  • Maple
Offset Body
  • No
Wood Top Style
  • Plain
Finish Style
  • Gloss
Series
  • Gretsch Electromatic Classic
Pickup Configuration
  • HH
Fretboard Material
  • Laurel
Bridge/Tailpiece Type
  • Tremolo Tailpiece
Number of Frets
  • 22

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