Live and loud, Electromatic® Center Block Jr. guitars are designed for that pure and powerful Gretsch® sound at high volume. 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.
The G5655TG Electromatic® Center Block Jr. Single-Cut with Bigsby® and Gold Hardware features a smaller-sized body with a chambered spruce center block for dynamic resonance, high gain power and lightweight comfort.
Offering excellent playability, the 12”-radius laurel fingerboard hosts 22 medium jumbo frets and NeoClassic™ thumbnail inlays. Its dual Black Top Broad’Tron™ humbucking pickups deliver bold, dynamic and articulate tone with enhanced sonic punch.
This guitar boasts stage-stealing style with five stunning finishes—Aspen Green, Azure Metallic, Black Gold, Cadillac Green and Orange Stain—and gleaming gold pickguards and hardware, including the Bigsby® B70 vibrato tailpiece, anchored Adjusto-Matic™ bridge and G-arrow knobs.
- Slightly smaller 14” single-cutaway maple body with a chambered spruce center block
- Lower set maple neck for effortless access and performance
- 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 controls
- Bigsby® B70 vibrato tailpiece
- Anchored Adjusto-Matic™ bridge
- Graph Tech® NuBone® nut
- Gold hardware
Body Back
Laminated Maple
Body Binding
Aged White with B/AW/B Purfling
Body Shape
Electromatic® Center Block
Body Top
Arched Laminated Maple
Bridge
Anchored Adjusto-Matic™
Bridge Cover/Tailpiece
Bigsby® B70
Bridge Pickup
Black Top Broad’Tron™
Commodity Code
9207901000
Controls
Volume 1. (Neck Pickup), Volume 2. (Bridge Pickup), Master Volume, Master Tone
Dimensions
5.50x19.50x47.00 IN
Fingerboard Radius
12" (305 mm)
Lower Bout
13.5" (343 mm)
Model Name
G5655TG Electromatic® Center Block Jr. Single-Cut with Bigsby® and Gold Hardware, Laurel Fingerboard, Azure Metallic
Neck Construction
Set-Neck
Neck Pickup
Black Top Broad'Tron™
Nut Material
Graph Tech® NuBone®
Nut Width
1.6875" (42.86 mm)
Pickguard
Gold Plexi with Black Gretsch® and Electromatic® Logos
Pickup Switching
3-Position Toggle: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge And Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup
Position Inlays
Pearloid Neo-Classic™ Thumbnail
Refinement Neck Material
Maple
Refinement Neck Shape
U Shape
Scale Length
24.6" (625 mm)
Series
Electromatic® Collection
String Nut
Graph Tech® NuBone®
Strings
Nickel Plated Steel (.010-.046 Gauges)
Upper Bout
10.5" (267 mm)