Gretsch - G5220 Electromatic® Jet™ BT Single-Cut with V-Stoptail - Bristol Fog
Sophisticated and sensible, Electromatic® Jet™ BT models are the perfect real, pure and powerful Gretsch® instruments. They're your next-step Gretsch—bold, dynamic and articulate, and crafted with essential Gretsch sound, style and playability.
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Set-neck construction for enhanced sustain and resonance. Warm, rich midrange that sits perfectly in recordings and live mixes. Humbucking pickups providing noise-free tone from crystal cleans to saturated overdrive. A proven platform that has defined rock, blues, and jazz tone for decades.
Try the neck pickup volume at 7 with the bridge at full, then switch to the middle position - you'll discover a clarity and shimmer that most humbucker players never explore.
The humbucker guitar has defined rock, blues, and jazz tone for generations. Thick warmth with endless sustain, a neck that fits your hand perfectly, and versatility from clean jazz to screaming rock. Once you play one set up right, nothing else compares.
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- Upgraded chambered mahogany body with maple top for a strong sonic profile and exceptional acoustic balance
- Lower set mahogany neck for effortless access and performance
- 12”-radius laurel fingerboard with 22 medium jumbo frets
- Dual Black Top Broad’Tron™ pickups
- Master volume with treble bleed circuit, master tone and individual pickup volume controls
- Gretsch V-Stoptail tailpiece
- Anchored Adjusto-Matic™ bridge
- Upgraded appointments include bound headstock, plain-face head cap, vintage-inspired purfling, Big Block inlays and closed back tuning keys
- Chrome hardware
| GENERAL | ||
| MODEL NUMBER | 2517110526 | |
| SERIES |
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| FAMILY | Jet™ | |
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Bristol Fog | |
| ORIENTATION | Right-Hand | |
| BODY | ||
| BUILD | Solid Body | |
| BODY FINISH | Gloss | |
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| BODY MATERIAL | Chambered Mahogany | |
| BRACING | Chambered | |
| BODY BINDING | White with B/W Purfling | |
| BODY BACK | Mahogany | |
| BODY TOP | Arched Laminated Maple | |
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| NECK | ||
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Mahogany | |
| NECK CONSTRUCTION | Set-Neck | |
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| NECK SHAPE | Thin "U" | |
| NECK BINDING | White | |
| SCALE LENGTH | 24.6" (625 mm) | |
| FINGERBOARD RADIUS | 12" (305 mm) | |
| FINGERBOARD MATERIAL | Laurel | |
| NUMBER OF FRETS | 22 | |
| FRET SIZE | Medium Jumbo | |
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Synthetic Bone | |
| NUT WIDTH | 1.6875" (42.86 mm) | |
| POSITION INLAYS | Pearloid Big Block | |
| SIDE DOTS | Black | |
| HEADSTOCK BINDING | White | |
| NECK PLATE | None | |
| MISCELLANEOUS | ||
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Nickel Plated Steel (.010-.046 Gauges) | |
| STRAP BUTTONS | Gretsch® Knurled Strap Retainer Knobs | |
| HARDWARE | ||
| BRIDGE | Anchored Adjusto-Matic™ | |
| HARDWARE FINISH | Chrome | |
| TAILPIECE | Gretsch® V-Stoptail | |
| TUNING MACHINES | Die-Cast | |
| PICKGUARD | Black Plexi w/ Silver Gretsch® & Electromatic® Logos | |
| CONTROL KNOBS | G-Arrow | |
| ELECTRONICS | ||
| BRIDGE PICKUP | Black Top Broad’Tron™ | |
| MIDDLE PICKUP | N/A | |
| NECK PICKUP | Black Top Broad'Tron™ | |
| PICKUP COLOR | Chrome | |
| CONTROLS | Volume 1. (Neck Pickup), Volume 2. (Bridge Pickup), Master Volume with Treble Bleed, Master Tone | |
| PICKUP SWITCHING | 3-Position Toggle: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge And Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup | |
| SPECIAL ELECTRONICS | N/A | |
| PICKUP CONFIGURATION | Broad'Tron™ / Broad'Tron™ |
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