Gretsch Electromatic

The Gretsch Electromatic Collection stands for first-class, versatile and stage-suitable instruments without breaking the guitarist's budget. Based on one of Gretsch's first electric guitars, all instruments in the series are unmistakably designed in the brand's well-known Vintage style. In addition, the specifications have been supplemented with modern features that have significantly improved the feel and sound .

You can find more information about the models and the history of the Gretsch Electromatic Collection in our overview.

Electromatic: body construction

The current Electromatic Collection offers a variety of construction and body shapes, from solid, hollowbody and semi-hollow models, which Gretsch calls centerblock models, to basses and lapsteel guitars. Electric guitars are available in single cut, double cut and Jr versions. All instruments can be identified by the model name, which begins with “G5”.

Electromatic: Tonewoods

Mahogany and maple are used as tonewoods, solid body and semi-hollow models have a so-called chambering, in which the weight is reduced by hollowed out chambers in the body and center block. This design is usually used in high-priced instruments. The comfortable, flat 12-inch-radius laurel fingerboards sit atop slim mahogany or maple necks and are decorated with mother-of-pearl inlays.

Electromatic: pickup

The pickup in the Electromatic Collection are of our own manufacture: The Gretsch Black Top Broad'Tron humbuckers produce a wide, balanced and transparent tone that ranges from a fat, aggressive overdrive to a pristine clean tone, with an exceptional tonal balance. Gretsch P-90E single coils are also used on some instruments with slightly less output but more sound definition.

Electromatic: Electronics and Parts

The controls layout consists of a master volume controls with treble bleed circuit, a master tone controls, two separate pickup volume controls and a 3-way pickup toggle switch. Other distinctive features include Adjusto-Matic bridges, the well-known G-Arrow controls and Graph Tech NuBone saddles. Models with a “T” in the name also have a licensed Bigsby vibrato, which gives the sound a special shimmer.