expired Posted by iconian | Staff • May 30, 2025
May 30, 2025 11:56 PM
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Item 1 of 3
expired Posted by iconian | Staff • May 30, 2025
May 30, 2025 11:56 PM
Gretsch Electromatic Center Block Jr. Single-Cut Maple Electric Guitar (Mariana)
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It's a G5655TQM Junior guitar.
For an extra $50-$100 more, I'd wait for a sale on the G5420T.
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It's a G5655TQM Junior guitar.
For an extra $50-$100 more, I'd wait for a sale on the G5420T.
Maybe learn a little bit about guitars before commenting again?
Maybe learn a little bit about guitars before commenting again?
I noticed this has BT broadtron pickups - i have a couple Gretsches that have BT broadtrons (g5220) and also a regular broadtron (g2215-p90) and dont really prefer the sound of either. On the 2215 i replaced the broadtron with a bt filtertron and prefer it a lot more. My understanding is that broadtrons are on the cheaper-end of the Gretsch pickup spectrum as well, so would have thought a guitar like this would at least have filtetrons or higher on it? Unless there is some broadtron variant thats much nicer that I am unaware of…? I know they have the newer broadtrons that can do split coil but i dont think those are what is on this model…
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A junior is a smaller sized body, just as you said!
Maybe someone needs to know more before commenting.
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Gretsch pop up frequently because Adorama is a deep discount seller moving lots of the best sellers. They can cut prices this much because they don't actually hold much inventory of Gretsch's best sellers except maybe the returns that they sell as "open box".
Most of the Gretsch product Adorama sells new is drop shipped to you directly from Fender's warehouses, these included. Because Adorama doesn't pay to buy inventory or the storage costs of holding it, they can mark the best sellers way down and still make good money on them.
I have the Hudson Sky (blue) version of this, and a good friend bought the solid color Cerulean Smoke finished model from another front page deal. Both guitars are clearly better than any Epiphone either of us have, and are equal or better than some Gibsons.
One odd fact: the quilted maple on the back of mine is a little more deeply quilted than the front. The front is very nice, but the back of mine is even better.
And the Broad'Tron pickups sound fabulous across a wide range of genres. Tons of YouTube videos are out there. Playing the solo from Tom Petty's "You Got Lucky" on this is sublime.
I put a roller bridge on mine to enhance the tuning stability, but it wasn't required. Eventually I'll probably put locking tuners on, too, just because I like those.
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"Jet series" isn't some discounted line, it's how Gretsch names its solid body guitars. You can still buy made in Japan (model numbers start with "6") Jet guitar for $2-3k. "Electromatic" (model numbers start with "5", previously made in Korea, now - in China) and "Streamliner" (model numbers start with "2", made in Indonesia), are cheaper lines made to compete with the Epiphones and other cheaper guitars. That includes Electromatic Jet guitars.
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"Jet series" isn't some discounted line, it's how Gretsch names its solid body guitars. You can still buy made in Japan (model numbers start with "6") Jet guitar for $2-3k. "Electromatic" (model numbers start with "5", previously made in Korea, now - in China) and "Streamliner" (model numbers start with "2", made in Indonesia), are cheaper lines made to compete with the Epiphones and other cheaper guitars. That includes Electromatic Jet guitars.
And yes, Jet is their name to indicate solid body models, some of which are chambered but without sound holes. Nothing about what I wrote was intended to imply that the Jet guitars were a discount line. Quite the opposite. They are worthy competitors to LPs from Epiphone and often Gibson, too.
These Gretsch have been front page deals so often because they're absolutely fabulous guitars for the money. I think there is no better guitar on the market at this price, bar none.