Gretsch's time-honoured "Broadkaster" name now adorns the flagship guitars of its center block line-up, crafted for full-spectrum sound at high volume with powerful new pickups and a chambered spruce center block that enhances body resonance for more organic tone and comfortably lighter weight.
For big sound in a small package, the G6659TG Players Edition Broadkaster Jr. Center Block with Bigsby and Gold Hardware features a slightly smaller single-cutaway body for greater comfort, tonal focus and feedback resistance, all with a matching headstock and gleaming gold hardware. Two new U.S.-made Full'Tron pickups deliver full-spectrum sonic range with a growl unlike any other pickup, in addition to classic Gretsch chime, balance and brilliance with a dash of extra-mid concentration for powering through overdriven and distorted passages at full volume.
Premium features include:
- Smaller 14" maple body with lightweight chambered spruce center block
- All-new U.S.-made Full'Tron pickups
- Gold hardware
- Lower neck set for greater playing comfort
- Studded Adjusto-Matic bridge for pinpoint intonation
- Treble bleed circuit, "no-load" tone control, "Squeezebox" PIO capacitors
- Bigsby B7GP String-Thru vibrato tailpiece
- Locking tuners
Specifications
- Series: Gretsch Professional Collection
- Body Material: Laminated Maple
- Body Finish: Gloss
- Upper Bout: 10.4375" (265mm)
- Lower Bout: 14" (356mm)
- Waist: 8.75" (222mm)
- Neck: Maple, Standard "U"
- Neck Finish: Gloss
- Fingerboard: Ebony, 12" (305mm) Radius
- Frets: 22, Medium Jumbo
- Position Inlays: Aged Pearloid Thumbnails
- Nut (Material/Width): Graph Tech TUSQ XL, 1.6875" (43mm)
- Tuning Machines: Gotoh Locking
- Scale Length: 24.6" (625mm)
- Bridge: Anchored Adjusto-Matic
- Tailpiece: Bigsby B7GP String-Thru
- Pickguard: Tortoise with Gold Gretsch Logo
- Pickups: Full'Tron (Bridge and Neck)
- Pickup Switching: 3-Position Toggle:
- Position 1. Bridge Pickup
- Position 2. Bridge And Neck Pickups
- Position 3. Neck Pickup
- Controls: Volume 1. Neck Pickup, Volume 2. Bridge Pickup, Master Volume, Master Tone
- Control Knobs: Arrow
- Hardware: Gold
- Strings: Nickel Plated Steel .010-.046
- Case/Gig Bag: Includes G6241JRXL Deluxe Hardshell Case
