Excellent condition featuring single cutaway mahogany body, arched laminated maple top with multiple bound edges and Silver Metallic gloss finish, two Gretsch mini-humbucking pickups with embossed covers, one volume control and one tone control with knurled metal barrel knobs with G and arrow engravings, three way pickup selector switch, G tailpiece, tune-o-matic style bridge with six individual adjustable steel saddles and two height adjusting thumb wheels, multi-ply black and pearloid plastic elevated pickguard with metal mounting bracket, set mahogany neck, bound rosewood fingerboard with neoclassical thumbnail inlays starting at the first fret, bone nut, bound Gretsch Jet peghead shape, black peghead face with silver Gretsch logo and white vertical Electromatic logo, three per side individual vintage style tuning machines with small oval steel tuning buttons, serial number and Made in China on the back of the peghead, single ply black plastic electronics control cover plate and switch cover plate, two metal strap buttons and nice Gretsch branded hard shell case with black Tolex covering and red plush interior. This guitar weighs 8lb 9oz.
This 2005 Gretsch Pro Jet G5238 is in excellent cosmetic condition showing very minimal play wear throughout (see photos). The neck profile is a very comfortable C shape that tapers larger a bit towards the 12th fret and has a 1 11/16” nut width. The frets are in excellent condition showing very minimal signs of use and have a lifetime of playing left in them. This Gretsch has been set up and plays outstanding up and down the fingerboard with low action and great intonation. The Gretsch mini-humbucking pickups sound good and are very well balanced together. The bridge pickup delivers a bright biting tone that is perfect for clean and overdrive sounds while the neck position has a rounder, warmer tone that still maintains clarity and sounds great for clean jazzy stuff and thicker overdriven leads. The electronic layout is quite nice and very simple to use with its basic one volume, one tone and three way toggle switch making this guitar a straight forward workhorse. These earlier models had the Gretsch G tailpiece instead of the V shaped stop tailpiece and, in my opinion, this version retains a little more of that classic vibe that Gretsch guitars are known and loved for. This instrument is housed in a very nice Gretsch branded hard shell case that fits it like a glove. If you are after an Electromatic Series Jet, then this one is probably the one. A gem of a guitar shipped out safely and promptly from our little shop here in Clarksville, Tennessee, to your front door.
