Butch Gardner
From: Three Way, Tennessee, USA
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Posted 12 Dec 2024 3:35 am
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Need another element to your blues or country band or just simply something different to learn?
The Gretsch G5715 Electromatic Lapsteel is an affordable piece of kit and a great introduction to the amazing world of lapsteel playing. Master vibrato, mute, slide or picking on this awesome versatile instrument. Using a multiple of tunings this instrument will really add dimension to your songs.
You can play the Gretsch G5715 Electromatic Lapsteel through your electric guitar amp and use your FX pedals alongside, to create some crazy and other worldy sonic soundscapes or simply learn a blues slide in a completely different way.
Sparkle Finish, Sparkle Sound
Finished in Black sparkle, with chrome plated hardware and an Art Deco control plate in durable plastic emphasies the classic vintage look of this great instrument. The circle, triangle, square and diamond position markers are there to help you navigate your way around the 28 fret, 22.5" scale length fretboard.
A Mahogany solid body and a string through body design creates a fluid, atomspheric sustain, mixed with a light warm tone, which not only lends itself to traditional Hawaiian music but also to blues and country styles too, offering up a whole universe of creative playing.
Body & Bridge
Model Name: G5715 Electromatic Lap Steel, Black Sparkle
Model Number: 2515902518
Series: Gretsch Electromatic Collection
Colour: Black Sparkle
Body Shape: Lap Steel
Body Material: Mahogany
Body Finish: Gloss Urethane
Body Back: Mahogany
Body Top: Mahogany
Bridge: Chrome-Plated Cast Zinc
Neck & Fingerboard
Neck Material: NA
Scale Length: 22.5" (572 mm)
Number of Frets: 28
String Nut: Chrome-Plated Cast Zinc
Nut Width: 1.875" (47.6 mm)
Neck Plate: NA
Neck Finish: Plastic
Fingerboard: Plastic
Position Inlays: Circle, Triangle, Square and Diamond
Electronics & Hardware
Bridge Pickup: Single-Coil
Controls: Master Volume, Master Tone
Pickup Switching: None
Pickup Configuration: Single Pickup
Tuning Machines: Standard Open-Gear
Orientation: Right-Hand
Pickguard: None
Control Knobs: G-Arrow
Condition: Very Good with light to moderate signs of use. Supplied as-is.
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