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FACTOIDS AND TRIVIA

Gretsch attempted to recapture some its former acoustic archtop glory with the G400. The guitar is a mashup of pre- and post-war features, but uses a pressed rather than carved solid spruce top. The guitar plays well and has an adequate sound, but does not come close to the tone or volume of 1940s and 1950s carved-top archtops from Gibson, Epiphone or even Gretsch. The top on these models is prone to splitting at the tip of the catseye sound hole. Sure looks cool and is fun to play.  

GRETSCH G400 SYNCHROMATIC (December 2006)



 Body:  Hollow; solid 2-piece spruce top (pressed), laminated 2-piece flame maple back and sides; multi-bound top and back

 Finish:  Brown Sunburst, polyurethane

 Neck:  3-piece maple/rosewood/maple, set-in; multi-bound headstock overlay with pearloid logos

 Fingerboard:  Ebony, multi-bound; pearloid split "hump block" markers

 Number of Frets:  20

 Pickguard:  Multi-bound tortoloid

 Bridge:  Rosewood on Synchromatic stairstep rosewood base; Gretsch Chromatic tailpiece, gold

 Nut:  Synthetic bone

 Tuners:  Grover Imperial, sealed, gold

 Pickups:  None

 Controls:  None

 Scale Length:  25 1/2 inches

 Neck Width at Nut:  1 11/16 inches

 Body Width at Lower Bout:  17 inches

 Body Depth:  3 1/2 inches

 Weight:  n/a


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