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