The instrument's more compact body with a double-cut design is constructed of plywood maple and a solid spruce center block that reinforces the guitar's soundboard while eliminating (in the vast majority of cases) unwanted feedback effects. Glued to the nato neck with a Thin "U" profile is a fig wood fingerboard fitted with twenty-two Medium Jumbo frets. Positioning blocks made of imitation mother-of-pearl facilitate orientation on its surface.
The secret to the Streamliner Series sound is the Broad'Tron BT-2S high output humbuckers specifically designed for this line of instruments. They give the guitars a balanced sound with robust bass, clean highs and punchy mids. Adjustments include two volume potentiometers (for each pickup separately), a tone shutter, a master volume control and a three-position pickup switch.
Precise tuning is guaranteed by the attachment of the strings via the zero fret of artificial bone in the company's Die-Cast tuning machines, on the other side in the V-Stoptail and the Adjusto-Matic tailpiece mounted on a solid wooden base. The classic eye-pleasing design of Gretsch guitars is accentuated by a number of styling features - from the arched body construction with flared F holes for improved acoustic projection, elegant binding with a subtle hint of patina (Aged White) and black and white pickguard, vintage-style potentiometers, nickel hardware and a three-layered imitation tortoiseshell pickguard.
Specifications
- Product Colour: Gunmetal
- Colour: Green
- Surface Treatment: Gloss
- Type: Semi-Hollow Body
- Top/Face: Maple
- Back Plate: Maple
- Sides/Ribs: Maple
- Neck: Nato
- Neck Profile: Thin U
- Scale: 629 mm
- Radius: 12 "
- Number of Frets: 22
- Nut Width: 42.86 mm
- Fingerboard: Indian Laurel
- Pickup Configuration: H-H
- Pickup model: 2x Broad’Tron BT-2S
- Controls: 2x Volume, 1x Master Volume, 1x Tone
- Pickup Switch: 3-Way
- Bridge: Fixed
- Tuning Machines: Gretsch
- Hardware: Nickel
- MIDI: No
- USB: No
- Hard Case: No
- Case: No
- Strings: Nickel Plated Steel (.010-.046 Gauges)
- Country of Production: Indonesia