2000s Gretsch Model G2619 Electromatic Sparkle Jet red metallic

Excellent condition, 8/10, this series had the name Electromatic on the headstock and was sold by Gretsch, rosewood fingerboard with dots, 2 pickups and a wraparound bridge, more info: Loaded with the stock Gretsch humbucking pickups and features a wraparound stop tail piece. Each pickup as an individual volume control, a master tone control, and there's a secondary master volume control on the treble side upper bout. Bolt-on maple neck with rosewood fretboard and 22 frets. Has a 1 11/16 inch nut width, 24 3/4 inch scale length, during this era (1999-2003) there was a Synchromatic version (G1619) and in 2003 the Electromatic version (G2619) took its place in the catalogue, both had the same specs and were made in Korea. While doing a setup of the guitar our workshop staff found a spare original Gretsch strapknob which is missing in the main pictures.

The mere existence Synchromatic line may be one of the more baffling Gretsch mysteries of recent years maybe decades. The revered Synchromatic name, traditionally reserved for high-end acoustic archtops, was plastered across a dizzying array of Korean-made guitars which were themselves near-clones of the Electromatic line offered at the same time. Like the Electromatics and Historics, the Gretsch Synchromatic line of guitars debuted in 1999. Nobody could keep track of all the models, not even Gretsch, and all three lines of budget guitars were merged into a single (and much-improved) Electromatic line-up in 2003. The G161X Sparkle Jets were functionally pretty similar to the G13XX Junior Jets, bolt-on maple necks and all, and Gretsch offered those as the G1615 (Black Sparkle), G1616 (Silver Sparkle), G1617 (Blue Sparkle), G1618 (Gold Sparkle) and G1619 (Red Sparkle) from 1999-2003. In 2003, the G1615T was also offered, adding a Bigsby tremolo.