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Condition: Used, Excellent
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From Other (Miscellanous Used/Vintage/Consign)
Malcolm Young’s fiery rock ‘n’ roll spirit lives on through AC/DC’s enduringly timeless music, and it is Gretsch’s great privilege to pay tribute to the groundbreaking rhythm guitarist with the all-new G6131G-MY-RB Limited Malcolm Young Signature Jet™ in Vintage Firebird Red.
Nicknamed “The Beast,” Young used this Firebird Red iteration of the guitar in early AC/DC performances and music videos including “It’s a Long Way to The Top,” before eventually making his own mods and stripping the paint job.
To recreate Young’s earliest days with the instrument, the G6131G-MY-RB signature model comes equipped with TV Jones® Ray Butts Ful-Fidelity Filter’Tron bridge and neck pickups that replicate the unmistakable vintage Gretsch voicing, along with an added TV Jones Starwood humbucker in the middle for clear and punchy tone.
Built to rattle foundations in true Malcolm fashion, the G6131G-MY-RB Limited Malcolm Young Signature Jet also features a lightly aged finish, 12”-radius bound ebony fingerboard with 22 jumbo frets (plus zero fret), aged pearloid Neo-Classic™ thumbnail inlays, bone nut, harmonica-style Adjusto-Matic™ bridge with pinned ebony base, ‘60s Jet vibrato tailpiece, Schaller® die-cast tuners, black pickguard, G-arrow control knobs and aged gold hardware.
2”-deep double-cutaway chambered mahogany body with maple top
TV Jones® Ray Butts Ful-Fidelity bridge, TV Jones® Starwood humbucker middle and TV Jones® Ray Butts Ful-Fidelity neck pickups
Individual pickup volume controls, master volume, three-position pickup toggle switch, three-position tone switch and three-position standby switch
Harmonica-style Adjusto-Matic™ bridge with pinned ebony base
Available in an aged Vintage Firebird Red finish with black pickguard and aged gold hardware
- SERIES
- Artist Signature Edition
- FAMILY
- Jet™
- COLOR
- Vintage Firebird Red
- NUMBER OF STRINGS
- 6
- ORIENTATION
- Right-Hand
- BUILD
- Solid Body
- CUTAWAY
- Double Cutaway
- BODY FINISH
- Semi-Gloss Lacquer
- BODY SHAPE
- Jet™
- BODY MATERIAL
- Mahogany with Arched Maple Top
- BRACING
- Chambered
- BODY BINDING
- Aged White with B/W/B Purfling
- BODY BACK
- Mahogany
- BODY TOP
- Arched Laminated Maple
- BODY DEPTH
- 2" (51 mm)
- NECK MATERIAL
- Mahogany
- NECK CONSTRUCTION
- Set-Neck
- NECK FINISH
- Semi-Gloss Lacquer
- NECK SHAPE
- Standard "U"
- NECK BINDING
- Aged White
- SCALE LENGTH
- 24.6" (625 mm)
- FINGERBOARD RADIUS
- 12" (305 mm)
- FINGERBOARD MATERIAL
- Ebony
- NUMBER OF FRETS
- 22 (Plus Zero Fret)
- FRET SIZE
- Jumbo
- NUT MATERIAL
- Bone
- NUT WIDTH
- 1.6875" (42.86 mm)
- POSITION INLAYS
- Aged Pearloid Neo-Classic™ Thumbnail
- SIDE DOTS
- Red
- HEADSTOCK BINDING
- Aged White
- BRIDGE
- Harmonica Style Adjusto-Matic™
- HARDWARE FINISH
- Gold
- TAILPIECE
- Gretsch® '60s Jet Vibrato
- TUNING MACHINES
- Schaller® Diecast
- PICKGUARD
- Black Plexi Pickguard with White Gretsch® Logo
- CONTROL KNOBS
- G-Arrow
- BRIDGE PICKUP
- TV Jones® Ray Butts Ful-Fidelity
- MIDDLE PICKUP
- TV Jones® Starwood Humbucker
- NECK PICKUP
- TV Jones® Ray Butts Ful-Fidelity
- CONTROLS
- Volume 1. (Neck Pickup), Volume 2. (Bridge Pickup), Volume 3. (Middle Pickup), Master Volume
- PICKUP SWITCHING
- 3-Position Toggle: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge And Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup, 3-Position Tone Switch, 3-Position Stand-By Switch
- PICKUP CONFIGURATION
- HHH
Warranty
This item is sold without the Sound Pure 3-year warranty (used / B-stock / dealer-exempt). Coverage terms for items in this category live in Terms & Conditions, Section 27.
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