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Condition: Used, Excellent
SP Luthier Notes: Fret Ends, Setup
From Other (Miscellanous Used/Vintage/Consign)
A sophisticated rendition of the original masterpiece, the G6136T-59 Vintage Select Edition '59 Falcon™ Hollow Body with Bigsby® combines period-accurate features and appointments from the golden age of electric guitars. Satisfying eyes and ears with its golden tones and gleaming looks, this rare bird comes alive in the player’s hands, singing with its distinctive voice at every strum.
A pair of TV Jones® Classic pickups generates powerful tone and unparalleled dynamics. The new Gretsch “Squeezebox” capacitors provide an incredibly silky high end. Add some expressive shimmer to your playing with the Bigsby B6GVT vibrato tailpiece while the pinned Space Control™ bridge and bone nut combine for impeccable tuning stability. A highly resonant 3-ply maple top with 1959-style trestle bracing and multi-ply laminated maple back and sides make this instrument a veritable cannon, firing off notes with incredible projection and rich, balanced tone. A maple neck with a comfortable and versatile standard “U”-shaped profile for supple playability is capped by a 12”-radius ebony fingerboard with 22 medium jumbo frets and classic Gretsch thumbnail inlays, making complex chords, far-reaching bends and intricate single-note playing effortless.
Authentically iconic, this striking guitar displays gold hardware—including the gold jeweled G-arrow knobs— gold sparkle bound neck, body and F-holes, vintage white gloss nitrocellulose lacquer finish and gold vintage thick plexi pickguard with Gretsch logo. With its stunning looks and huge sound, the iconic G6136T-59 Vintage Select Edition '59 Falcon™ Hollow Body with Bigsby® is the crown jewel of Gretsch guitars. Includes a deluxe hardshell case.
GENERAL
MODEL NUMBER 2401513805
SERIES Professional Collection
FAMILY Falcon™
PLATFORM Falcon™
COLOR White Lacquer
NUMBER OF STRINGS 6
ORIENTATION Right-Hand
BODY
BUILD Hollow Body
CUTAWAY Single Cutaway
BODY FINISH Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer
BODY SHAPE Falcon™
BODY MATERIAL Laminated Maple
BRACING 1959 Style Trestle
BODY BINDING Gold Sparkle with W/B/W/B Purfling
BODY BACK Arched Laminated Maple
BODY TOP Arched Laminated Maple
BODY DEPTH 2.75" (7 cm)
MISCELLANEOUS
STRINGS Nickel Plated Steel (.011-.049 Gauges)
STRAP BUTTONS Gretsch® Knurled Strap Retainer Knobs
NECK
NECK MATERIAL Maple
NECK FINISH Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer
NECK SHAPE Standard "U"
NECK BINDING Gold
SCALE LENGTH 25.5" (64.77 cm)
FINGERBOARD RADIUS 12" (305 mm)
FINGERBOARD MATERIAL Ebony
NUMBER OF FRETS 22
FRET SIZE Medium Jumbo
NUT MATERIAL Bone
NUT WIDTH 1.6875" (42.86 mm)
POSITION INLAYS Pearloid Neo-Classic™ Thumbnail
HEADSTOCK Falcon™ Style
NECK PLATE NA
HARDWARE
BRIDGE Space Control™
HARDWARE FINISH Gold
TAILPIECE Bigsby® B6G Vibrato Tailpiece with Gretsch® Logo
TUNING MACHINES Grover® Imperial™ Die-Cast
PICKGUARD Gold Plexi with Gold Gretsch® Logo
CONTROL KNOBS Jeweled G-Arrow
ELECTRONICS
BRIDGE PICKUP TV Jones® Filter'Tron™ Classic
NECK PICKUP TV Jones® Filter'Tron™ Classic
CONTROLS Volume 1. (Neck Pickup), Volume 2. (Bridge Pickup), Master Volume
PICKUP SWITCHING 3-Position Toggle: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup
AUXILIARY SWITCHING 3-Position Master Tone Switch: Position 1. Medium Level, High Frequency Roll Off, Position 2. Switch Out of Circuit, Pickup Wide Open, Position 3. Slight Level, High Frequency Roll Off
PICKUP CONFIGURATION Filter'Tron™ / Filter'Tron™
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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