Description
What makes this guitar special: The seductively dark G6136T Players Edition Black Falcon with String-Thru Bigsby offers all the classic Falcon elements, in a stealthy finish. Iconic style and richly robust Gretsch tone cuts through a dense onstage mix, ensuring you’ll stand out from the pack, both sonically and visually. The epitome of style, this elegant instrument sings out loud and proud with every touch of the strings. Professionally set up by Cream City Music with fresh strings & low action, so it plays & sounds fantastic!
Cosmetic Condition: Great shape overall with some surface scratches, mild buckle rash & minor chipping in the finish in the back of the headstock. The headstock is not cracked & the chipping is only in the finish, not the wood.
Neck: Nicely rounded maple neck with gold sparkle binding & black side-dots. 12” radius ebony fingerboard with 22 medium jumbo frets and striking pearloid Neo-Classic thumbnail inlays. Frets are in great shape with no wear. Bound headstock with gold sparkle Gretsch logo & truss rod cover. Grover Imperial locking tuners are in perfect working condition. 1 11/16" nut width; 25 1/2" scale length. Neck is straight & truss rod is in good working condition.
Body: Multi-bound, hollow maple body with bound F-holes. The innovative Gretsch “ML” bracing is specifically voiced for this guitar, and delivers increased projection and airy openness from the thinner 2.25” body. A highly expressive Bigsby B6GP vibrato tailpiece and pinned “rocking” bar bridge combine with the GraphTech Tusq XL nut for stable tuning. In a uniquely Gretsch touch, the Bigsby tailpiece is now string-through, making it quicker and easier to change strings as well as providing increased vibration transfer for enhanced sustain. Gold plexi pickguard with Gretsch falcon logo. Guitar weighs 8 lbs 2.1 oz.
Pickups: A pair of High Sensitive Filter’Tron humbucking pickups graces the laminated maple body, providing pristine highs, glassy mids, stout lows and balanced harmonics for tone that blends well with other instruments, while retaining its unique voice. The control complement— separate bridge and neck volume controls, three-way pickup switching, No Load master tone and master volume—allows for infinite tonal variations. Gretsch “Squeezebox” paper-in-oil caps add smooth vintage tone while the treble bleed circuit lets your guitar retain all of its tasty clarity when rolling the volume control down. All electronics are in perfect working condition.
Case: Deluxe hardshell case included along with original COA & paperwork.
