Description
The G6131T-62 features a vintage inspired deep firebird red top with aged body binding offset with gorgeous gold hardware. The double cutaway body is a bit lighter than a single cut version and offers much improved access to the higher frets. The double cutaway G6131 Firebird has an extremely cool yet unique vibe to it but also packs tremendous tone and playability. The Firebird can be considered a solid body guitar because it's constructed of a solid mahogany back. However, due to a heavily chambered body and a 3 ply maple top, the guitar retains some of that sweet hollow body Gretsch tone. The chambered body design yields a guitar that is very well balanced and at just under 8 lbs feels right. The neck is a slightly slimmer "C" shape with softer taper and traditional feel. This shape, combined with a 12" fretboard radius and 19th fret neck joint gives the guitar tremendous playability and accessibility. The pickups are TV Jones Classics, which clean up really well retaining the classic woody tones Gretsch guitars are famous for. It's a unique pickup that offers both full bodied and warm clean tones as well as controlled and articulate high gain sounds.
About the Guitar (from Gretsch.com):
Inspired by the pivotal and prolific years of Gretsch's 1950s and early '60s golden age, Vintage Select Edition guitars are designed for the player who appreciates the finest in musical instrument heritage. The new G6131T-62 Vintage Select '62 Jet��� Firebird��� with Bigsby�� rocks that legacy to perfection.
The early 1960s saw the double-cut Jet get a black back, a zero-fret and gold hardware. As previously, its signature power and punch came from chambered mahogany construction, which magnifies harmonic richness by letting air resonate between the top and body for livelier and more articulate tone. That's all here on this fiery tone machine, along with TV Jones�� Classic��� pickups that replicate that vintage Filter'Tron��� sound to fabulous sonic effect.
Specs:
-Series: Gretsch Professional Collection
-Family: Jet
-Build: Solid Body
-Cutaway: Double Cutaway
-Body: Mahogany
-Body Shape: Jet
-Bracing: Chambered
-Body Binding: Aged White
-Body Back: Mahogany
-Body Top: Arched Laminated Maple
-Body Depth: 2" (50.8mm)
-Neck Material: Mahogany
-Neck Finish: Gloss
-Neck Shape: Standard "U"
-Neck Binding: Aged White
-Scale Length: 24.6" (625mm)
-Fingerboard: Ebony
-Fingerboard Radius: 12" (305mm)
-Number of Frets: 22
-Fret Size: Medium Jumbo
-Nut: Bone
-Nut Width: 1.6875" (42.86 mm)
-Position Inlays: Aged Pearloid Neo-Classic "Thumbnail"
-Bridge Pickup: TV Jones Classic
-Neck Pickup: TV Jones 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, 3-Position Tone Switch
-Pickup Configuration: TV Jones Classic / TV Jones Classic
-Bridge: Space Control
-Tuning Machines: Grover Sta-Tite
-Pickguard: Black Plexi w/ White Gretsch Logo
-Control Knobs: G-Arrow
-Orientation: Right-Hand
-Case: G6238 Deluxe Hardshell Case
About the Guitar (from Gretsch.com):
Inspired by the pivotal and prolific years of Gretsch's 1950s and early '60s golden age, Vintage Select Edition guitars are designed for the player who appreciates the finest in musical instrument heritage. The new G6131T-62 Vintage Select '62 Jet��� Firebird��� with Bigsby�� rocks that legacy to perfection.
The early 1960s saw the double-cut Jet get a black back, a zero-fret and gold hardware. As previously, its signature power and punch came from chambered mahogany construction, which magnifies harmonic richness by letting air resonate between the top and body for livelier and more articulate tone. That's all here on this fiery tone machine, along with TV Jones�� Classic��� pickups that replicate that vintage Filter'Tron��� sound to fabulous sonic effect.
Specs:
-Series: Gretsch Professional Collection
-Family: Jet
-Build: Solid Body
-Cutaway: Double Cutaway
-Body: Mahogany
-Body Shape: Jet
-Bracing: Chambered
-Body Binding: Aged White
-Body Back: Mahogany
-Body Top: Arched Laminated Maple
-Body Depth: 2" (50.8mm)
-Neck Material: Mahogany
-Neck Finish: Gloss
-Neck Shape: Standard "U"
-Neck Binding: Aged White
-Scale Length: 24.6" (625mm)
-Fingerboard: Ebony
-Fingerboard Radius: 12" (305mm)
-Number of Frets: 22
-Fret Size: Medium Jumbo
-Nut: Bone
-Nut Width: 1.6875" (42.86 mm)
-Position Inlays: Aged Pearloid Neo-Classic "Thumbnail"
-Bridge Pickup: TV Jones Classic
-Neck Pickup: TV Jones 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, 3-Position Tone Switch
-Pickup Configuration: TV Jones Classic / TV Jones Classic
-Bridge: Space Control
-Tuning Machines: Grover Sta-Tite
-Pickguard: Black Plexi w/ White Gretsch Logo
-Control Knobs: G-Arrow
-Orientation: Right-Hand
-Case: G6238 Deluxe Hardshell Case
