This recent Gretsch® release is the Japanese version of the $20,000.00 Gretsch® Master Built, George Harrison Tribute guitar. The Tribute version was meticulously recreated by Gretsch® master builder Stephen Stern and his crew from the original guitar owned by George and played during his early- and post-Beatles career. Other than country of origin and Urethan versus lacquer finish, this new model shares nearly identical spec's with its American counterpart.
From Gretsch®
Gretsch celebrates the legacy of George Harrison with the G6128T-GH George Harrison SIGNATURE Duo Jet® guitar, modeled on the instrument that the legendary guitarist often referred to as his “first real decent guitar.”
Features include distinctive appointments and modifications found on Harrison’s original 1957 Gretsch Duo Jet, which he purchased secondhand in the very early 1960s. These include a lightweight mid-’50s-style chambered body, all-BLACK color scheme (arched maple top, mahogany back and sides, and back of the one-piece mahogany neck), Bigsby® B3C tailpiece with a black Phillips head tremolo arm pivot bolt, and an offset strap button on lower bout. Other features include three-ply body binding (white-black-white), single-ply white neck and headstock binding, 22-fret rosewood fingerboard with 12” radius and hump-block pearloid inlays, two single-coil DynaSonicTM pickups, vintage-style “rocking bar” bridge with rosewood base, silver plexi pickguard, chrome-plated Grover® V98CM Sta-TiteTM tuners, Gretsch “G” arrow control knobs, chrome-plated hardware, Harrison’s signature on the truss rod cover and a premium tweed case.
Features and Specifications
Body
- Body Material: Semi-Hollow Mahogany Back, 3-Ply Arched laminate Maple Top
- Body Shape: Jet™
- Body Finish:Gloss Urethane
Neck
- Number of Frets: 22
- Fingerboard Radius: 12"
- Fretboard: Rosewood
- Neck Material: 1-Piece Mahogany
- Neck Finish: Gloss Urethane
- Perloid Hump-Block Inlays
- Nut Width: 1.6875"
- Scale Length: 24.6"
Electronics
- Bridge Pickup: DynaSonic™ Single-Coil Bridge Pickup
- Neck Pickup: DynaSonic™ Single-Coil Neck Pickup
- Pickup Switching: 3-Position Toggle: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup
- Controls: Volume 1. (Neck Pickup), Volume 2. (Bridge Pickup), Master Tone
Hardware
- Hardware Finish: Chrome-Plated
- Bridge: Vintage-Style "Rocking Bar" Bridge with Rosewood Base
- Tuning Machines: Chrome-plated Grover® V98CM Sta-Tite™ tuners
Unique Features
Lightweight mid-'50s chamber body, distressed all-black color scheme (body top, back and sides and back of neck), modified B6C Bigsby® tailpiece with black Phillips head tremolo arm pivot bolt, offset mounted strap carriage bolt on butt of body
Included Accessories
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