Gretsch G6196T-59 Vintage Select Edition ’59 Country Club™ Hollow Body with Bigsby® – Cadillac Green Lacquer

Description

Gretsch G6196T-59 Vintage Select Edition ’59 Country Club™ Hollow Body with Bigsby® – Cadillac Green Lacquer

Honoring one of the first “custom color” guitars created by Gretsch, the G6196T-59 Vintage Select Edition ’59 Country Club™ Hollow Body with Bigsby® is a rich-sounding instrument that’s waiting to be turned loose on your music. Its huge, sonorous voice and elegant looks are an ideal match for any player who wants to stand out from the crowd. Simply put, this guitar is the perfect companion onstage or in the studio, cranking out everything from sensitive ballads to raucous rock.

A pair of highly dynamic TV Jones® Classic pickups reacts to your pick hand with vibrant tone. Traditional Gretsch controls, including individual pickup volume controls, master volume and a three-way tone switch, allow you to blend the pickups, personalizing your sound with countless tonal variations. Add the new Gretsch “Squeezebox” capacitors and you get incredibly silky vintage high end. The standard “U”-shaped maple neck bears a 12”-radius ebony fingerboard with 22 medium jumbo frets for a memorable playing experience that works with any style. 1959-style trestle bracing connects the top and back of this guitar for distinctive warm, balanced tone while minimizing feedback. A pinned Space Control bridge allows for adjustable string spacing to fit any playing style and reacts in concert with the Bigsby B6GVT vibrato tailpiece for stable tuning and accurate intonation while the genuine bone nut lets the strings slide freely without binding in the slots.

Designed for pure tone and top-notch playing feel, this guitar features the classic appointments longtime Gretsch fans desire—gold G-arrow control knobs, aged white binding with black purfling, Cadillac Green metallic lacquer finish, mother-of-pearl thumbnail inlays, gold vintage thick plexi pickguard with Gretsch logo and gold Grover® Imperial™ tuning machines. A resurrected blast from the past with elegantly refined style and sound, the G6196T-59 Vintage Select Edition ’59 Country Club™ Hollow Body with Bigsby® is sure to satisfy any fan of The Great Gretsch Sound!™

Specs:

GENERAL
MODEL NUMBER:2401106846
SERIES:Professional Collection
FAMILY:Country Club™
PLATFORM:Country Club™
COLOR:Cadillac Green Lacquer
NUMBER OF STRINGS:6
ORIENTATION:Right-Hand

BODY
BUILD:Hollow Body
CUTAWAY:Single Cutaway
BODY FINISH:Gloss Lacquer
BODY SHAPE:Country Club™
BODY MATERIAL:Laminated Maple
BRACING:1959 Style Trestle
BODY BINDING:Aged White with B/I Purfling
BODY BACK:Laminated Maple
BODY TOP: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 MATERIA:Maple
NECK FINISH:Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer
NECK SHAPE:Standard “U”
NECK BINDING:Aged White
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:Late ’50s Gretsch
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: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™