Description: The Guitar of the Future The Gretsch Falcons existence is the happiest accident in the history of American guitar design. You see, Gretschs marketing guru in the fifties, Jimmie Webster, loved cars (he also loved two-handed tapping , which he popularized decades before Eddie Van Halen was even a gleam in his fathers eye). In those times, car manufacturers would build ridiculous, ostentatious prototypes that had more in common with jet planes than actual automobiles and send them to trade shows as a marketing stunt. Jimmy saw the publicity these one-off cars generated, so he took a page out of Pontiacs book and dreamed up a guitar that would get people talking. What about a white hollowbody with gold hardware that used the sparkly pearloid material used to finish Gretschs drumsets for binding? The folks at Gretsch called their little marketing stunt the White Falcon, and it made people FREAK OUT when they debuted it at the NAMM show in 1954. You have to remember that in 1954, almost every production model guitar sported a tasteful, simple finish like sunburst or black. No one had ever seen such a blinged-out guitar before, and orders started pouring in left and right. Fred Gretsch Jr. and Jimmie Webster had no choice: they had struck gold with their prototype, and now they had to figure out how to put their craziest design ever into production. When they worked the kinks out of the manufacturing process, they billed the White Falcon as the finest guitar we know how to make, and it retailed for the princely sum of $600. At the time, it was the second-most expensive guitar money could buy behind the Gibson Super 400. The hefty price tag didnt deter players from pulling the trigger, and the White Falcon became a runaway hit. Ever since, theyve been a fixture of American guitar culture, used by everyone from alt-rocker Billy Duffy of The Cult to rockabilly revivalist Brian Setzer (and who can forget Stephen Stills and Neil Young playing dueling solos on twin Falcons with Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young?). In later years, Gretsch would introduce a variant with a black finish, the aptly-named Black Falcon. Its funny: Jimmie Webster called the Falcon the guitar of the future back in 1954, and here we are in the future, still drooling over his little one-off trade show guitar. Its proof that great design is timeless, and we are proud to showcase it in its 140th Anniversary Edition incarnation. As a result of the Gretschs out-of-this-world build quality, these guitars have incredible unplugged resonance that is only magnified by their High-Sensitive FilterTron pickups. If you play jazz, country, rockabilly, rock, folk, alternative, punk, and anything in between, these fabulous Falcons will handle business with aplomb. We believe that these fantastic Falcons carry on the proud tradition of excellence begun by Jimmie Webster in 1954. Somehow, six decades after their debut, theyre still the guitar of the future. We invite you to experience the timeless magic of a Gretsch by plugging one in. We know it will inspire you for a long, long time. Specifications:Brand: GretschModel: Limited G6136T-140 140th Double Platinum Anniversary FalconTop Finish Color: Two-Tone Stone Platinum/Pure PlatinumFinish Type: Gloss Nitrocellulose LacquerWeight: 7.78 lbs.Bracing: ML StyleTop Wood: Solid Adirondack Red SpruceBack & Sides Wood: Laminated MapleNeck Wood: MapleNeck Shape: Standard UNeck Dimensions: .840 1st - .910 9thFingerboard: EbonyFingerboard Radius: 12"Fingerboard Inlays: Mother-of-Pearl HumpblocksScale Length: 25.5"Width at Nut: 1.6875"Nut Material: BoneFrets: 22 Medium JumboBinding: Silver Sparkle with 4-Ply PurflingPickups: 2 FT-67 Filter’TronControls: Master Volume, Neck Volume, Bridge Volume, Master Tone, 3-Way Selector SwitchBridge: Adjusto-Matic with Ebony BaseTailpiece: String-Through Bigsby B6CPTuners: Grover Imperial LockingPickguard: Silver Plexi with Silver Gretsch Logo & Falcon GraphicCase: G6242L Gretsch 17" Deluxe Hollowbody Hardshell
Price: 3999.99 USD
Location: Louisville, Colorado
End Time: 2024-08-29T21:28:28.000Z
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