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Inspired by the pivotal and prolific years of Gretsch’s 1950s and early ’60s golden age, Vintage Select Edition guitars are designed for player who appreciate the finest in musical instrument heritage. The new G6129T-59 Vintage Select ’59 Silver Jet™ with Bigsby® pays sparkling homage to that great legacy. The Silver Jet is the time-honored silversparkle version of the Gretsch flagship Duo Jet™, with signature power and punch coming from its chambered mahogany construction, which magnifies harmonic richness by letting air resonate between the top and body for livelier and more articulate tone. Filter’Tron™ pickups first appeared on the Jet in 1959, and the dual TV Jones® Classic™ pickups on this glittering and futuristic ‘50s era beauty reproduce the unmistakable vintage Filter’Tron sound with sterling tonal accuracy.
- 1959 specs and appointments
- Classic silver-sparkle top
- Dual TV Jones® Classic™ Filter’Tron™ pickups
- Aged body and neck binding, aged fingerboard inlays
- Space Control™ bridge with pinned ebony base and Bigsby® B3CB vibrato tailpiece
- Treble bleed circuit, “Squeezebox” PIO capacitors
Specifications
- Body Material:Mahogany
- Body Finish:Gloss
- Upper Bout:10.5” (267mm
- )Lower Bout:13.5” (343mm)Waist:8.625” (219mm
- )Neck:Maple, Vintage “V”Neck Finish:Gloss
- Fingerboard: Ebony, 12” (305mm) Radius
- Frets:22, Medium Jumbo
- Position Inlays:Aged Pearloid Thumbnails
- Nut (Material/Width):Bone, 1.6875” (43mm)
- Tuning Machines: Grover® Sta-Tite™
- Scale Length:24.6” (625mm)Bridge: Pinned Space Control™, Ebony Base
- Tailpiece: Bigsby® B3CBPickguard: Silver Plexi with Black Gretsch LogoPickups: TV Jones® Classic™ (Bridge and Neck)
- Pickup Switching:3-Position Toggle: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge AndNeck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup, 3-Position Tone SwitchControls:Volume 1. Neck Pickup, Volume 2. Bridge Pickup, Master Volume
- Control Knobs:G-Arrow
- Hardware: Nickel
- Strings:Nickel Plated Steel .010-.046
- Case/Gig Bag:Includes G6238 Deluxe Hardshell Case
