Overview

The perfect companion onstage or in the studio.

Honoring one of the first “custom color” guitars created by Gretsch, the G6196T-59 Vintage Select Edition ’59 Country Club hollowbody electric guitar with Bigsby is a rich-sounding instrument thats 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 on stage 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 paper-in-oil 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 desiregold “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 hollowbody electric guitar with Bigsby is sure to satisfy any fan of “That Great Gretsch Sound.”

Features

Body

• Body shape: Single cutaway
• Body type: Hollowbody
• Body material: Laminated
• Top wood: Not applicable
• Body wood: Maple
• Body finish: Gloss Nitrocellulose
• Orientation: Right handed

Neck

• Neck shape: U
• Neck wood: Maple
• Joint: Set-in
• Scale length: 24.6″
• Truss rod: Standard
• Neck finish: Gloss

Fretboard

• Material: Ebony
• Radius: 12″
• Fret size: Medium jumbo
• Number of frets: 22
• Inlays: Thumbnail
• Nut width: 1.69″ (43 mm)

Pickups

• Configuration: HH
• Neck: High Sensitive Filter’Tron
• Middle: Not applicable
• Bridge: High Sensitive Filter’Tron
• Brand: Gretsch
• Active or passive pickups: Passive
• Series or parallel: Series
• Piezo: No
• Active EQ: No
• Special electronics: “Squeezebox” paper-in-oil capacitors, 3-position master tone switch

Controls

• Control layout: Volume 1, volume 2, master volume
• Pickup switch: 3-way
• Coil tap or split: No
• Kill switch: No

Hardware

• Bridge type: Tremolo/Vibrato
• Bridge design: Rocking bar
• Tailpiece: Bigsby B6GVT
• Tuning machines: Grover Imperial
• Color: Gold

Other

• Number of strings: 6-string
• Special features: Pickups
• Case: Hardshell case
• Accessories: None
• Country of origin: Japan

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