Gretsch releases George Harrison Signature Duo Jet
(Dave Molter | Posted 2011-07-13)
Money can't buy you love, but $5,000 can buy you a guitar just like George Harrison played on "Please Please Me."
Gretsch celebrates the legacy of the late Beatle 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 DynaSonic™ pickups, vintage-style “rocking bar” bridge with rosewood base, silver plexi pickguard, chrome-plated Grover® V98CM Sta-Tite™ tuners, Gretsch “G” arrow control knobs, chrome-plated hardware, Harrison’s signature on the truss rod cover and a premium tweed case.
Specifications
Body Material: Mahogany Back, 3-Ply Maple Top
Body Shape: Jet™
Body Back: Semi-Hollow Chambered Mahogany Back
Body Sides: Semi-Hollow Chambered Mahogany Sides
Body Top: 3-Ply Arched Laminated Maple
Body Finish: Gloss Urethane
Body Depth: 2" (50.8 mm)
Body Length: 18.12" (46 cm)
Body Width Upper Bout: 10.37" (26.34 cm)
Body Width Lower Bout: 13.37" (33.96 cm)
Neck
Number of Frets: 22
Fret Size: Standard
Position Inlays: Pearloid Hump-Block Inlays
Fingerboard Radius: 12" Radius (305 mm)
Head Stock Binding: White, 1-Ply
Fretboard: Rosewood
Neck Material: 1-Piece Mahogany
Neck Finish: Gloss Urethane
Nut Width: 1.6875" (43 mm)
Scale Length: 24.6" (62.5 cm)
Headstock: Jet™ Style
Neck Binding: White, 1-Ply
Truss Rods: Yes
Truss Rod Nut: 5/16" (7.9375 mm)
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 Volume, Master Tone
Hardware
Hardware Finish: Chrome-Plated
Tuning Machines: Grover® V98CM Sta-Tite™ Die-cast Tuners
String Nut: Bone
Switch Tips: Chrome
