Gretsch G6134TG-58 Limited Edition 1958 Custom Penguin™ with Bigsby®

The Limited Edition 1958 Custom Penguin™ offers an alluring take on a classic Gretsch design. Featuring the dark and mysterious Emerald Night metallic finish, this Penguin combines period-accurate features with some modern twists thrown in. A mahogany body with vintage chambering and TV Jones® Ray Butts Ful-Fidelity Filter’Tron™ pickups provide all the twang, growl, and power you need to cut through the mix, making this rare bird a formidable companion as you embark on your own sonic adventures.

FEATURES:

• Mahogany body with arched maple top and vintage chambering
• Standard “U” shaped mahogany neck with 12”-radius ebony fingerboard, 22 medium jumbo frets, and Mother of Pearl Neo-Classic™ thumbnail inlays
• Luminlay® side dots
• Nitrocellulose lacquer finish
• Bone nut
• Grover® Imperial™ tuners
• Space Control™ bridge with pinned ebony base
• TV Jones® Ray Butts Ful-Fidelity Filter-Tron™ pickups
• Bigsby® B3GP String-Thru vibrato tailpiece
• Gold hardware
• G6238XL Gretsch® deluxe hardshell case included
• Available in Emerald Night finish

HIGHLIGHTS:

Maple Top with Chambered Mahogany Body

The Limited Edition 1958 Custom Penguin™ features an arched maple top and a mahogany body with vintage chambering, which magnifies harmonic richness by letting air resonate between the top and body for a livelier and more articulate tone.

TV Jones Ray Butts Ful-Fidelity Filter’Tron™ Pickups

A faithful reproduction of the original “Ful-Fidelity” Filter’Tron pickups invented by the legendary Ray Butts, these pickups are made according to Ray's personal notes and designs, and TV Jones' extensive multi-decade analysis of original Filter'Tron pickups. They produce a tighter bass response and slightly more top end than modern Filter’Tron pickups, and the absence of wax potting results in a more open, three-dimensional sound with truly unique sparkle and exceptional dynamics.

Classic & Modern Features

Designed for pure tone and slick, comfortable playing feel, this guitar features a mix of the classic and modern appointments that Gretsch fans have come to love - jeweled G-Arrow control knobs, gold sparkle binding with multi-ply purfling, Mother of Pearl Neo-Classic™ thumbnail inlays, Luminlay® side dots, gold vintage thick plexi pickguard with ghosted Gretsch logo and Penguin graphic, Bigsby® B3GP String-Thru vibrato tailpiece, Space Control™ bridge with pinned ebony base, bone nut, and Grover® Imperial™ tuning machines. A resurrected blast from the past with elegantly refined style and sound, the 1958 Custom Penguin is sure to satisfy any player’s desire for something that sets them apart from the crowd.


GENERAL

Series: Profesional Collection 
Family: Penguin 
Color: Nightbird Emerald 

BODY 

Build: Solid body 
Body Finish: Gloss Nitrocellulose lacquer 
Body shape: Penguin 
Body material: Mahogany 
Bracing: Chambered 
Binding Gold Sparkle 
Body back: Mahogany 
Body top: Maple 


NECK

Material: Mahogany 
Construction: Set neck 
Neck shape: standard U 
Scale Length: 24.6"
Fingerboard Radius: 12" 
fingerboard Material: Ebony 
Number of frets: 22 
Fret style: medium Jumbo 
Nut Material: Bone
Nut width: 1.6875" 
Position inlays: Mother of Pearl Neo-classic 

HARDWARE 

Bridge: Space Control 
Tailpiece: Bigsby B3G String-Thru Vibrato Tailpiece 
Tuners: Grover Imperial 
Pickguard: Gold Plexi with Gold Gretsch logo and Penguin Graphic 


ELECTRONICS 

Bridge Pickup: TV Jones Ray Butts Ful-fidelity 
NEck Pickups: TV Jones Ray Butts Ful-fidelity 
Controls: Volume 1, (Neck Pickup), Volume 2 (bridge Pickup), Master Volume
Pickup Switching: 3-Position Toggle: Position 1, Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Neck and Bridge Pickup. Position 3 Neck Pickup, 3-Position Tone Switch
Pickup configuration FilterTron / Filtertron 


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