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REVIEWS
KEY FEATURES
PRICE £3,309 (inc hard case)
DESCRIPTION 6-string electric guitar,
made in Japan
BUILD Chambered mahogany body with arched
laminated maple top. Set maple neck with
22 medium-jumbo frets, ebony fingerboard
with 12-inch radius and mother-of-pearl
Neo-Classic thumbnail inlays. Bone nut
HARDWARE Grover Imperial tuners, nickel-plated
brass Rocking Bar bridge with pinned ebony base,
Bigsby B3C vibrato tailpiece, locking strap buttons
ELECTRONICS 2x TV Jones TV Classic humbucking
pickups, 3-way toggle pickup-selector switch,
individual pickup volume controls, master volume
with treble-bleed circuit, master no-load tone
control, paper-in-oil Squeezebox capacitors for
tone control and treble bleed
SCALE LENGTH 24.6”/625mm
NECK WIDTH 43.2mm at nut, 52.8mm at 12th fret
NECK DEPTH 21.0mm at first fret, 24.4mm at
12th fret
STRING SPACING 35.1mm at nut, 51.3mm at bridge
WEIGHT 9.9lb/4.5kg
FINISH Two-Tone Smoke Grey and Violet Metallic
CONTACT gretschguitars.com
retsch guitars have always had chic with an Anniversary-style two-tone lashings of bling, you’ll find silver-sparkle
more than enough ice-cool to leave finish previously seen on the Country Club binding with four-ply white and black
the competition in the dust. But no model a decade ago. Some guitars are built purfling, plus jewelled arrow knobs
G matter which end of the catalogue for speed – the Gretsch G6134T-LTD is a and a banjo-style armrest.
you dip into today, you can also expect Cadillac Eldorado. Then there’s that oversized headstock,
a level of manufacturing consistency and Beneath a devastatingly attractive Smoke with its winged logo and Grover Imperial
player-friendliness that’s unprecedented Grey and Violet Metallic gloss polyurethane tuners – it may be Violet Metallic but this
in the company’s 137-year history. finish is a chassis that, with its chambered is not for violets of the shrinking variety.
Launched in January 2020, this gorgeous mahogany back and laminated maple top, That said, the nickel hardware is a much
limited-edition model is the latest Gretsch is very much a member of the Jet family more tasteful choice than the Penguin’s
to cherry-pick from the aesthetic highs (although the set neck is maple rather than traditional gold and we particularly like
of the past, combining sparkling Penguin the usual mahogany). Among the Penguin’s the understated ghosted Gretsch logo,
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