Gretsch G6134T-58 VINTAGE SELECT ’58 PENGUIN™ BIGSBY® Electric Guitar- Vintage White

Inspired by the pivotal and prolific years of Gretsch’s 1950s and early ’60s golden age, Vintage Select Edition guitars are designed for the player who appreciates the finest in musical instrument heritage. The G6134T-58 Vintage Select ’58 Penguin™ with Bigsby® rocks that legacy with a finely crafted new take on that rarest of Gretsch birds.

1958 saw Gretsch’s venerable Penguin guitar decked out with a pair of Filter’Tron™ pickups, complementing the signature sound of its chambered mahogany body, which magnifies harmonic richness by letting air resonate between the top and body for livelier and more articulate tone. The dual TV Jones® Classic™ pickups on this gorgeous Antarctic baby in Vintage White replicate that unmistakable vintage Filter’Tron™ sound to fabulous sonic effect.

• Serial Number: J20062326
• Weight: 8.0 lbs

Body

• Body shape: Single cutaway
• Body type: Semi-hollow or chambered body
• Body material: Laminated
• Top wood: Not applicable
• Body wood: Mahogany
• Body finish: Gloss
• Orientation: Right handed

Neck

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

Fretboard

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

Pickups

• Configuration: HH
• Neck: TV Jones Classic Filter’Tron
• Middle: Not applicable
• Bridge: TV Jones Classic Filter’Tron
• Brand: TV Jones
• Active or passive pickups: Passive
• Series or parallel: Series
• Piezo: No
• Active EQ: No
• Special electronics: Treble bleed circuit, “Squeezebox” PIO capacitors

Controls

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

Hardware

• Bridge type: Tremolo/Vibrato
• Bridge design: Pinned space control
• Tailpiece: Bigsby B3GB
• Tuning machines: Grover Imperial
• Color: Gold

Other

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