The Gretsch G6128T-GH George Harrison Tribute Electric Guitar Distressed Black is a Signature guitar modelled on the legendary guitarist’s Duo Jet, often referred to as his “first real decent guitar.”
Premium 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 with an all-black finish on the arched Maple top, Mahogany back and sides and the back of the one-piece mahogany neck.
Hardware includes a 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.
The main features of the Gretsch G6128T-GH George Harrison Tribute Electric Guitar Distressed Black include;
- Series: Professional Collection
- Colour: Black
- Model no: 240-0416-806
- Body Material: Mahogany Back with 3-Ply Maple Top
- Body Shape: Jet™
- Body Back: Semi-Hollow Chambered Mahogany
- Body Sides: Semi-Hollow Chambered Mahogany
- Body Top: Arched Laminated Maple
- Body Finish: Gloss Urethane
- Body Depth: 2" (50.8 mm)
- Body Length: 18.12" (460 mm)
- Body Width Lower Bout: 13.37" (339 mm)
- Number of Frets: 22
- Position Inlays: Hump-Block
- Fingerboard Radius: 12" (305 mm)
- Head Stock Binding: 1-Ply White
- Fretboard: Rosewood
- Neck Material: 1-Piece Mahogany
- Neck Finish: Gloss Urethane
- Nut Width: 1.6875" (42.8 mm)
- Scale Length: 24.6" (625 mm)
- Headstock: Jet™ Style
- Neck Binding: 1-Ply White
- Truss Rod Nut: 5/16" (7.9375 mm)
- Bridge Pickup: DynaSonic Single-Coil
- Neck Pickup: DynaSonic Single-Coil
- 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 Finish: Chrome-Plated
- Bridge: Rosewood-Based "Rocking" Bar
- Bridge Cover: Bigsby B3C Vibrato Tailpiece with Gretsch Logo
- Tuning Machines: Grover Sta-Tite Die-Cast
- String Nut: Bone
- Switch Tips: Chrome
- Truss Rod Wrench: 5/16" Hex (Allen)
- Strings: D’Addario XL110 Regular Light, NPS (.010-.046 Gauges)
- Unique Features: Mid-'50s body chamber style, all BLACK color scheme (body top, back and sides & back of neck), B3C Bigby tailpiece with black "phillips-head" trem arm pivot bolt, off-set mounted strap carrage bolt on butt of body.
- Case: G6276 Premium Tweed
- Pickguard: Silver Plexi Pickguard with Gretsch Logo
- Included Accessories: G6276 Premium Tweed Case
- Control Knobs: G-Arrow