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Gretsch G6136-55 Vintage Select Edition '55 Falcon Hollow Body with Cadillac Tailpiece

Name: Gretsch G6136-55 Vintage Select Edition '55 Falcon Hollow Body with Cadillac Tailpiece
Brand: Gretsch
Price: 5359.99 CAD
Availability: BackOrder

Pre-orderGretsch part 2411510805

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$5,359.99 CAD

Finish: Vintage White Lacquer

By placing a pre-order you agree to our Pre-order Terms.

Time of arrival for special orders varies by product.
It can be anywhere from two weeks up to several months. After you order, we check with the supplier and email you an ETA. Want an estimate before you order?

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Shipped insured from Ottawa
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Our take

Who this one is for

The G6136-55 is the Falcon as Jimmie Webster first designed it in 1955. It has a solid spruce top on laminated maple back and sides, braced with parallel tone bars, in a body 2.75" deep. A pair of TV Jones T-Armond single-coils sit on top, with a volume for each pickup and a tone control fitted with a "Squeezebox" capacitor.

The Synchro-Sonic bridge locks in place with a thumbscrew, so you adjust it without tools, and the strings anchor at a gold Cadillac "G" tailpiece with no vibrato. The standard "U" maple neck carries a 12" radius ebony board with 22 medium jumbo frets and mother-of-pearl Hump Block inlays engraved with feathers.

It's finished in Vintage White nitrocellulose lacquer with gold sparkle binding on the body, neck and F-holes, gold jeweled arrow knobs and a gold pickguard. For the later Falcon with Filter'Trons and a Bigsby, compare the G6136T-59 Vintage Select Edition '59 Falcon.

SPECIFICATIONS

BODY
Country of Origin: Japan
Body Material: Laminated Maple with Solid Spruce Top
Body Finish: Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Body Shape: Falcon
Body Binding: Gold Sparkle with W/B/W/B Purfling
Pickguard: Gold Plexi with Gold Gretsch Logo

NECK
Neck Material: Maple
Neck Finish: Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Neck Shape: Standard "U"
Fingerboard Radius: 12" (305 mm)
Fingerboard Material: Ebony
Position Inlays: Mother of Pearl Humpblock with Feather Engraving
Number of Frets: 22
Fret Size: Medium Jumbo
Nut Material: Bone
Nut Width: 1.6875" (42.86 mm)
Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)

ELECTRONICS
Bridge Pickup: TV Jones T-Armond
Neck Pickup: TV Jones T-Armond
Controls: Volume 1. (Neck Pickup), Volume 2. (Bridge Pickup), Tone
Switching: 3-Position Toggle: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup

HARDWARE
Bridge: Synchro-Sonic
Hardware Finish: Gold
Tuning Machines: Grover Imperial Die-Cast
Control Knobs: Jeweled Arrow
Strap Buttons: Gretsch Knurled Strap Retainer Knobs
Strings: Nickel Plated Steel (.011-.049 Gauges)

CASE
Case: Included G6242L Gretsch 17" Deluxe Hollow Body Hardshell (p/n 099-6413-000)

Bench inspected

Every instrument crosses our bench before it ships, and on an online order that setup is free. It can cover the frets, hardware, truss rod, action, nut slots, intonation, pickup heights and electronics, whatever the guitar needs.

Shipped insured

Free insured shipping in Canada on orders over $200.

Financing

Pay in full and you can spread the cost with PayPlan by RBC or Shop Pay Installments, with the exact terms shown at checkout. Financing never changes the price of the guitar. How financing works

Authorized dealer

Full manufacturer warranty on every new instrument.

Three generations

In the family since 1945, with a player answering your questions before and after you order.

Free with online orders

Set up your way

What a setup can cover

Whatever your guitar needs, it gets. None of it is an upcharge.

Frets polished
Fretboard conditioned
Hardware tightened
Fresh strings, your choice
Truss rod adjusted
Action set at the bridge
Nut slots detailed
Saddles radiused, where they are individual
Vibrato springs adjusted
Intonation set
Pickup height set
Electronics checked

Set up by Ian Vance, Fender Custom Shop Technician and Taylor Gold Level Technician

Strings

Gauge

Action

Tuning

Anything else How you play, a problem you have had with past setups, a request the list does not cover.

Pre-orders

Questions we get

How much do I pay today?

Your choice: the full price, or a 25% deposit. On a deposit, the balance is due when the guitar reaches the shop, before it ships to you. A deposit is paid by card or PayPal. Shop Pay, Apple Pay and Google Pay can't take one.

When will it arrive?

It varies by product, anywhere from two weeks up to several months. If you'd like a date for this model first, ask us in the chat and we'll check with the supplier before you order. If you're ready now, go ahead: we confirm the ETA by email once your order is in, and if it changes, we let you know and you can cancel.

Can I cancel?

Yes, any time before the supplier invoices it and ships it to us. We refund what you paid less 3% to cover the card processing fee.

Once it has shipped to us it is a special order and final sale. If it arrives with something wrong, we put that right.

What if the price goes up before it arrives?

You pay the price you ordered at. Once your order is placed we hold that price, even if the supplier raises it before the guitar arrives.

Is the free setup included?

Yes. A pre-order is an online order, so it gets the same free setup: it crosses our bench before it ships, set up the way you choose. The setup menu above shows what that covers.

Do I pay duty or brokerage on a US order?

No. Duty, taxes, brokerage and customs on a US order are handled at our end before the instrument leaves Ottawa. It arrives at your door with nothing to pay.

Orders going anywhere outside Canada and the United States work differently. The shipping and returns policy sets out which is which.

Can I finance it?

Yes, if you are in Canada and paying in full. Pick PayPlan by RBC or Shop Pay Installments as your payment method at checkout. The plan, the rate and the approval sit with the provider, and you see the terms before you agree to anything. You pay a deposit by card or PayPal.