{"product_id":"gretsch-g6136-55-vintage-select-edition-55-falcon-hollow-body-with-cadillac-tailpiece","title":"Gretsch G6136-55 Vintage Select Edition '55 Falcon Hollow Body with Cadillac Tailpiece","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt'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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSPECIFICATIONS\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBODY\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCountry of Origin: Japan\u003cbr\u003eBody Material: Laminated Maple with Solid Spruce Top\u003cbr\u003eBody Finish: Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer\u003cbr\u003eBody Shape: Falcon\u003cbr\u003eBody Binding: Gold Sparkle with W\/B\/W\/B Purfling\u003cbr\u003ePickguard: Gold Plexi with Gold Gretsch Logo\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNECK\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNeck Material: Maple\u003cbr\u003eNeck Finish: Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer\u003cbr\u003eNeck Shape: Standard \"U\"\u003cbr\u003eFingerboard Radius: 12\" (305 mm)\u003cbr\u003eFingerboard Material: Ebony\u003cbr\u003ePosition Inlays: Mother of Pearl Humpblock with Feather Engraving\u003cbr\u003eNumber of Frets: 22\u003cbr\u003eFret Size: Medium Jumbo\u003cbr\u003eNut Material: Bone\u003cbr\u003eNut Width: 1.6875\" (42.86 mm)\u003cbr\u003eScale Length: 25.5\" (648 mm)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eELECTRONICS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBridge Pickup: TV Jones T-Armond\u003cbr\u003eNeck Pickup: TV Jones T-Armond\u003cbr\u003eControls: Volume 1. (Neck Pickup), Volume 2. (Bridge Pickup), Tone\u003cbr\u003eSwitching: 3-Position Toggle: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHARDWARE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBridge: Synchro-Sonic\u003cbr\u003eHardware Finish: Gold\u003cbr\u003eTuning Machines: Grover Imperial Die-Cast\u003cbr\u003eControl Knobs: Jeweled Arrow\u003cbr\u003eStrap Buttons: Gretsch Knurled Strap Retainer Knobs\u003cbr\u003eStrings: Nickel Plated Steel (.011-.049 Gauges)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCASE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCase: Included G6242L Gretsch 17\" Deluxe Hollow Body Hardshell (p\/n 099-6413-000)\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Gretsch","offers":[{"title":"Vintage White Lacquer","offer_id":47771148451924,"sku":"2411510805","price":5359.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0700\/1220\/7188\/files\/2411510805_gtr_frt_001_rr_sq.jpg?v=1791392889","url":"https:\/\/lauzonmusic.com\/products\/gretsch-g6136-55-vintage-select-edition-55-falcon-hollow-body-with-cadillac-tailpiece","provider":"Lauzon Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}