Richard Fortus's signature Falcon is a double-cutaway, 17" wide and 1.75" deep, with a chambered spruce centre block running the length of the laminated maple body. The block supports the arched top and cuts down feedback, so the guitar holds up at stage volume.
Two Custom Wound Filter'Tron pickups run through a three-way toggle, a single master volume with a treble bleed circuit and a master tone with a no-load pot. The string-thru Bigsby pairs with a TonePros TP6 Tune-O-Matic on a pinned ebony base, with a Graph Tech TUSQ XL nut and Grover Rotomatic tuners. The standard "U" maple neck sits on a 25.5" scale with a 12" radius ebony board and 22 medium jumbo frets.
It comes in Vintage White with tortoise binding and pickguard, nickel hardware and jeweled G-arrow knobs. The G6636-RF is the same guitar with a V-Stoptail in place of the Bigsby.
SPECIFICATIONS
BODY
Country of Origin: Japan
Body Material: Laminated Maple
Body Finish: Gloss
Body Shape: Falcon
Body Binding: Tortoise with W/B/W/B Purfling
Pickguard: Tortoise with Gold Gretsch Logo & Falcon Graphic
NECK
Neck Material: Maple
Neck Construction: Set-Neck
Neck Finish: Gloss
Neck Shape: Standard "U"
Fingerboard Radius: 12" (305 mm)
Fingerboard Material: Ebony
Position Inlays: Pearloid Neo-Classic Thumbnail
Side Dots: Black
Number of Frets: 22
Fret Size: Medium Jumbo
Nut Material: Graph Tech TUSQ XL
Nut Width: 1.6875" (42.86 mm)
Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)
ELECTRONICS
Bridge Pickup: Custom Wound Filter'Tron
Neck Pickup: Custom Wound Filter'Tron
Controls: Master Volume with Treble Bleed, Master Tone with No-Load Pot
Switching: 3-Position Toggle: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge And Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup
HARDWARE
Bridge: TonePros TP6 Tune-O-Matic
Hardware Finish: Nickel
Tuning Machines: Grover Rotomatic Die-Cast
Pickup Covers: Nickel
Control Knobs: Jeweled G-Arrow
Strap Buttons: Grover Strap Locks
Strings: Nickel Plated Steel (.010-.052 Gauges)
CASE
Case: Included G6242L Gretsch 17" Deluxe Hollow Body Hardshell (p/n 099-6413-000)



