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Custom Shop Falcon '55 Relic Electric Guitar

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Overview

Hand-built in the USA using traditional techniques and aged to perfection.

Based on the earliest White Falcon guitars of the mid ™50s, this model is as close to the original as you can get short of having a time machine. Hand-built in the USA Gretsch Custom Shop using traditional techniques and Relic aged to perfection. Features include period-correct body and neck construction, wiring and electronics. With vintage style worn-in hardware, this machine is built to last and feels like it' been twangin™ for the past 50 years.

The Gretsch Custom Shop is where the time-honored legacy reaches its creative apex. Modern custom built versions of legendary instruments that epitomize extraordinary expertise and attention to detail. The Gretsch Custom Shop preserves and perfects "That Great Gretsch Sound."

Features

Body

Body shape: Single cutaway
Body type: Semi-hollow or chambered body
Body material: Laminated
Top wood: Maple
Body wood: Maple
Body finish: Gloss
Orientation: Right handed

Neck

Neck shape: C fat
Neck wood: Maple Quartersawn
Joint: Set-in
Scale length: Not specified
Truss rod: Standard
Neck finish: Gloss

Fretboard

Material: Ebony
Radius: Not specified
Fret size: Vintage-style
Number of frets: 22
Inlays: Hump top engraved
Nut width: Not specified

Pickups

Configuration: HH
Neck: DynaSonic DeArmond
Middle: Not applicable
Bridge: DynaSonic DeArmond
Brand: Duncan
Active or passive: Passive
Series or parallel: Series
Piezo: No
Active EQ: No
Special electronics: None

Controls

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

Hardware

Bridge type: Fixed
Bridge design: Synchro-sonic
Tailpiece: Trapeze
Tuning machines: Grover Imperial gold-plated
Color: Gold

Other

Number of strings: 6-string
Special features: Pickups
Case: Hardshell case
Accessories: None
Country of origin: United States

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Custom Shop Falcon '55 Relic Electric Guitar

Hand-built in the USA using traditional techniques and aged to perfection.

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