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Custom Shop Penguin '55 Bigsby Electric Guitar

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Overview

Chambered single cutaway body with TV Jones Classic pickups and Bigsby bridge and tailpiece.

This Custom Shop Penguin '55 Bigsby Electric Guitar is a classic beauty with a chambered mahogany back and sides paired with an arched laminate maple top. It has a single cutaway Penguin body, and is complemented aesthetically by stock penguin binding which pops off the white finish, and the eye-catching gold pickguard with penguin logo engraving, and mother-of-pearl hump block inlays on the ebony fingerboard. Helping you capture and shape your tone are TV Jones Classic pickups with individual pickup volume and master volume knobs, as well as a pickup selector switch and tone control. For even greater detail on the sound and feel of this special guitar contact our Private Reserve Experts at 866-926-1923.

Features

  • Mahogany body with a arched laminated maple top
  • Chambered single cutaway body style
  • Fat "C" neck shape
  • TV Jones Classic pickups
  • Bigsby Vibrato and Bigsby tailpiece
  • White with stock binding
  • Gold hardware, pickguard, and gold-plated Grover Imperial tuners
  • Mother-of-pearl hump block fingerboard inlay

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Specs

Custom Shop Penguin '55 Bigsby Electric Guitar Specifications:

  • Color: White
  • Aging Type: NOS
  • Tuners: Gold-plated Grover Imperial
  • Neck and Bridge Pickups: TV Jones Classic
  • Neck Shape: Fat "C"
  • Bracing: N/A
  • Nut: Bone
  • Wiring: Master Volume, Neck Volume, Bridge Volume, Pickup Selector Switch and Tone Control
  • Binding: Stock
  • Frets: Vintage
  • Zero Fret: No
  • Fretboard Wood: Ebony
  • Fretboard Inlay Material: Mother-of-pearl
  • Fretboard Inlay Style: Hump Block Top Engraved
  • Side Dot Color: Red
  • Neck Wood: Mahogany
  • Truss Adjust: Headstock
  • Pickguard Engraving: Penguin Logo Engraved on Gold Pickguard
  • Pickguard: Gold Pickguard
  • Knobs: Jeweled Plain Top
  • Bridge: Bigsby Vibrato
  • Tailpiece: Bigsby
  • Top: Arched Laminate Maple
  • Back: Chambered Mahogany Body
  • Sides: Chambered Mahogany Body
  • Hardware: Gold
  • Headstock Logo: Vertical Gretsch Logo
  • Body Style: Chambered Single Cutaway
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