Gretsch G6138 Bo Diddley Box Electric Guitar Firebird Red

Description

NEW - Bo Diddley rocked fans with his sterling chops, electrifying showmanship and outrageous guitars for more than 50 years. The G6138 is a faithful reproduction of the famous rectangular guitar Gretsch built especially for him in 1958.

Its features include a striking semi-hollow body, three-piece rock maple neck, ebony fingerboard with pearl dot inlays, 1957-style headstock, dual High Sensitive Filter'Tron™ humbucking pickups, Adjusto-Matic™ bridge, G-cutout tailpiece, gold hardware and special Bo Diddley signature truss rod cover.

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SPECS
Build: Solid Body

Body Finish: Gloss Urethane

Body Shape: Bo Diddley

Body Material: Maple

Body Back: Mahogany

Body Top: Laminated Maple

Body Depth: 2" (50.8 mm)

Neck Material: Rock Maple

Neck Finish: Gloss Urethane

Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)

Fingerboard Radius: 12" (305 mm)

Fingerboard Material: Ebony

Number of Frets: 22

Nut Material: Synthetic Bone

Nut Width: 1.6875" (42.86 mm)

Position Inlays White Pearloid Dot

Headstock: Jet™ Style

Neck Plate: NA

Bridge Pickup: High Sensitive Filter'Tron™

Neck Pickup: High Sensitive Filter'Tron™

Controls: Volume 1. (Neck Pickup), Volume 2. (Bridge Pickup), Tone

Pickup Switching: 3-Position Toggle: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup

Pickup Configuration: Filter'Tron™ / Filter'Tron™

Bridge: Adjusto-Matic™ with Rosewood Base

Hardware Finish: Gold-Plated

Tailpiece: Gretsch® G-Cutout Tailpiece

Tuning Machines: Grover® Rotomatic™ Die-Cast

Pickguard: None

Control Knobs: G-Arrow

Strings: Nickel Plated Steel (.010-.046 Gauges)

Strap Buttons: Gretsch® Knurled Strap Retainer Knobs

Other Features: Bo Diddley Signature on Trussrod Cover, Pearloid Dot Position Inlays, Body Binding, Inlaid Gretsch Logo on Headstock, Adjustable Truss Rod