Description
Here for sale is the very cool G6199 Billy Bo model from the Gretsch Professional Collection. This G6199 is basically a 1959 style Duo Jet rebuilt with the trademark Billy Bo body complete with humbucking FilterTron pickups and Adjusto-Matic Bridge. The G6199 can be considered a solid body guitar because it's constructed of a solid mahogany back, but due to a heavily chambered body and a 3-ply maple top, the guitar retains some of the hollow body tone Gretsch guitars are famous for. Additionally, the heavily-chambered design makes the guitar very lightweight and well-balanced. This G6199 features TV Jones PowerTron pickups and the "G" cutout tailpiece. The PowerTrons are bright and snappy with plenty of punch and sound great when played clean or with as much gain as you can throw at them They're similar to the standard TV Classics but with much higher output. We are a long standing fully authorized independent Gretsch guitar dealer. This is a brand new factory first guitar and comes with the deluxe Gretsch hard case, all documentation and the Gretsch limited lifetime warranty. If you have any questions at all please feel free to give us a call!
About the Guitar (from Gretsch.com): "Some time ago, Bo gave me the guitar as a gift. It was during the recent ZZ Top recordings, when the engineering crew and I snaked through the guitar vault searching for that certain-something guitar, and there it was! We didn't risk subjecting such a rare instrument to the rigors of the road. So this new reproduction model was recreated with some BFG mojo thrown in for good measure. It's now the main stage guitar with a groove." - Billy F Gibbons. Rock luminaries Billy F Gibbons and Bo Diddley have joined forces to bring you a 21st-century version of the elusive Gretsch�� Jupiter Thunderbird now dubbed the Billy-Bo which was designed in '59 by the talented Bo Diddley himself!
The Professional Collection by Gretsch offers the absolute highest standard for the discriminating Professional player. Gretsch has spared no expense to both recreate the sound and feel of their original electric guitars of the 50's and 60's and to offer models with more modern advancements. With dozens of different models and variations to choose from, there truly is a Gretsch for every playing style from traditional Chet Atkin's style finger picking to hard driving Rock & Roll and beyond! With the Professional Collection, You can certainly have your Grandpa's Gretsch recreated with stunning authenticity, but you can also have a guitar that exceeds all standards of modern precision guitar building!
Specs:
Weight: 7.6 lbs (Approx)
Model Name: G6199 Billy Bo
Model Number: 241-0508-(815)
Series: Professional Collection
Colors: (815) Firebird RedTop w/ Black Back and Sides
Category: Solid Body Guitars
Body Style: Chambered with Maple top
Scale Length: 24.6" (648mm)
Top: Laminated Maple
Bracing: N/A
Back & Sides: Semi-Hollow Mahogany
Neck: Mahogany
Pickups: 2 TV Jones PowerTron Pickups
Pickup Switching:
3-Position Toggle:
Position 1. Bridge Pickup
Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups
Position 3. Neck Pickup
Controls:
Volume 1. (Neck Pickup)
Volume 2. (Bridge Pickup)
Master Volume
Master Tone
Width at Nut: 1-11/16" (43mm)
Fretboard: Ebony, 12" Radius (305mm)
Bridge: Pinned Rosewood-Based Adjusto-Matic��� Bridge
Tailpiece: Gretsch G-Cutout Tailpiece
Hardware: Chrome Plated
Finish: Gloss Urethane
Case: Includes G6276 Hardshell Case
Frets: 22
Machine Heads: Grover�� Sta-Tite��� Die-cast Tuners
Unique Features:
Neo Classic "Thumbnail" Inlay Position Markers
Aged Fingerboard
Headstock and Body Bindings
Multiple Aged Body Bindings
Black Plexi Pickguard
Schaller�� Straplocks
Adjustable Truss Rod
