Description
Very rare 2007 Gretsch G6199TWP Billy Bo Penguin NOS model in MINT condition.
The G6199TWP is a special short run version of the Billy Bo model with a white penguin trim and finish package!. The Billy bo 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. The duo jet's play extremely well with perfect action and neck angle combined with an adjustable bridge. This G6199 has 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 the standard TV Classics but with much higher output. We are a long standing fully authorized independent Gretsch guitar dealer. This is a new old stock "refurbished" guitar and comes as shown in the photo's with the deluxe Gretsch hard case, 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!
Specs:
Suggested Retail Price: $4,200
Weight: 6.8 lbs (Approx)
Model Name: G6199TWP Billy Bo White Penguin
Model Number: 240-0517-815
Series: Professional Collection
Colors: White
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: Gold Plated
Finish: Gloss Urethane
Case: Includes G6276 Hardshell Case
Frets: 22
Machine Heads: Gold Sperzel Locking 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
