White Falcon guitar, model PX6136
Creation Date (Approximate)
1960
Files
Description
"17" wide gold sparkle bound single cutaway body, 2 Filter'Tron pickups, 2 'jewel' knobs on lower treble bout, 1 knob on upper treble bout, 1 switch on upper bass bout, roller bridge, Gold hardware with Gretsch 'Cadillac' tail piece, bound gold sparkle f soundhole, Gold Gretsch 'Falcon' pickguard. V-top headstock with gold sparkle binding and Gretsch t-roof logo with "The White Falcon" and SN# plate, gold Grover stairstep tuners, gold sparkle bound ebony neck with Neo-Classic inlay. Original case. Back of the headstock has lacquer cracks above each top tuning peg. All stock guitar like the guitar on Gretsch catalog No. 30. Very cool."
Measurements
Length -Total: 105.8cm -Back Length: 52.4cm -Headstock: 19cm -Neck (nut to body): 35.5cm -Scale: 62cm (24.40in) Width -Upper Bout: 30.3cm -Waist: 26.4cm -Lower Bout: 42.5cm -Headstock at top: 9.3cm -Headstock at bottom: 8.5cm -Neck at nut: 4.1cm -Neck at body: 5.5cm Height -Rib at Heel: 5.2cm -Rib at Waist:5.2 cm -Rib at Bottom: 5.5cm Angle -Headstock angle: 15.5 Sound Holes -F Hole: 18cm Pick-ups - Total: 2 Frets -Total frets: 21 -Body and neck join: 14 fret Weight -8lbs
Identifier
2023.008.051
Keywords
Gretsch, guitar, 6-string
Disciplines
History | Music
Recommended Citation
Gretsch Company, "White Falcon guitar, model PX6136" (2024). Gretsch Company Artifacts & Musical Instruments. 175.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/gretsch-artifacts/175
Copyright/Licensing
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