Gretsch Company Artifacts & Musical Instruments
Round-Up guitar, model PX6130
Creation Date (Approximate)
1955
Files
Description
"13 1/4" wide, 2" deep, single cutaway, mahogany body with Knotty Pine top and G brand, sides covered with Western-motif tooled leather, 2 gold DeArmond pickups, 3 knobs (non G/Arrow) on the lower treble bout, 1 knob on cutaway, 1 switch on the upper bass bout, bound top, single-bound fingerboard, and headstock, rosewood fingerboard with block cowboy inlayed (starts at first fret), Gretsch 'T' roof logo and longhorn headstock, metal nut, 24 1/2" scale, gold hardware, Melita bridge, Longhorn pickguard, Gretsch G cut tailpiece with western belt buckle string anchor, original open back tuners. Tweed Gretsch case."
Measurements
Length -Total: 98.6cm -Back Length: 45.5cm -Headstock: 16.9cm -Neck (nut to body): 38cm -Scale: 63cm (25in) Width -Upper Bout: 26.3cm -Waist: 21.6cm -Lower Bout: 34.1cm -Headstock at top: 6.5cm -Headstock at bottom: 7.5cm -Neck at nut: 4.5cm -Neck at body: 5.5cm Height -Rib at Heel: 4.5cm -Rib at Waist: 4.5cm -Rib at Bottom: 4.5cm Angle -Headstock: Pick-ups - Total: 2 Frets -Total frets: 22 -Body and neck join: 16 fret
Identifier
2023.008.002
Keywords
Gretsch, guitar, 6-string
Disciplines
History | Music
Recommended Citation
Gretsch Company, "Round-Up guitar, model PX6130" (2024). Gretsch Company Artifacts & Musical Instruments. 96.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/gretsch-artifacts/96
Copyright/Licensing
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