Inspired by the pivotal and prolific years of Gretsch’s 1950s and early ’60s golden age, Vintage Select Edition guitars are designed for the player who appreciates the finest in musical instrument heritage. The G6128T-53 Vintage Select ’53 Duo Jet™ with Bigsby® rocks that legacy with a finely crafted new take on one of Gretsch’s first and dearest models.
The Duo Jet debuted in 1953 as Gretsch’s flagship “solid body” guitar, although its signature power and punch came from its chambered mahogany design, which magnifies harmonic richness by letting air resonate between the top and body for livelier and more articulate tone. That’s all here on this original-era beauty, along with special touches including the rare Gretsch “script” headstock logo and dual TV Jones® T-Armond™ pickups that keenly replicate the vintage DynaSonic™ sound.
Specifications
- Fingerboard Material : Rosewood
- Fingerboard Radius : 12" (305 mm)
- Neck Finish : Gloss Urethane
- Neck Material : Mahogany
- Neck Shape : Standard "U"
- Number of Frets : 22
- Nut Material : Bone
- Nut Width : 1.6875" (42.86 mm)
- Position Inlays : Aged Pearloid Blocks
- String Nut : Bone
- Body : Mahogany
- Body Back : Mahogany
- Body Binding : Aged White
- Body Finish : Gloss
- Body Material : Mahogany
- Body Shape : Jet™
- Body Style : Gretsch® Chambered Body Guitars
- Body Top : Arched Laminated Maple
- Bracing : Chambered
- Cutaway : Single Cutaway
- Waist : 8.625" (219.08 mm)
- Bridge : Aluminum Compensated
- Bridge Cover/Tailpiece : Bigsby B3CCB
- Bridge Mounting : Pinned
- Control Knobs : Plain
- Hardware Finish : Nickel
- Neck Plate : NA
- Pickguard : 1-Ply Vintage White
- Strap Buttons : Gretsch® Knurled Strap Retainer Knobs
- Strings : Nickel Plated Steel (.010-.046 Gauges)
- Tuning Machines : Grover® Sta-Tite™ Die-Cast
- Bridge Pickup : TV Jones® T-Armond™
- Controls : Volume 1. (Neck Pickup), Volume 2. (Bridge Pickup), Master Volume, Master Tone
- Neck Pickup : TV Jones® T-Armond™
- Pickup Configuration : TV Jones® / TV Jones®
- Special Electronics : N/A
- Switching : 3-Position Toggle: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge And Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup
