2005 Gretsch 6119 Tennessee Rose:
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This guitar is for sale.
Contact jenny for details.
- Owned by
- jenny
- Body style
- Single Cutaway Hollowbody
- Color(s)
- Cherry Red
- Fretboard
- Ebony with Neo-Classic/Thumbnail inlays
- Nut
- Bone
- Pickups
- Vintage "Patent Number" FilterTron
- Tuners
- Grover
- Controls
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- Master Volume
- Neck pickup volume
- Bridge pickup volume
- Master Tone (knob)
- Pickup selector switch
- G-Arrow knobs
- Bridge
- Tune-O-Matic
- Tailpiece
- Bigsby B-6C (V-cutout)
- Modifications
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I changed the stock Tune O Matic bridge with a Gretsch Space Control Bridge that helps clean up the intonation a bit. Other than that she is still factory stock.
- Unusual factory features
According to the serial number, it appears that this guitar is most likely a factory prototype for production at the Fuji-gen factory. The primary indicator of this is that the sequence number portion of the serial number (last 4 digits) begins with "00". According to Mike Lewis of FMIC, the "00" sequence is indeed reserved for special runs and prototypes. Around 2005/2006 the Tennessean/Tennessee Rose design was going through some changes, and it's likely that this guitar was one of the factory transitional prototypes. A prototype model is still technically more rare than a standard production issue.
It is in mint condition. Patent # 2892371 stamped on pups.
I absolutely am in love with it, made my fingers sore playing it last night.
And of course the Cherry Red is WAY cooler than the orange :)
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Nice T-Rose, Jenny.
Judging by the serial number, yours appears to be a factory prototype. When FMIC assumed production, they gradually went through the entire line over a 3-year period and re-vamped the specs on many models to bring them closer in line with classic specifications. Not sure exactly when they got around to the T-Rose series, but yours appears to be one of the re-vamp prototypes.
Also, the Tune-o-matic bridge is the stock bridge for this particular model.