Owned by

Billy Zoom

Body style

Single Cutaway Hollowbody

Color(s)

Walnut

Fretboard

Ebony with Neo-Classic (thumbnail) inlays

Nut

Unknown with zero fret

Pickups

Unknown

Tuners

Grover Imperial with "Kidney Bean" buttons

Bridge

Bar

Tailpiece

None

Modifications

Pickups:
Bridge - Kent Armstrong P90, Humbucker case, gold.
Neck - Seymour Duncan DeArmond, tall Dynasonic case, Gold.

Master Volume Pot: 1meg, Audio.
Bridge Vol. and Tone pots: 1meg, Linear.

Original TV Jones Plus HT and TV Jones
Super-Tron Classic pickups replaced for more Twang. (They were really good non-twangy pickups though).

Unusual factory features

25 1/2" scale, 1 3/4" nut

No Neck pickup Vol. control.

Chet wire swivel arm on Bigsby B6GW Vibrato Tailpiece w/ V cutout and Gretsch logo - Gold

Rocking Bar bridge (for now) Gold.

Added to Gretsch-GEAR

5 years ago Last modified 2017-10-20 11:28:46

The neck is more comfortable for my poor old arthritic hands. 1st time I ever paid over $1k for a guitar, second time I ever spent over $500 for a guitar. They did give me a good deal though.