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WHILE THE KINGS OF ROCKABILLY HAVE OFFERED REISSUES OF THEIR ICONIC 50S

SOLID BODY GUITARS FOR ALMOST 30 YEARS, WE TAKE A LOOK AT A NEW RANGE THAT

BRINGS THOSE INSTRUMENTS TO LIFE LIKE NEVER BEFORE...

JET SET

THE

Words Ed Mitchell Photography Joseph Branston

Gretsch G6134T-58 Vintage Select ’58 Penguin, G6128T-57 Vintage Select ’57 Duo

Jet & Electromatic G5435T Pro Jet

£3,199, £2,609 & £529

review

GRETSCH SINGLECUTS

GUITARIST NOVEMBER 2017

review

GUITARIST NOVEMBER 2017

GIT426.rev_gretsch.indd 88 05/10/2017 17:20

Summary of content (7 pages)

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review GRETSCH SINGLECUTS THE JET SET WHIL E T HE K INGS OF ROCK A BIL LY H AV E OFFERED REISSUES OF T HEIR ICONIC 50S SOLID BODY GUITARS FOR ALMOST 30 YEARS, WE TAKE A LOOK AT A NEW RANGE THAT BRINGS THOSE INSTRUMENTS TO LIFE LIKE NEVER BEFORE... Words Ed Mitchell Photography Joseph Branston Gretsch G6134T-58 Vintage Select ’58 Penguin, G6128T-57 Vintage Select ’57 Duo Jet & Electromatic G5435T Pro Jet £3,199, £2,609 & £529 88 GUITARIST NOVEMBER 2017 GIT426.rev_gretsch.
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review GRETSCH SINGLECUTS his penguin shuffles into a pub, sidles up to the bartender and says, “Excuse me... has my dad been in?” “I dunno,” the barkeep replies. “What does he look like?” Yeah, it’s funny cos it’s true. Penguins have this tendency to look the same as one another; and that conspicuous sharing of DNA doesn’t only apply to those flightless souls huddled together on the Antarctic ice with an egg jammed between their knees.
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GRETSCH SINGLECUTS review The lively TV Jones Classics on the ’57 Duo Jet replace the Filter’Tron humbuckers that were introduced to the original model 60 years ago NOVEMBER 2017 GUITARIST GIT426.rev_gretsch.
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review GRETSCH SINGLECUTS VIDEO DEMO http://bit.ly/guitaristextra 1 2 3 Professional Series guitars, which includes our Vintage Select Editions. In recent years, it’s the sub-£1,000 guitar sector that has seen the biggest shift in build quality, and bang for your buck, with the Electromatic range playing an important role in that growth by offering iconic designs at affordable prices. Our G5435T Pro Jet features the same scale length, fingerboard radius and fret count as the Vintage Select guitars.
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GRETSCH SINGLECUTS 4 review 5 6 1. The dazzling headstock and Grover Imperial tuners are part of the OTT charisma of the icecool Penguin 2. A licensed Bigsby vibrato helps the far cheaper Electromatic achieve an authentic Gretsch shimmer 3. One of the most recognisable Gretsch features, the master volume, allows you quick access to either tone down the Jet’s intensity or kill the sound completely those bobbins, boosted no doubt by the chambered body.
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review GRETSCH SINGLECUTS GRETSCH G5435T ELECTROMATIC PRO JET PRICE: £529 ORIGIN: China TYPE: Single-cutaway electric guitar BODY: Chambered basswood back with laminated maple top NECK: Maple, set-in SCALE LENGTH: 625mm (24.6”) NUT/WIDTH: Synthetic bone/43mm FINGERBOARD: Rosewood, 305mm (12”) radius FRETS: 22 medium jumbo HARDWARE: Chrome anchored tune-o-matic bridge, licensed Bigsby vibrato, vintage style tuners STRING SPACING, BRIDGE: 52mm (2.