Product Overview
"You gotta jump, jive, and then you wail away!"
Without a doubt, Brian Setzer is one of the most exciting and impressive musicians of our time. He created a remarkable and lasting legacy - from spearheading the rockabilly revival with the Stray Cats to jump-starting Big Band Swing with the Brian Setzer Orchestra. Throughout his decorated and storied career, he has sold over 13 million records, won three Grammy Awards and received the Orville H. Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award for his work as a guitarist.
Honoring a pivotal rock 'n' roll legend, the G6120T-BSSMK Brian Setzer Signature Nashville Hollow Body '59 "Smoke" with Bigsby is a recreation of Brian's main stage guitar since retiring the famed 'Stray Cat.' A painstaking homage to one of Brian's most treasured guitars, Smoke delivers vintage '59 vibe with powerhouse performance.
Period-correct details abound including the '59 headstock shape and logo, pickguard shape, size, and bracket, volume, tone and switch locations and a beautifully rich "Smoke Orange" semi-gloss lacquer finish.
Beneath its vintage cloak however, Smoke is a true workhorse with features accumulated over a prolific span of Brian's career. Stage-veteran specs include a single-cutaway hollow body with arched laminated maple top, 1959 trestle bracing and oversized F-holes for improved sonic projection. The maple neck has a 9.5"-12" compound radius ebony fingerboard and a vintage 'V' neck shape for comfortable chording or lightning leads. The rolled fingerboard and body edges couple with the semi-gloss finish to create an unparalleled broken-in feel found only in the prized G6120s from the 1950s.
Dual TV Jones Ray Butts Ful-Fidelity pickups provide timeless tone with excellent bass response and shimmering Filter'Tron sparkle. For complete roadworthy stability, Smoke is equipped with an Adjusto-Matic bridge with pinned rosewood base, Bigsby B6CGH vibrato tailpiece, Delrin nut and Gotoh locking tuning machines.
- Body: Laminated Maple
- Body Finish: Semi-Gloss Lacquer
- Body Top: Arched Laminated Maple
- Body Binding: Aged White with B/W Purfling
- Body Shape: Nashville / G6120
- Body Back: Arched Laminated Maple
- Control Knobs: G-Arrow
- Fingerboard: Ebony
- Hardware Finish: Nickel
- Pickguard: Gold Plexi Pickguard with Artist Signature and Gretsch Logo
- Position Inlays: Pearloid Neo-Classic Thumbnail
- Neck Finish: Semi-Gloss Lacquer
- Neck Shape: Vintage "V"
- Neck Pickup: TV Jones Ray Butts Ful-Fidelity
- Waist: 9.5" (241mm)
- Bridge Cover/Tailpiece: Bigsby B6CGH
- Orientation: Right-Hand
- Configuration: Filter'Tron / Filter'Tron
- Bracing: 1959 Trestle Bracing
- Upper Bout: 11.56" (29.4 cm)
- Lower Bout: 16" (40.6 cm)
- Scale Length: 24.6" (625 mm)
- Number of Frets: 22
- Fret Size: Medium Jumbo
- String Nut: Delrin
- Nut Width: 1.685" (42.8 mm)
- Bridge Pickup: TV Jones Ray Butts Ful-Fidelity
- Controls: Volume 1. (Neck Pickup), Volume 2. (Bridge Pickup), Master Volume
- Pickup Switching: 3-Position Toggle: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge And Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup, 3-Position Tone Switch
- Pickup Configuration: Filter'Tron / Filter'Tron
- Bridge: Adjusto-Matic with Pinned Rosewood Base
- Tuning Machines: Gotoh Locking
- Strings: Nickel Plated Steel (.010-.046 Gauges)
- Case/Gig Bag: Included G6241 Gretsch 16" Deluxe Hollow Body Hardshell (p/n 099-6411-000); Optional G2162 Gretsch Hollow Body Gig Bag (p/n 099-6458-000)
- Fingerboard Radius: 9.5"-12" Compound Radius (241 mm-305 mm)
- Refinement Fingerboard Radius: Compound
- Neck Material: Maple
- Nut Material: Delrin
