Gretsch Guitars Custom Shop George Harrison Tribute Duo Jet Electric Guitar

A meticulous recreation of his favorite guitar, offered with a surprising
collection of memorabilia.




Meticulously recreated by Gretsch master builder Stephen
Stern and his crew from the original guitar owned by George and played during
his early- and post-Beatles career. Only 60 Harrison TRIBUTE guitars will be
produced worldwide.

Very special extras include:
• Original 1987
U.K. 7" picture-sleeve vinyl record of George Harrison hit "Got My Mind Set On
You."
•
One of George Harrison's actual personal guitar picks.
•

Two previously unpublished photos of George Harrison with his original Duo
Jet guitar.
•
A DVD about the making of the Gretsch G6128T-GH George
Harrison Tribute Duo Jet guitar.
•
A copy of 1980 George Harrison
autobiography I Me Mine.
•
A personal letter from the Harrison family.

•
A reprint of George Harrison's 1961 IOU to Liverpool cab driver Ivan
Hayward as handwritten on the back of the customs slip Hayward filled out to
bring the original Duo Jet to England from New York.
•
Set of four
Gretsch George Harrison pins.

Unique Features:
Lightweight mid-'50s chamber body, distressed all-black color scheme (body top,
back and sides and back of neck), modified B6C Bigsby® tailpiece with black
Phillips head tremolo arm pivot bolt, offset mounted strap carriage bolt on butt
of body

The background
There's a very famous early
film of the Beatles performing at Liverpool's Cavern Club; the dank, cramped
cellar where the group played from February 1961 to August 1963. The grainy
black and white footage captures the Beatles (mere days after new drummer Ringo
Starr officially joined) sweating through a raucous cover of "Some Other Guy,"
then a staple of their act, before a packed house.

At far stage right,
19-year-old guitarist George Harrison is blasting out the song's infectious
chord progression on what he later called his "first real decent guitar"—a black
1957 Gretsch 6128 Duo Jet, serial number 21179, with a Bigsby® vibrato unit. The
guitar is clearly visible in the footage.

The Gretsch Duo Jet that
Harrison plays in the clip was dear to him at the time. He often referred to it
as his first truly good guitar. He'd bought it secondhand from a Liverpool cab
driver a year earlier at age 18, in summer 1961. After acquiring the guitar,
Harrison played it during the historic three-year period when the Beatles made
their momentous transformation from local favorites to U.K. sensations to
worldwide phenomenon. He used it to record the Beatles' first album, Please
Please Me, and the song of the same name that was their first number-one hit. A
quarter-century later he returned to the guitar for his acclaimed 1987 solo
album Cloud Nine.

So when Gretsch wanted to honor Harrison in 2011 with
a signature guitar model—it had to be that guitar.



Features

Body
Body Material: Mahogany back, 3-ply Maple top
Body Shape: Jet™
Body Top: 3-Ply Maple
Body Finish: Array
Neck
Number of Frets: 22
Fingerboard Radius: 9" (22.9 cm)
Fretboard: Rosewood
Neck Material: 1-Piece Mahogany
Neck Finish: Lacquer
Nut Width: 1.66" (42 mm)
Scale Length: 24.6" (62.5 cm)
Electronics
Bridge Pickup: DynaSonic™ Single-Coil Bridge Pickup Custom Made by Seymour
Duncan®
Neck Pickup: DynaSonic™ Single-Coil Neck Pickup Custom Made by Seymour
Duncan®
Pickup Switching: 3-Position Toggle: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2.
Bridge and Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup
Controls: Volume 1. (Neck Pickup), Volume 2. (Bridge Pickup), Master Tone

Hardware
Hardware Finish: Chrome-Plated
Bridge: Vintage-Style "Rocking Bar" Bridge with Ebony Base
Tuning Machines: Gotoh® SE700-05M Vintage Style Tuners
Accessories
Case Gig Bags: Deluxe Tweed Hardshell Case
Pickguard: Silver Plexi
Included Accessories: Deluxe Tweed Case
Strap Locks: Knurled Strap Retainer Knobs
Control Knobs: "G" Arrow Knobs




Make this unique guitar yours. Order today.






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