UP FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IS THIS 100% ORIGINAL 1959 GRETSCH MODEL 6118 DOUBLE ANNIVERSARY GUITAR in TWO TONE SMOKE GREEN w/ ORIGINAL HARD CASE ….HAS AMAZING TONE AND SOUND WITH A REEL NICE SMOOTH FEEL AND ACTION….THIS GEM IS FACTORY IDENTICAL STRUCTURED TO THE 6120 MODEL.. IN 1958 and 1959 THOSE two MODELS HAD THE TRESTLE BRIDGE AND FILTERTRON PICK UPS THAT HAVE A FANTASTIC RECOGNIZABLE ICONIC TONE IN EVERY SETTING AND SINCE THIS HAS HAD NECK RESET BY A MASTER LUTHIER IT PLAYS INCREDIBLE…THE ORIGINAL HARDSHELL CASE IS STRUCTURALLY SOUND AND EQUALLY CLEAN…
Celebrating Seventy-Five Years Of The Company’s Founding.
1959 Gretsch 6118 Double Anniversary Model.
This original “Two-Tone Smoke Green” 6118 Double Anniversary weighs just 6.70 lbs. and has a nut width of just over 1 11/16 inches and a scale length of 24 1/2 inches. Double-bound on top and single-bound on bottom laminated maple body with two unbound f-holes. Medium to thick profile maple neck, and ebony fretboard with 21 original thin frets and neoclassic inlaid pearl half-moon (thumbprint) position markers. Headstock with inlaid pearl Gretsch “T-roof” logo and “Anniversary Model” plaque. Individual Grover StaTite open-back tuners with oval metal buttons. Two Gretsch ‘Pat Applied For’ Filter’Tron humbucking pickups with silver iucite surrounds and outputs of 4.17k and 4.13k. Green Lucite pickguard with Gretsch “T-roof” logo in relief in white. Two volume controls one master volume control on treble side, one three-way pickup selector switch and one three-way tone selector switch on bass side. Chrome-plated “Arrow-through-G” control knobs with knurled sides. Gretsch ‘Roller’ bridge on ebony base and Gretsch tailpiece with “G” cutout secured to side of body with three screws. Inside the bass f-hole is the original rectangular white, gray and orange label with serial no. 31181 typed in black. The original frets show very little playing wear and are in great shape- There is no playing wear to the fretboard and is also in great condition. The original pickguard is in excellent condition with minor pick marks.. Overall considering this Gem is approx. 65 years old as shown in Amazing Shape…This fine guitar is in exceptionally fine condition with just a few very small and insignificant scuffs marks & minor checking on the body. The back of the neck shows some slight minor surface loss due to playing.. Original Gretsch five-latch, two-tone gray shaped hardshell case with maroon plush lining….((WILL BE SHIPPED WITHIN 2 DAYS OF PAYMENT TO THE LOWER 48 US STATES w/ TRACKING ))..THANK YOU..