1953 Gretsch 6128 Duo Jet

$11,500.00

  • Year: 1953
  • Manufacturer: Gretsch
  • Model: 6128 Duo Jet
  • Case: Original Hard
  • Color: Black
  • Condition: Excellent
  • Description: This late Summer 1953 Duo Jet with a 13 1/4-inch-wide, 2 inch deep guitar weighs just 7.80 lbs, has a fat nut width of just over 1 11/16 inches, a wonderful medium-to-thick neck profile and a scale length of 24 1/2 inches. Chambered mahogany body, triple-bound pressed arched top with black plastic laminate, mahogany neck, and white-bound Brazilian rosewood fretboard with 22 original 'small' frets and inlaid pearloid block position markers. Two single-coil DeArmond™ pickups with outputs of 3.13k and 3.05k. Four-layer plastic pickguard. Earliest style plain-top chrome plated brass control knobs with cross-hatch pattern on sides. Earliest style Melita Synchro-Sonic bridge which is 'anchored' directly into the top, and chrome cut-out "G-hole flat" tailpiece. This is one of the very first Duo Jets, with a silver cut-out Gretsch 'Drum' logo on the bass side of the tailpiece, the Melita bridge anchored directly into the body and a four-ply 'white' pickguard. This very rare guitar is in exceptionally fine and totally original (9.00+) condition. Housed in the original Gretsch four-latch straw-colored hardshell case with burgundy velvet lining and Gretsch silk banner (8.75). (1175).