1958 Gretsch LEFTY Duo-Jet 6128 Orange, Excellent, Original Hard, $9,995.00
1958 Gretsch 6128 Duo-Jet LEFTY Serial # 35203. With an estimated 40 to 50 left-handed instruments built up to the late 1970's, the Duo-Jet 6128 is an extremely rare model in factory left-handed, and even more rare when considering it is a lefty Golden Era 1954-1960 single-cut Duo-Jet!
This particular Duo-Jet belonged to a right-handed gentleman who had owned and played it upside down from 1971 to 2008. The Duo-Jet was Gretsch’s answer to the Gibson Les Paul Custom, and the overwhelming majority of these were black, with a sprinkling of Cadillac Green from 1956-1958. In addition, the single-cut Silver Jet 6129 was offered with some custom sparkle colors from 1954-1960. There is some question about the originality of the Orange finish on this particular guitar, which is the more typical Gretsch color found on the 6120 model, for example. As a result, this guitar is being priced accordingly as a refin.
This Duo-Jet has the typical brown back and neck finish, original tuners, bone nut (which has never been off), ebony fingerboard and original frets, lefty thumbprint inlays, original Pat. Applied For Filter'Tron pickups with original wire harness including switches and capacitors. All solder joints are original. Original bar bridge. The lefty Bigsby tailpiece does not appear to be original to the instrument, and is probably a late 60s Bigsby, as there are screw-holes from another tail-piece on the bottom. The second to most recent owner acquired the guitar with its current tailpiece in 1971, and the only change he made to the Bigsby was in removing the black paint. Sadly, he removed and discarded the original lefty pickguard many years ago.
Some areas of the top's lacquer finish have been peeled away from the long-ago removal of a few stickers and black electrical tape (he admitted to decorating the guitar with the black stripes in a tiger-theme). The guitar plays well, with a good neck angle and decent original frets. Pickups read 4.12 (neck) and 4.20 (bridge), and pots and switches work well. And, very important to note on vintage Gretsch guitars, there is NO binding rot. Also includes the Original Hard Shell Case.
At the end of the day, this is an extremely rare factory left-handed 1958 Gretsch Duo-Jet and provides a very rare opportunity for the vintage guitar collector, lefty or righty!
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