The Limited Edition Paisley Penguin™ offers an elegant take on a classic Gretsch design. This Penguin features a chambered mahogany body with arched maple top that is gloriously adorned with a gold edge burst finish over a gold paisley and sparkle top. TV Jones® TV Classic™ and TV Classic Plus™ Filter’Tron™ pickups provide all the twang, growl, and power you need to cut through the mix, making this rare bird well suited for a wide range of musical styles.
FEATURES
- Mahogany body with arched maple top and modern chambering
- Mahogany neck
- 12" radius ebony fingerboard with 22 medium jumbo frets, mother of pearl Neo Classic™ thumbnail inlays, and Luminlay side dots
- Bone nut
- TV Jones® TV Classic™ and TV Classic Plus™ Filter'Tron™ pickups
- Adjusto-Matic™ bridge with pinned ebony base
- String-Thru Bigsby® B3GP tailpiece
- Grover® Imperial™ locking tuners
- Grover® strap locks
- Gold hardware
- G6238XL Gretsch® deluxe hardshell case included
- Available in Gold Paisley
HIGHLIGHTS
Maple Top with Chambered Mahogany Body
The Limited Edition Paisley Penguin™ features an arched maple top and a mahogany body with modern chambering, which magnifies harmonic richness by letting air resonate between the top and body for a livelier and more articulate tone.
TV Jones Pickups
The TV Jones® TV Classic™ neck pickup provides clean, compressed highs and mids with a tight and controlled low-end, while the TV Classic Plus™ bridge pickup bring a little more attitude to the party with a slightly rounder top end and higher output, making this a versatile combination that can cover a lot of sonic territory.
Versatile Controls
The combination of individual pickup volume controls, master no-load tone and master volume with treble bleed circuit provides intuitive global control over your pickup and tone settings.
Limited Edition Aesthetics
The Limited Edition Paisley Penguin™ features an exclusive gold paisley top finish with gold edge burst, adorned with gold hardware, matching gold pickguard and pickup bezels, jeweled G-Arrow control knobs, and a gold metallic "winged" headstock logo to create a look and style as big and unmistakable as its sound.
General
- Model Number: 2400549844
- Series: Professional Collection
- Family: Penguin™
- Platform: Gretsch® Penguin
- Color: Gold Paisley
- Number of Strings: 6
- Orientation: Right-Hand
Body
- Build: Solid Body
- Cutaway: Single Cutaway
- Body Finish: Gloss
- Body Shape: Jet™
- Body Material: Mahogany
- Bracing: Chambered
- Body Depth: 1.85" (47 mm)
Neck
- Neck Material: Mahogany
- Neck Construction: Set-Neck
- Neck Finish: Gloss
- Neck Shape: Standard "U"
- Neck Binding: Aged White
- Scale Length: 24.6" (625 mm)
- Fingerboard Radius: 12" (305 mm)
- Fingerboard Material: Ebony
- Number of Frets: 22
- Fret Size: Medium Jumbo
- Nut Material: Bone
- Nut Width: 1.6875" (42.86 mm)
- Position Inlays: Mother of Pearl Neo-Classic™ Thumbnail
- Side Dots: Luminlay®
- Headstock Binding: Aged White
Hardware
- Bridge: Adjusto-Matic™ with Pinned Ebony Base
- Hardware Finish: Gold
- Tailpiece: Bigsby® B3GP String-Thru Vibrato Tailpiece
- Tuning Machines: Grover® Imperial™ Locking
- Pickguard: Gold Plexi with Gold Gretsch® Logo and Penguin Graphic
- Control Knobs: Jeweled G-Arrow
- Switch Tip: Gold
Electronics
- Bridge Pickup: TV Jones® TV Classic Plus
- Neck Pickup: TV Jones® TV Classic
- Pickup Color: Gold
- Controls: Volume 1. (Neck Pickup), Volume 2. (Bridge Pickup), Master Volume, Master Tone
- Pickup Switching: 3-Position Toggle: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup
Pickup Configuration: Filter'Tron™ / Filter'Tron™
Miscellaneous
- Strings: Nickel Plated Steel (.010-.046 Gauges)
- Strap Buttons: Grover Strap Locks
- Case/Gig Bag: Included G6238XL Gretsch® Solid Body Hardshell (p/n 099-6504-000)
- Instrument Weight: 9 lbs
Condition | New |
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SKU | GRETSCH-2400549844 |
UPC | 885978427246 |