G6131MY-CS Custom Shop Malcolm Young "Salute" Jet™

Model: 2410106821
Color Natural
Fingerboard Ebony
United States of America $10,000.00 EST. U.S. STREET

Malcolm Young, we salute you. At long last, Gretsch honors the guitarist whose rock-solid rhythm guitar swagger and songwriting provided the unshakable foundation for Australia's most beloved musical export, AC/DC, for more than 40 years.

The G6131MY-CS Custom Shop Malcolm Young "Salute" Jet™ pays faithful homage to Young's famously battle-hardened instrument, which began life in 1963 as a red Gretsch Jet Firebird handed down to him by Harry Vanda and elder brother George Young (of Easybeats fame) and nicknamed "The Beast." Malcolm certainly made the instrument his own, not least by removing two of the three pickups, stripping away the finish, and pounding out some of the hardest rocking rhythm guitar ever heard in either hemisphere.

The G6131MY-CS Custom Shop Malcolm Young "Salute" Jet is a meticulously crafted Gretsch Custom Shop recreation accurate down to every last nick, scratch and dent acquired over Young's long and raucously illustrious career.

Specs

  • Miscellaneous
    Strings Nickel Plated Steel (.012-.056 Gauges)
    Case/Gig Bag Vintage-Style Hardshell
  • Neck
    Neck Material Mahogany
    Neck Finish Heavy Relic® Lacquer
    Neck Shape Standard "U"
    Neck Binding White
    Scale Length 24.6" (625 mm)
    Fingerboard Radius 12" (305 mm)
    Fingerboard Material Ebony
    Number of Frets 22 (Plus Zero Fret)
    Fret Size Medium Jumbo
    Nut Material Bone
    Nut Width 1.6875" (42.86 mm)
    Position Inlays Pearloid Neo-Classic™ Thumbnail
    Neck Plate NA
  • Electronics
    Bridge Pickup TV Jones® Filter'Tron™ Classic
    Controls Volume 1. (Bridge Pickup), Master Volume, Master Tone
    Pickup Switching None
    Pickup Configuration S
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