Under the Bed for the Past Forty-Two Years

This mint and totally original "Sunburst" Double Anniversary weighs just 6.50 lbs. and has a nice fat nut width of 1 11/16 inches and a scale length of 24 1/2 inches. Laminated maple body, maple neck, bound rosewood fretboard with 21 frets and neoclassic inlaid pearl half-moon (thumbprint) position markers. Two Gretsch Hi-Lo'Tron pickups with tan plastic surrounds and balanced outputs of 3.16k and 3.06k. Tan Lucite pickguard with Gretsch "T" logo in relief in black. Three volume controls (one master) and two three-way tone selector switches. Chrome-plated "Arrow-through-G" with knurled sides. Six-saddle Space Control bridge on ebony base and "G-hole flat" tailpiece with an original Gretsch "Tone-Twister" vibrato. Original Gretsch two-tone gray hardshell case with purple felt lining (9.25).

With the original black leather Gretsch strap, case key, warranty in original envelope, original green Gretsch Quality Control Dept OK card, plus space control bridge instructions and Gretsch "Tone-Twister" instructions.

Totally mint, as new. No faults whatsoever - never played - 'under the bed' for the last forty-two years!

"The revolutionary year 1958 saw dynamic electronic and cosmetic innovation in Gretsch electrics. At the same time, the company issued new models to capture more of both the high-end and less-expensive, utility or student market. To this latter end, four affordable models were issued to commemorate the 75th Anniversary of the founding of the company in 1883...it saw fit to celebrate its Diamond Jubilee by debuting four low-rent -- although they were long-lived since they survived from '58 to the late-1970s -- Anniversary models: the sunburst-finished, one pickup Model 6124; two pickup, sunburst-finished Model 6117; the one pickup Model 6125 in two tone Smoke Green finish and two pickup Model 6118 in the same two-tone motif. In 1958, the single Patent Applied For Filter'Tron-equipped 6124 and 6125 cost $198 while the twin-pickup models were $285...The 16-inch-wide, 2 1/2-inch-deep, true (unbound) f-hole, all-maple-bodied archtops utilize a 24 1/2-inch scale and have an interior wooden center strut that runs from the top to the back as on the Model 6120. This support ensures rigidity of the top and also forms a platform on which the PAF(s) sit" (Jay Scott, The Guitars of the Fred Gretsch Company, pp. 205-207).