Gretsch Introduces G6120DE Duane Eddy Signature Hollow Body Guitar

Gretsch is proud to honor original-erahit maker and true rock Œn¹ roll innovator Duane Eddy with the introductionof the G6120DE Duane Eddy Signature Hollow Body guitar model. The instrumentis a single-cutaway beauty with classic styling and full, resonant soundthat combines features based directly on his original 1957 G6120 model withmodern Gretsch features that all together pay fitting tribute to theundisputed King of Twang. Duane Eddy is still going strong in 2011, and he will be forever revered asan original guitar hero who put a deep and resounding twang into rock Œn¹roll. On a string of late 1950s and early ¹60s instrumental hits, he useddramatic single-note melodies on the lower strings of his guitar, pronouncedtremolo and vibrato, and liberal doses of echo to produce a signature soundthat evoked souped-up cars on Saturday night one minute and the wide-openvistas of the Wild West the next. With unmistakably distinctive hitsincluding ³Rebel Rouser,² ³Forty Miles of Bad Road,² ³Cannonball,² ³TheLonely One,² ³Shazam² and ³Some Kinda Earthquake,² he became the mostsuccessful instrumentalist in rock history, charting 15 top 40 singles from1958 through 1963 and selling more than 100 million records worldwide. The G6120DE¹s bound single-cutaway hollow body has three-ply maple back,sides and arched top, with trestle bracing and bound oversized f holes. Thethree-piece bound maple neck has a brass nut, lacquer finish and slimprofile based on Eddy¹s original 1957 G6120, and is topped with a boundheadstock. Other features include a 12²-radius rosewood fingerboard with 22medium frets and hump-block pearloid inlays; dual DynaSonic single-coilpickups with three-position switching; gold plexi pickguard bearing Gretschlogo and Eddy¹s signature; modern Tru-Arc bridge and Bigsby® B6CBDE vibratotailpiece with Duane Eddy-style ³DE² handle and extra-long string-retainerpins; gold G-arrow control knobs and gold-plated, chrome and polishedaluminum hardware; gold-plated Grover® V98G Sta-Tite tuners; DunlopStraplok® system; Western Orange Stain lacquer finish; and deluxe hard shellcase. The pure sound of Duane Eddy is the pure sound of a great Gretsch guitar,and the G6120DE resonates with his amazing sound and his amazing rock Œn¹roll legacy as a true ³Rebel Rouser² of an instrument.