Full Description

Laminated Maple Body

Gretsch fans will love this new anniversary edition to the Professional series, as the G6118T provides a maximum performance, incorporating modern updates for today's musician. Players can benefit from a rich articulate tone, as well as crisp overtones with its laminated maple body. Crafted with a classic hollow construction, the G6118T features an ML bracing system which is specifically voiced to provide full hollow body tones from the thinner, 2.25” body. This hollow design also provides a lightweight guitar that can be played for longer, compared to a solid body, and is ideal for a professional player who gigs more frequently. For added acoustic projection, a duo of classic 'F' sound holes are also featured on the maple soundboard, providing a classic look that many guitarists associate with the 1950s era.

Comfortable Neck Profile

This stunning guitar also features a standard “U”-shaped maple neck which bears a 12”-radius for the ultimate comfort. In addition, a rosewood fingerboard with 22 medium jumbo frets delivers a memorable playing experience that works with any fret-hand style. This rosewood fingerboard is adorned with pearloid thumbnail inlays, which not only provide an elegant look, but also make it easy to see the frets.

High Sensitive Filter'Tron Humbuckers

As well as featuring a superb acoustic tone, the G6118T is equipped with two high sensitive Filter'Tron humbucking pickups, located in the bridge and neck position. These deliver a pristine high end, glassy midrange , robust low end and balanced harmonics for tone that blends seamlessly with other instruments. Along with offering this superb tone, these type of pickups also filter out undesirable hum, neon noises, crackle and electrical disturbance that is commonly associated with single-coil pickups. Controlling these pickups is easy with the "G"-Arrow control knobs, that offer independent volume, and a master volume, as well as a 3-position toggle switch for tonal variations.

Enhanced Nut

The G6118T Players Edition includes a GraphTech Tusq which is impregnated with PTFT, providing a slippy substance which controls the amount of grip that the nut has on the strings. A Tusq nut delivers a rich tone, along with hidden harmonics by transferring your strings vibrations efficiently to the guitar.

Rocking Bar Bridge

Like many model by Gretsch, the Rocking bar bridge is a long time favourite amongst Gretsch enthusiasts due to it delivering a smooth tone with enhanced sustain. This well-known bridge allows the bar to smoothly rock back and forth when used in conjunction with the Bigsby tailpiece.

String-Through Bigsby Tailpiece

The renowned Bigsby tailpiece is a common feature on many Gretsch guitars. Its iconic design allows players to add pitch-bending effects to their tone, whilst maintaining an accurate tuning. In addition, its string-through design provides a quick and easy string change as well as providing increased vibration transfer for enhanced sustain.

Classic Aesthetics

In addition to providing you with uncompromising sounds, the Gretsch G6118T Players also features classic details that Gretsch fans will love. Ornate appointments include nickel “G Arrow” control knobs, white binding with black purfling, gloss urethane finish, pearloid thumbnail inlays, vintage thick plexi pickguard with Gretsch logo and Schaller locking tuning machines. If that's not enough, you also receive a deluxe hardshell case for storing your beloved guitar.

Features

• Engineered for optimum performance and responsiveness
• Equipped with a set of High Sensitive Filter’Tron humbucking pickups that delivers a superb balanced tone and eliminates undesirable hum
• Squeezebox” paper-in-oil capacitors add smooth vintage tone while the treble bleed circuit retains the guitar's clarity
• Hollow construction and thinner, 2.25” body provides maximum comfort during long sets
• “ML” bracing allows the guitar to retain that rich, full hollow body sound
• Rocking bar bridge reacts in tandem with the Bigsby B6CP vibrato tailpiece for stable tuning
• String-Through Bigsby Tailpiece offers quick and easy string changes
• Classic "F" holes for traditional Gretsch appearance and enhanced acoustic projection
• Includes a full range of classic Gretsch aesthetics for an iconic look
• “U”-shaped profile for fluid hand flexibility
• Maple neck mounted with a rosewood fingerboard with 22 medium jumbo frets
• GraphTech NuBone Tusq XL nut provides stable tuning, brings out hidden harmonics and delivers a rich tone
• Delicate white binding with black purfling across the body
• Finished in a distinctive Lotus Ivory
• Includes a deluxe hardshell case for storage and transportation

Specifications

Body

• Series: Gretsch Professional Collection
• Body Top: Laminated Maple
• Body Back: Laminated Maple
• Body Shape: Anniversary
• Body Binding: White with Black Purfling
• Body Finish: Gloss Urethane
• Body Colour: Lotus Ivory
• Bracing: ML Style

Neck

• Neck Material: Maple
• Neck Shape: Standard "U"
• Neck Finish: Gloss Urethane
• Scale Length: 24.6" (625 mm)
• Fingerboard Radius: 12" (305 mm)
• Fingerboard: Rosewood
• Number of Frets: 22
• Fret Size: Medium Jumbo
• Nut: Graph Tech NuBone Tusq XL
• Nut Width: 1.6875" (43mm)
• Position Inlays: Pearloid Thumbnails

Hardware & Electronics

• Bridge Pickup: High Sensitive Filter'Tron
• Neck Pickup: High Sensitive Filter'Tron
• Controls: Volume 1. Neck Pickup, Volume 2. Bridge Pickup, Master Volume
• Pickup Switching: 3-Position Toggle: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge And Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup
• Bridge: Rocking Bar
• Tuning Machines: Schaller Locking
• Control knobs: "G" Arrow
• Strings: Nickel Plated Steel .011-.049
• Pickguard: Charcoal Grey Plexi with White Gretsch Logo
• Case: Deluxe Hardshell Case