Gretsch USA Custom Shop Stephen Stern Masterbuilt G6134CS Penguin Relic with Cadillac G Tailpiece Firebird Red
- Gretsch Serial#: US20092026
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- STEPHEN STERN As one of the preeminent archtop builders at the Custom Shop, Stephen Stern has studied under two of the world’s greatest archtop luthiers—Jimmy D’Aquisto and Bob Benedetto. Stern got his start apprenticing at a high-end cabinet shop straight out of high school. Five years of that prepared him for his...
More Info - Model: G6134CS Penguin Relic
- Top Wood: Maple
- Body Wood: Chambered Mahogany
- Finish Color: Firebird Red
- Fingerboard: Ebony
- More Features
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Gretsch USA Custom Shop Stephen Stern Masterbuilt G6134CS Penguin Relic with Cadillac G Tailpiece Firebird Red
STEPHEN STERN
As one of the preeminent archtop builders at the Custom Shop, Stephen Stern has studied under two of the world’s greatest archtop luthiers—Jimmy D’Aquisto and Bob Benedetto. Stern got his start apprenticing at a high-end cabinet shop straight out of high school. Five years of that prepared him for his first job as a builder at Jackson/Charvel Guitars. Stern came to the Custom Shop in 1993, working with D’Aquisto on the latter’s namesake line of guitars until the great luthier’s death in 1995.
In the late ’90s, millionaire collector Scott Chinery commissioned a number of custom archtop guitars by two dozen of the world’s finest living luthiers; Stern contributed a custom-built D’Aquisto Ultra. Chinery’s “Blue Guitar Collection” is now housed in the Smithsonian Institution. Stern also built a handful of exquisite archtops in collaboration with the Walt Disney Co. to commemorate the anniversary of the animated classic Fantasia.
FEATURES
Model | G6134CS Penguin Relic |
Builder | Gretsch USA Custom Shop - Stephen Stern |
Year | 2020 |
Top Wood | Maple |
Body Wood | Chambered Mahogany |
Finish Type | Nitrocellulose - Gloss |
Finish Color | Firebird Red |
Aging | Relic |
Binding | Gold Sparkle |
Neck Wood | Mahogany |
Fingerboard | Ebony |
Neck Carve | Standard C |
Scale Length | 24.6'' |
Neck Dimensions | .900 1st - .960 9th |
Neck Radius | 12" (305 mm) |
Frets | 22 |
Nut Width | 1.6875" |
Inlays | Mother-of-Pearl Humpblock with Feather Engraving |
Side Dots | White |
Neck Pickup | TV Jones Classic |
Bridge Pickup | TV Jones Classic |
Pickguard | Gold Plexi Pickguard |
Hardware | Gold-Relic |
Bridge | SYNCHRO-SONIC™ BRIDGE with G-CADILLAC TAILPIECE |
Tuners | Grover® Imperial™ Die-Cast |
Controls | Master Vol, Neck Vol, Bridge Vol, P/U Selector Switch and Tone Control |
Case | Hardshell Case |
Weight | 8.75 Pounds (8 lbs 12 oz) |