Description
Description
Gretsch G6609TDC Players Edition Broadkaster Center Block Double Cutaway Shell Pink w/Bigsby
Gretsch’s time-honored “Broadkaster” name now adorns the flagship guitars of its center block lineup, crafted for full-spectrum sound at high volume with powerful new pickups and a chambered spruce center block that enhances body resonance for more organic tone and comfortably lighter weight.
Built to perform, the G6609T Players Edition Broadkaster® Center Block with String-Thru Bigsby® features a stunning maple double-cutaway body in a Shell Pink finish. Two Broad’Tron™ pickups— Designed by the famed Tim Shaw, the BT65 meticulously captures the guitar's sonic palette and reproduces powerful mids, extended lows and an exceptionally clear, yet smooth high end. The result is the perfect mixture of wall-shaking power and full-spectrum fidelity that delivers unparalleled overdrive and shimmering cleans — all at the stomp of a switch.
Premium features include:
- Maple top and body with lightweight chambered spruce center block
- Dual Broad-Tron™ humbucking pickups
- Lower neck set for greater playing comfort
- Studded Adjusto-Matic™ bridge for pinpoint intonation
- Treble bleed circuit, “no-load” tone control, “Squeezebox” PIO capacitors
- Bigsby® B7CP String-Thru vibrato tailpiece
- Locking tuners
Specifications
Series: Gretsch® Professional Collection
Body Material: Laminated Maple
Body Finish: Gloss
Upper Bout: 11.5” (292mm)
Lower Bout: 16” (406mm)
Waist: 9.5” (241mm)
Neck: Maple, Standard “U”
Neck Finish: Gloss
Fingerboard: Ebony, 12” (305mm) Radius
Frets: 22, Medium Jumbo
Position Inlays: Aged Pearloid Thumbnails
Nut (Material/Width): Graph Tech® TUSQ XL, 1.6875” (43mm)
Tuning Machines: Gotoh® Locking
Scale Length: 24.6” (625mm)
Bridge: Anchored Adjusto-MaticTM
Tailpiece: Bigsby® B7CP String-Thru
Pickups: Broad’TronTM (Bridge and Neck)