[Strummerson]

I know we'd all love to receive an unlimited gift certificate to the Custom Shop, and even design a model that would bear our names. Let's hear it. Design your hypothetical signature models here.

The StrumRose UNlimited edition (available at electromatic prices, as long as we're fantasizing.

Hollowbody in dark red to walnut stain.
3" deep with trestles (deeper than a falcon)
25.5" scale
17" width
Laquer finish, with satin finished neck
Ebony fretboard with neo-classic half-moons (don't care for humpblocks)
Ivory colored binding on body, fretboard, and open f-holes
Gold hardware (don't ususally love gols, but I think it would look beautiful with this stain.
HSFilters (I know many rave about the TVJs, but I haven't tried 'em and I LOVE my filters)
V-cut Bigsby with Chet handle
Brass TruArc with tone holes (compton option available as well)
Mud switch as well as tone and volume pots for each pickup (not sure that's all possible, but we're fantasizing, right?)

StrumRose DSV

Same as above with Dynasonics.

StrumRose Jet
DuoJet in StrumRose stain.
Same fretboard, hardware, trim, controls, pickups, and Bigsby as StrumRose and StrumRose DSV.

StrumRose Jet DSV
You get the picture.

Now your turns.

[guitarmaker]

Carved top and back Country Club
2" thick
Full hollowbody
Green stain (Ala SSUGR)
Cream/black/cream binding
25.5" scale
Ebony board
Thumbnails
Compton Stainless
Chrome V-bigsby B6
Chet handle
Chrome Dynas
tone pot wiring
2-way truss rod
Sperzel locking tuners

Is that too much to ask?

[Strummerson]

Originally Posted by guitarmaker

Carved top and back Country Club
2" thick
Full hollowbody
Green stain (Ala SSUGR)
Cream/black/cream binding
25.5" scale
Ebony board
Thumbnails
Compton Stainless
Chrome V-bigsby B6
Chet handle
Chrome Dynas
tone pot wiring
2-way truss rod
Sperzel locking tuners

Is that too much to ask?

Good call on the carved top and back. I like the idea of the cream/black/cream purfling binding. Might have to adopt those two to my own.

But can't you just make yours? Wish I could...

[BBQ Boogie]

Roseanne Arquette

[Strummerson]

Originally Posted by BBQ Boogie

Roseanne Arquette

Really? Not Alexis?

[dafreeze]

17" x 2 3/4" single cut laminated maple w/trestle bracing and oversized f-holes
25.5" scale
9.5" radius ebony board w/thumbnails
TV Jones Classics w/just a Master Volume and 3-way
pinned bridge
Grover Imperials
V cut B6
vertical GreTsch logo
black nitro, chrome/silver trim

[Strummerson]

I knew this would produce some great ideas. Keep 'em coming. Maybe Fred will pay attention. I'd love to see them at least do a T-Rose G6119 DSV.

And I agree with dfreeze about the vertical logo!

[Quietly]

An orange 6120 with ebony fretboard, block inlays and all Duesenberg hardware including tremolo. Hope that don't get me banned but you did ask.

[Strummerson]

Originally Posted by Quietly

An orange 6120 with ebony fretboard, block inlays and all Duesenberg hardware including tremolo. Hope that don't get me banned but you did ask.

Does that include Duesenberg pups?

[araT]

Duo Jet (Duh! )



Standard Jet body, Black.
B3C bigsby, chrome hardware.
Both tone knob & mud switch.
Filtertron in the bridge, Dynasonic in the neck.
Ebony fingerboard - big block inlays - 22 frets - 24.6" scale - 12" radius
Schaller locking M6 machine heads.
Schaller strap locks
Compton Titanium

That should do it

[ishtar]

A lefty caeman cigar box dobro, with Rockin Repairs installed duosonics and a couple built in a/b box switches, with the G brand upside down and longhorn and cacti fretboard inlays on a 2011 Squire p bass neck, and an oversized "ishtar" guitar strap made by Robert Johnson.

[Stingker]

Hhhmmm, I'd go with the TVJoneses (or even Lace Alumitone's, as you know), but what you describe is so close to my thoughts, the slight details seem trifling.

But I've got to admit, Tara's got me eager to try out a Duo Jet at my earliest opportunity! (Hhhmmm, how'd it sound with Alumitones?)

Tom - 'Stingker'
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If Music Be the Food of Love, Play On!
- william who shakes spear

[Stingker]

Not instead of your Dream Machine, Strummerson, but maybe in addition to it, how about the same thing, but tuned an octave lower, with a full set of six strings, with the appropriate longer scale, and a deeper body: maybe even four inches deep.

Would that be cool or what?

There's got to be some AWESOME design possibilities, that no major company would produce ONLY because they wouldn't sell enough of them. Unfortunately.

Tom - 'Stingker'
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To BE, or NOT to BE?
That Really Is THE Question!

[Quietly]

Originally Posted by Strummerson

Does that include Duesenberg pups?

Sure does along with the jack plug socket surround, tuners, tone and volume knob and the three way switch.

[Crooner]

Originally Posted by araT

Duo Jet (Duh! )



Standard Jet body, Black.
B3C bigsby, chrome hardware.
Both tone knob & mud switch.
Filtertron in the bridge, Dynasonic in the neck.
Ebony fingerboard - big block inlays - 22 frets - 24.6" scale - 12" radius
Schaller locking M6 machine heads.
Schaller strap locks
Compton Titanium

That should do it

Holy Majoly!

Make that two, please.

EDIT: Actually, I just thought of one little difference - I'd like the kind of aged white pickguard like my '61 Jet has, rather than the silver. I dig that.

[LATS]

Well, now...

Bolding added to show variation from the Base Model published specs:

G6128LATS Duo Jet:



MODEL NAME G6128LATS Duo JetTM Cadillac Green
SERIES Professional Collection-Custom Edition
COLOR (846) Cadillac Green
CATEGORY Solid Body Guitars
BODY STYLE Chambered Single Cutaway
SCALE LENGTH 24.6" (625mm)
TOP Arched Laminated Maple
BRACING N/A
BACK AND SIDES Chambered Mahogany Body, 13.25" Wide, 1.75" Deep
NECK 1-Piece Mahogany
PICKUPS 2 DynaSonicTM Single-Coil Pickups
PICKUP SWITCHING 3-Position Toggle:
Position 1. Bridge Pickup
Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups
Position 3. Neck Pickup
CONTROLS Volume 1. (Neck Pickup),
Volume 2. (Bridge Pickup),
Master Volume, (with Treble Bleed)
Master ToneStyler Std
WIDTH AT NUT 1-11/16" (43mm)
FRETBOARD Rosewood, 9.5" Radius (241 mm)
BRIDGE Rosewood-Based Titanium Compton Bridge
TAILPIECE Gretsch Bigsby® B3G Vibrato Tailpiece
HARDWARE Gold-Plated
FINISH Gloss Urethane
CASE Includes G6238 Deluxe Hardshell Case, US MSRP $220.00 (P/N 0996410000)
NO. OF FRETS 22 Vintage (Plus Zero Fret)
MACHINE HEADS Gold-Plated Grover® 106G >Locking< Rotomatic Die-cast Tuners

UNIQUE FEATURES Aged Vintage Hump Block Inlay Position Markers,
Aged Binding on Fingerboard and Headstock,
Aged Multiple Body Bindings,
vertical Inlaid Pearloid Gretsch Logo on Headstock,
Gold Plexi Pickguard,
G-Arrow Control Knobs,
>Dunlop StrapLok< Strap Retainers (Gold),
Adjustable Truss Rod



G6196LATS, Country Club (available in 6-string & 12-string versions)

MODEL NAME G6196LATS, Country ClubTM
SERIES Professional Collection
COLORS (846) Cadillac Green
CATEGORY Hollow Body Guitars
BODY STYLE Single Cutaway
SCALE LENGTH 25.5" (648mm)
TOP Arched Solid Spruce
BRACING Parallel Tone Bars
BACK AND SIDES Laminated Maple Body, 17" Wide, 2.75" Deep
NECK 3-Piece Maple
PICKUPS 2 High Sensitive Filter'TronTM Pickups
PICKUP SWITCHING 3-Position Toggle:
Position 1. Bridge Pickup
Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups
Position 3. Neck Pickup
CONTROLS Volume 1. (Neck Pickup),
Volume 2. (Bridge Pickup),
Standby Switch,
Master Volume, (with Treble Bleed)
Master ToneStyler Std
WIDTH AT NUT 1-11/16" (43mm)
FRETBOARD Ebony, 12" Radius (305mm)
BRIDGE Ebony-Based Titanium Compton Bridge
TAILPIECE Gretsch Bigsby® B6G Vibrato Tailpiece
HARDWARE Gold-Plated
FINISH Gloss Urethane
CASE Includes G6242L Deluxe Hardshell Case, US MSRP $220.00
NO. OF FRETS 21 (Plus Zero Fret)
MACHINE HEADS Gold-Plated Grover® 106G >Locking< Rotomatic Die-cast Tuners
UNIQUE FEATURES Inlaid Pearl Gretsch Logo on Headstock,
Aged Vintage Hump Block Inlay Position Markers,
Multiple Fingerboard and Headstock Bindings,
Multiple Body Bindings,
Oversized Single-Bound F-Holes,
Gold Plexi Pickguard,
G-Arrow Knobs,
>Dunlop StrapLok< Strap Retainers (Gold),
Adjustable Truss Rod

As you can see, there aren't a lot of changes to make. The message here is not that I'll never have a G6128LATS with a Zero Fret, or a 12-string G6196LATS with aged Humpblock markers. The wonderful thing is just how close the factory offering comes to being ideal (in my eyes)!

And, in most respects, I can get there at relatively low cost, starting from a stock guitar.

Well done, Gretsch!!

[araT]

Originally Posted by Crooner

Holy Majoly!

Make that two, please.

EDIT: Actually, I just thought of one little difference - I'd like the kind of aged white pickguard like my '61 Jet has, rather than the silver. I dig that.

Oooh yeah, I'll take a white guard too.. I didn't think about that..
I'd also change up the filtertron surround so it looks better with the Dyna..

Now THATs a Jetenstein!

[MacPhisto]

a Duo Jet as follows: Dynasonics wound slightly warmer than standard Gretsch Dynas, but less than Duncans/T-Armonds, say about 8.25-8.5kΩ; script logo; Grover Sta-Tite tuners; fossilized ivory nut; rosewood fingerboard with hump-block inlays; nickel hardware; bar bridge with rosewood base; arrow-only knobs; battleship grey pickguard; B3C tailpiece; midnight blue or dark teal opaque top or amber transparent flamed top; back/sides/neck walnut as normal; perhaps checkerboard binding like a vintage Kay or Rickenbacker if i'm feeling a bit mariachi, or alternately light in the loafers. the mahogany for the body and neck would be specifically chosen for straight grain and matched for tap tone, the maple would be chosen for consistency of grain. everything would be directed to the goal of creating the most resonant instrument possible, a guitar where you could hit an open "A" string, go to the kitchen, mix yourself an delicious adult beverage, come back into the living room, and find the string still ringing.

[guitarmaker]

Originally Posted by Strummerson

Good call on the carved top and back. I like the idea of the cream/black/cream purfling binding. Might have to adopt those two to my own.

But can't you just make yours? Wish I could...

Yeah, I started planning this one out last week. Only difference will be GFS NYII's as opposed to dynas.

Although, It would be nice if I didn't have to make it!

[54Memphis]

5120 sized archtop, non-laminated spruce top and bottom, maple sides and neck. Full accoustic qualities by missing braces. Rosewood FB with Block Inlays. Unlacquered waxed finish. Three-ply black/white binding all over including the f-holes.
TV Jones Classic/Plus in EM2 option, master tone and volume pot. Bigsby B6, Tune-o-Matic bridge on ebony base, Kluson Vintage Tuners.