Guitar Player: Vintage, Rare and Cool. This Gorgeous Cast of 1950s Gretsch White Falcons is a Collector’s Dream

[ZackyDog]

Greetings.

Vintage, Rare and Cool as F**k: This Gorgeous Cast of 1950s Gretsch White Falcons is a Collector’s Dream

Gretsch author Ed Ball explains why the classic single-cutaway White Falcon remains a pinnacle of electric guitar design

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@Synchro @thunder58

I wish that I could edit out Guitar Player's profanity.

 

[SneakyPete]

Maybe one day...

 

[ForTheLoveOfIvy]

That Dyna one though

 

[mbkri]

Thanks for sharing. Great article.

 

[Wayne Gretschzky]

Fantastic photography! What a collection!

 

[Rusty Chops]

Amazing anachronisms.
Those are big guitars!

I’d love one.
Not sure what I’d use it for, but willing to find out.

Just stare at it, probably.
Walk around it.

Buy a Cadillac convertible to stage pictures of it in…

 

[ZackyDog]

If I can be a choosy beggar, this one would be my choice:

 

[G5422T]

If I can be a choosy beggar, this one would be my choice:

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My "while whale."

Always chased, never caught.

 

[afire]

I wonder if the Bigsby is stock on the 6137. It would be the correct variant for late '59 or '60.

 

[HypotenusLuvTriangle]

Those ain't white! They yellow falcons!

 

[loudnlousy]

Fantastic photography! What a collection!

Thank you for your great contribution, sir.

 

[speedicut]

Great reading!

 

[JC higgy]

Stunning geets!

That original article was in Guitarist magazine August 2019 issue 448 pages 68 -74.

Words by Rob Brakes - Photography by Joby Sessions.

Brian Setzer was also in that issue.

 

[Seamus]

My "while whale."

Always chased, never caught.

It's mine, too. What a dream guitar!

All the same, when I make my first million, I think I'm gonna commission the first Gretsch White Whale --19-inch bout, with a 4-inch body depth, and four pickups (quadrophonic!). It will also have an internal combustion engine, its own PA system, a wet bar, and a tremolo system like this one:

 

[Stefan87]

Man those pictures are fantastic, would love to make a framed poster out of one.

I love how they have yellowed over the years, never even thought of owning a Falcon since I started with Gretsch all those years ago, now I have one I don't think I could be with out one.

 

[Humpblock]

I’ve never liked white falcons, the pure white and gold is too much for me but these off white yellowing ones are stunning, the finish looks natural blonde almost. I’d like the humpblock one.,

 

[Rusty Chops]

Ditto

 

[Wood Hollow]

Those guitars are beautiful, but calling them the “pinnacle of electric guitar design” is ludicrous.

 

[greens]

My white whale would be the one Frusciante has, with engraved hump inlays but also FilterTrons.

 

[Wayne Gretschzky]

My white whale would be the one Frusciante has, with engraved hump inlays but also FilterTrons.

I love that he actually gigs it!