 GRETSCH | | ELECTRIC: WHITE PENGUIN SERIES | This model debuted at the 1956 Music Industry trade show, and was produced in very small amounts while it was "available" until 1964. The only mention of this model from Gretsch was the appearance on the 1958 and 1959 price lists - it never appeared in any of the Gretsch catalogs.
This guitar is ultra rare and of the less than 100 manufactured, only nineteen are publicly accounted for. The Blue Book of Electric Guitars is aware of a small numbers of others not publicly accounted for that are in the hands of private collectors. | | WHITE PENGUIN MODEL 6134 | | - single cutaway mahogany body, bound arched top, mahogany neck, 22-fret bound ebony fingerboard with pearl feather engraved humptop block inlays, bound V styled white face headstock with vertical Gold Sparkle wings/logo, three-per-side Grover Imperial tuners, adjustable bridge, G logo tubular trapeze tailpiece, raised gold pickguard with penguin/logo, two exposed DeArmond pickups, control layout #1 (four knobs, one switch), gold hardware, available in White finish, mfg. 1955-1964. |
| WHITE/BLACK PENGUIN REISSUE MODEL G6134 (NO. 241-0509) | | - reissue of the original White Penguin, single cutaway semi-hollow mahogany body, arched laminated maple top, mulitple gold sparkle body binding, one-piece mahogany neck, 22-gold sparkle bound fret ebony fingerboard with hump block inlays, gold sparkle bound headstock with vertical logo, ebony roller bridge, G Cadillac tailpiece, raised gold plexi pickguard with penguin, two Dynasonic single coil pickups, control layout #1 (four knobs, one switch), available in White or Black finish, 13.25 in. body width, 1.75 in. body depth, 24.6 in. scale, mfg. 1996-present. |
| White Penguin W/Bigsby Left-Handed Model G6134LH (No. 241-0529) | | - similar to the White Penguin except in left-handed configuration and has a Bigsby vibrato tailpiece, available in White finish, current mfg. |
| WHITE PENGUIN W/ BIGSBY MODEL G6134T-LTV (NO. 240-0511) | | - reissue of the original White Penguin, single cutaway semi-hollow mahogany body, arched laminated maple top, mulitple gold sparkle body binding, gold-plated arm rest, one-piece mahogany neck, 22-gold sparkle bound fret ebony fingerboard with thumbnail inlays, gold sparkle bound headstock with horizontal logo, ebony roller bridge, Bigsby B3G vibrato tailpiece, raised gold plexi pickguard with penguin, two TV Jones Classic pickups, control layout #2 (three knobs, two switches), available in White finish, 13.25 in. body width, 1.75 in. body depth, 24.6 in. scale, mfg. summer 2007-present. |
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