My main guitar, and the one I'm known for playing, is a beautiful 2002 reissue Gretsch White Falcon, customized with TV Jones pickups (Im an endorsed artist of TV Jones). Here's some info on this beaufitul instrument:
The Gretsch White Falcon is a visually distinctive guitar commercially introduced in 1955 by Gretsch. While it has seen vast and substantial changes to its body shape and features through the years, and is currently offered in several styles, the White Falcon has always maintained a striking and unmistakable presence and has become a highly recognized piece of rock history.
The White Falcon is best known for its large 17-inch size and distinctive appearance, with gleaming white paint, copious gold trim, and a falcon in mid-flight engraved on the gold pickguard.
The White Falcon was unveiled at the NAMM show in July 1954. It was displayed as "the guitar of the future," but Gretsch initially had no plans to actually manufacture the model. It was supposed to be a showpiece, much like GM's Motorama "Dream Cars" of the day.
The sheer volume of questions sales reps received about the eye-catching instrument led to a reevaluation of this position, and the White Falcon hit stores in 1955. As the company's new high-end guitar, Gretsch marketed it as "the finest guitar we know how to make – and what a beauty!" The White Falcon originally cost $600 ($4,123 adjusted for inflation); this price tag was second only to the $690 asking price of Gibson's Super 400CESN.
So popular was the White Falcon (and other Gretsch models of the time) that this era in Gretsch guitar history is frequently referred to as "The Golden Years" or "The Great Years".
(source = wikipedia)
My White Falcon has been customized, with TV Jones (Brian Setzer's pickup supplier) Supertron and Classic pickups, and a special tone knob mod put in by Atomic Guitars in Glendale, AZ.
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