Gretsch G6136T Black Falcon

Serial: JT02110496

Made in Japan – Terada Factory, 2002

General Information

Model: G6136T Black Falcon

Series: Professional Collection

Country of Manufacture: Japan (Terada)

Year: 2002 (JT = Terada, 02 = 2002)

Body Type: Hollow body

Construction: Set neck

Top / Back / Sides: Laminated maple

Body Width: 17"

Body Depth: Approx. 2.75"

Bracing: Trestle bracing (typical early 2000s Falcons)

Finish: Gloss Black

Binding: Multi-ply white with gold sparkle binding

F-Holes: Bound

Neck Material: Maple

Profile: Medium “U”

Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)

Fingerboard: Ebony

Radius: 12"

Frets: 22 Medium Jumbo

Nut Width: 1.6875" (42.8 mm)

Inlays: Pearloid Neo-Classic “Thumbnail”

Headstock: Falcon vertical logo with gold sparkle binding

Pickups & Electronics

Vintage-style Filter’Trons with patent number stamping

Pickups: Dual High Sensitive Filter’Tron humbuckers

Configuration: HH

Controls:

Neck pickup volume

Bridge pickup volume

Master volume

Master tone

3-way toggle switch

Hardware

Bridge: Adjusto-Matic on ebony base

Tailpiece: Bigsby B6G vibrato (gold)

Tuners: Grover Imperial (gold)

Pickguard: Gold with Falcon graphic

Hardware Finish: Gold plated

Weight 3.7kg

Tone Characteristics

Clear, articulate top end

Tight bass response

Classic Gretsch “twang”

Excellent note separation

Warm but defined humbucker character