1960s Gretsch 6186 Clipper Hollowbody Electric Guitar

Overview: Our friend Michael bought this for his own Chet Atkins-like, old-school-jazz-like, home enjoyment but has moved to a guitar with a different scale length, since, and brought it back in for resale. His loss! It's a gorgeous Clipper and quite clean -- it even has its original hard case in tow. Old Gretsch products are undeniably cool and this one has a quick neck, clean sound, and easy handling.

Interesting features: I like the thin-depth body and the lightweight, fully-hollow construction. It doesn't even sound too shabby unplugged. We've got electric 11s with a wound G on it at the moment and I imagine with 12s it would have even more pep and kick acoustically. It does have a very weird thing going on -- serialization-wise it should be a 1957 but features-wise it should be an early-'60s model. I am leaning towards early-'60s because of the obvious fact that they didn't make them like this in '57!

Repairs included: Sarah gave it a level/dress of the frets and set it up. It's playing spot-on and ready to go.

• Weight: 5 lbs 10 oz
• Scale length: 24 3/8"
• Nut width: 1 5/8"
• Neck shape: slim C
• Board radius: 16"
• Body width: 15 1/2"
• Body depth: 1 3/4"
• Body wood: ply maple
• Bridge: archtop-style, comp'd for wound G
• Fretboard: rosewood
• Neck wood: maple
• Pickups: 1x Gretsch HiLoTron single coil
• Action height at 12th fret: 1/16” overall (fast, spot-on)
• String gauges: 52w-11 w/wound G
• Truss rod: adjustable
• Neck relief: straight
• Fret style: medium/lower

Condition notes: It's pretty clean for an oldie but does have weather-checking, light scuffs and scratches and nicks here and there, and finish wear to the back of the neck from lots of loving use. The bridge is a replacement and compensated for wound-G stringing.

It comes with: It's got its original hard case!

Consignor tag: MULK