You'll also notice the totally separate roller that holds the strings firmly down on the bridge. A bit strange, yes? The tremolo looks SORTA Bigsby like, but it's made by Burns it "rolls-over" like a Bigsby, but uses a much larger spring, which is under the triangle shaped bump-out. Gretsch did release a decent variety of Corvette models, including both single and dual pickup models and some in "custom" colors like this metallic green cutie.įirst, let's talk about that BRIDGE. yep, that's kinda a Les Paul Jr! And indeed, many folks have replaced the HiLo-Trons with P-90's to REALLY make them Gibby like. Humm, that sort of makes sense All corvettes were set-neck models with mahogany bodies and necks stained cherry-red, most had only a single-coil (HiLo-Tron) bridge pickup and a volume and tone control. However, as I did my research for this blog, I noticed a fair number of folks describing it as a Gretsch Les Paul Jr. It never actually DID provide much competition for the big two, possibly because it was introduced right as the big assault from Japanese imports arrived. It was clear: this was intended to be the lean mean fighting machine to take on Fender and Gibson.
It's easy to see that this was a STARK divergence from what Gretsch had hereto offered. Note the totally unique truss-rod adjustment cover where a neck pickup would typically be. Okay, so THIS is a first year Corvette from 1961. So ya all ready to have a discussion about what makes these guitars so darn COOL? Let's go! (WARNING: Guitar Porn ahead :)
If, like me, this is a new guitar to you, you are in for a treat! Now first off I will say that a pretty good history of this model has already been written, and so I will not duplicate that, instead, I'll simply point you here. but here recently I've happened upon a couple models that were entirely new to me, and entirely COOL! First, I'd like to draw your attention to the stupidly awesome Gretsch Corvette. Hi Gear Gang! I've been a guitar guy for decades, and I like to think I'm pretty darn well versed in most guitars that could be considered even fairly "main stream". Rare, Cool Sleeper Guitars Part 1: The Gretsch Corvette, a Rare Vintage American Guitar at an affordable price! Gretsch Corvette Affordable American Vintage guitar
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