Gretsch G6199 Billy-Bo - Firebird Red
"Some time ago, Bo gave me the guitar as a gift. It was during the recent ZZ Top recordings, when the engineering crew and I snaked through the guitar vault searching for that certain-something guitar, and there it was! We didn't risk subjecting such a rare instrument to the rigors of the road. So, this new reproduction model was recreated with some BFG mojo thrown in for good measure. It's now the main stage guitar with a groove." - Billy F Gibbons.
Rock luminaries Billy F Gibbons and Bo Diddley have joined forces to bring you the Billy-Bo, which was first designed in '59 by the talented Bo Diddley himself!
Specifications - Gretsch G6199 Billy-Bo - Firebird Red
General- Series: Professional Collection
- Model Number: 2410508815
- Platform: Billy-Bo
- Family: Billy-Bo
- Colour: Firebird Red
- Number of Strings: 6
- Build: Solid Body
- Cutaway: Single Cutaway
- Body Finish: Gloss Urethane
- Body Shape: Billy-Bo
- Body Material: Laminated Maple
- Body Back: Mahogany
- Body Top: Laminated Maple
- Neck Material: Mahogany
- Neck Finish: Gloss Urethane
- Scale Length: 24.6" (625 mm)
- Fingerboard Radius: 12" (305 mm)
- Fingerboard Material: Rosewood
- Number of Frets: 22
- Fret Size: Vintage Small
- Nut Material: Synthetic Bone
- Nut Width: 1.6875" (42.86 mm)
- Position Inlays: Pearloid Neo-Classic Thumbnail
- Neck Plate: None
- Bridge: Adjusto-Matic with Pinned Ebony Base
- Hardware Finish: Chrome
- Tailpiece: Gretsch G-Cutout Tailpiece
- Tuning Machines: Grover Sta-Tite Die-Cast
- Pickguard: 1-Ply Black
- Control Knobs: G-Arrow
- Bridge Pickup: TV Jones Power'Tron Plus
- Neck Pickup: TV Jones Power'Tron
- Controls: Volume 1. (Neck Pickup), Volume 2. (Bridge Pickup), Tone
- Pickup Switching: 3-Position Toggle: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup
- Pickup Configuration: Filter'Tron / Filter'Tron
- Strings: Nickel Plated Steel (.011-.049 Gauges)
- Strap Buttons: Gretsch Knurled Strap Retainer Knobs
- Case/Gig Bag: Included G6281 Gretsch Billy Bo Jupiter/Thunderbird Hardshell (p/n 099-6464-000)
- Other Features: Neo Classic "Thumbnail" Inlay Position Markers, Aged Fingerboard, Headstock and Body Bindings, Multiple Aged Body Bindings, Black Plexi Pickguard, Schaller Straplocks, Adjustable Truss Rod
